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The meter turns with everything shut off
Slab leaks
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
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.
Call (805) 330-3111
Request a visit
Dan picks up when he can and calls back the same day. You get the price before we start. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
Licensed
CSLB #339618
Insured
Bonded and insured
Since 1977
49 years, two generations
On Google
5.0 stars
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.
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Buying the same fixture twice
Pressure regulators
Replacing the same fixture usually means the pressure's too high. We check it while we're there.
Call about any of these (805) 330-3111 Mon–Fri 9–5 Request a visit →
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
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The water bill jumped for no reason
A supply leak. A ten-minute meter test narrows it down.
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The meter turns with everything off
A leak somewhere between the meter and a fixture.
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A warm spot on the floor
A hot line leaking under the slab.
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A ceiling stain under a bathroom
A shower pan, toilet seal or drain joint. We find which before opening the ceiling.
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Water running when nothing is on
A leak in a wall or under the floor.
Four steps
How a job goes
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You call
Dan picks up when he can and calls back the same day. Tell him what it's doing.
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We look
We come out, find the cause and show you, with the old part in hand when there is one.
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You get a price
Before anything starts. Repairs are time plus parts. Bigger jobs get a written bid.
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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.
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Google reviews
What people say
5.0 ★★★★★ 8 reviews on Google
★★★★★
“Outstanding work! Did a terrific job of diagnosing the issue over the phone prior to repair. Plumber was on time and on point. Work was done quickly and thoroughly. Figured out the most straightforward way to fix the problem and got it done. Small footprint, quick results, up and running in no time. Would absolutely recommend.”
★★★★★
“The absolute best plumber in Los Angeles!”
Nearby
More in Oak Park
- 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.
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Leak detection · Oak Park
Tell Dan what
it’s doing
Most problems get sorted out on a short call. Ten minutes from the shop. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.