The meter turns with everything shut off
We find it before any floor comes up, then talk through a spot repair or a reroute.
Oak Park · Leak detection
Leak detection & repair in Oak Park
5.0 on Google (20 reviews) CSLB Lic. #339618 Family shop since 1977
Leak detection & repair in Oak Park, ten minutes from the shop in Westlake Village. Some leaks you can see. Others show up as a high water bill, a warm floor or a stain that keeps coming back.
Dan picks up when he can and calls back the same day. You get the price before we start. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
- Ten minutes
- Ventura County. Oak Park is unincorporated.
- One year on our labor. Thirty days on drain clearing.
- 91377
“Did a terrific job of diagnosing the issue over the phone prior to repair. Small footprint, quick results, up and running in no time.”
“Dan showed up right on time for our appointment. Much better service and pricing. We will definitely use Dan's Plumbing in the future.”
“Dan and his crew are absolutely the best! Professional, communicative and fair prices. Couldn't ask for anything more!”
Around here
In Oak Park
Every house in Oak Park is on a slab, so leak detection here starts at the meter. Older phases usually have copper leaking under the floor. Newer ones more often have a failed regulator or an irrigation line. We separate the house from the irrigation, then hot from cold, and most leaks are down to one line in the first hour.
Neighborhoods: the Kanan tracts, Lindero Canyon, the streets off Oak Hills Drive, Sutton Valley, the newer tracts up Bowfield.
Buying the same fixture twice
Replacing the same fixture usually means the pressure's too high. We check it while we're there.
The job
How it goes
We start at the meter. If it turns with everything off, the leak is on the supply side. Then we isolate hot from cold, house from irrigation and branch from branch with gauges. Under a slab, the leak-locating specialist we bring in listens through the concrete and marks the leak, and any post-tensioned cables, before anyone cuts.
Around here it's usually pinholes in fifty-year-old copper, a slab leak, a failed shower pan leaking into the wall below, or a toilet seal. Irrigation shares the meter too, and it's often the answer when the bill jumps in summer.
If we can reach the pipe, we usually fix it that visit. Under concrete or behind tile, you get a written bid before anything's opened.
Call if
What you notice, and what it usually is
The water bill jumped for no reason
A supply leak. A ten-minute meter test narrows it down.
The meter turns with everything off
A leak somewhere between the meter and a fixture.
A warm spot on the floor
A hot line leaking under the slab.
A ceiling stain under a bathroom
A shower pan, toilet seal or drain joint. We find which before opening the ceiling.
Water running when nothing is on
A leak in a wall or under the floor.
Tell us what it’s doing and we can usually narrow it down on the phone.
From the blog
Job stories: leak detection
Four steps
How a job goes
- 01
You call
Dan picks up when he can and calls back the same day. Tell him what it’s doing.
- 02
We look
We come out, find the cause and show you, with the old part in hand when there is one.
- 03
You get a price
Before anything starts. Repairs are time plus parts. Bigger jobs get a written bid.
- 04
We do the work
Small repairs usually get done the same visit. Bigger jobs get a start date we keep. Permitted where needed, and the house left clean.
Common questions
Leak detection in Oak Park: things people ask
How fast can you get to Oak Park?
Often the same day. It's ten minutes up Kanan or Lindero Canyon from Westlake Village.
Who issues permits in Oak Park?
Ventura County, since Oak Park has no city government. We plan around the county's inspection schedule, so the date we give you holds.
Do you have to open walls or floors to find it?
Not to find it. The meter and gauges do that, and under a slab the specialist marks the spot. The repair may need one opening, marked before anything's cut.
Could it be the irrigation?
Often. Sprinklers share the meter, and a broken lateral or a valve that won't close looks like a house leak on the bill. We check irrigation first.
Does insurance cover this?
Policies vary. Most cover sudden damage and the work to reach the leak. The pipe itself usually isn't covered. We give you photos for the claim.
What people say
“Expert & precise repair, trusted to last. Excellent customer service skills, including exceptional cleanup. Truly, this plumbing company found the solution quickly in each and every case.”
“They explain what needs to be done to fix the problem, are willing to do the work asap and take care in keeping the work area clean and unmarred.”
“Dan's Plumbing did excellent job for us replacing our broken water pressure regulator. Quick response, good price, great quality of work. Will hire them again.”
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Plumber in Oak Park
Everything we do in Oak Park.
Water heaters in Oak Park
With no city hall in Oak Park, a water heater replacement here is permitted through Ventura County.
Drain cleaning in Oak Park
Most clogs we clear in Oak Park are grease in the kitchen line and hair in the tubs.
Repiping in Oak Park
Repiping is starting to come up in the earliest Oak Park phases, built in the late seventies and eighties, where the original copper has begun to pinhole. The nineties phases almost never need one yet. New lines run overhead in copper or PEX, so no concrete gets opened. Ventura County handles the permit and inspection.
Pressure regulators in Oak Park
If you're replacing the same fixture twice in an Oak Park house, the pressure regulator is usually why.
Repairs in Oak Park
Because Oak Park is unincorporated, the plumbing repairs that need a permit go through Ventura County.
Tankless in Oak Park
Ventura County permits and inspects tankless conversions in Oak Park, since there's no city hall, and we plan the job around its inspection schedule.
Sewer camera & repair in Oak Park
A sewer camera inspection in Oak Park follows the lateral from the house to the Triunfo Water and Sanitation District main, and that stretch is yours.
Gas lines in Oak Park
Oak Park gas lines are permitted through Ventura County, since there's no city building department, and the inspector checks the pressure test before the gas goes back on. Most of the work is new black iron runs to a BBQ, fire pit or pool heater, with a shutoff at each appliance. If you smell gas, leave and call SoCalGas first.
Slab leaks in Oak Park
Slab leak repair in Oak Park comes up mostly in the earliest phases, where the original copper under the floor is old enough to start leaking.
Tell Dan what it’s doing.
Most problems get sorted out on a short call. Ten minutes from the shop. Leaking right now? Shut off the main, then call.
Or send the details and Dan will call you back. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.