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The water bill jumped for no reason
A leak somewhere on the supply side. The meter test finds which side in ten minutes.
Services · 04
Leak detection
and repair
A leak you can see is the easy kind. The ones that show up as a water bill, a warm floor or a stain that keeps coming back take finding, and finding it properly is most of the job.
Call (805) 330-3111
Request a visit
Danny picks up when he can, and calls back the same day. Say what it is doing and you will usually have a rough answer, and a price, in two minutes.
The job
How it goes
We start at the meter. With everything in the house off, a meter that still turns tells us the leak is on the supply side. From there we isolate: hot from cold, inside from irrigation, one branch from another, with the gauge on each. That narrows it to a line, and on most leaks that is enough to find it. When the leak is under a slab we bring in the leak-locating specialist we have worked with for years, who listens for it through the concrete and marks the spot, and the post-tensioned cables if the slab has them, before anyone cuts.
What we find, in this valley, is mostly the same few things. Pinholes in copper that has been in the ground or the slab for fifty years. Slab leaks, which have their own page. Shower pans that have failed and let water into the wall below. A toilet seal. Irrigation lines, which are on the same meter and very often the answer when the bill jumps in summer.
You get the leak located and marked, a plain explanation of what it is, and a price for the repair. Where the pipe is reachable the repair is usually done the same visit. Where it is under concrete or behind tile, the price is in writing before anything is opened.
Call if
What you notice,
and what it usually is
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The meter turns with everything off
Same. A leak under pressure, somewhere between the meter and a fixture.
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A warm spot on the floor
A hot water line leaking under the slab.
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A ceiling stain under a bathroom
A shower pan, a toilet seal, or a drain joint. Different repairs, so worth finding before the ceiling is opened.
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The sound of water running when nothing is on
A leak in a wall or under the floor. This is the one we listen for.
Say what it is doing when you call. Most of these get narrowed down in two minutes on the phone.
How it goes
Four steps, and you have the price at step three
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You call
Danny picks up when he can, and calls back the same day. Tell him what it is doing and where.
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We look
We come out, find the cause and show you. In plain words, with the part in our hand where there is one.
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You get a price
Before anything starts. Repairs are our time plus parts, and the bigger jobs get a written bid. Nobody here is on commission.
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We do the work
Small repairs are usually done the same visit. Bigger jobs get a start date and a number of days, and we hold to it. Done to code, permitted where it needs it, the house left the way we found it.
Common questions
Things people ask about leak detection & repair
- Will you have to open walls or floors to find it?
- To find it, no. Locating is done from the outside with the meter and gauges, and under a slab with a specialist locator who marks the spot. The repair may need one opening, and it is marked before anything is cut.
- Could it be the irrigation?
- Often. Sprinkler lines run off the same meter, and a broken lateral or a valve that will not close fully looks exactly like a house leak on the bill. We isolate the irrigation first for that reason.
- Does insurance cover this?
- Policies vary. Most cover sudden damage and the access work to reach the leak, and do not cover the pipe itself. We document what we find, with photographs and the video where there is one, so the claim has what it needs.
- How fast should I act?
- A supply leak runs all day and all night. Shut the main off when you are out and call. A week of a slab leak is a wet floor. A season of it is the floor.
Google reviews
What people say
5.0 ★★★★★ 5 reviews on Google
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“Dan is consistent. Professional, on time, only does what is needed, experienced, easy to work with, clean, and smart.”
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“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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Where we do this
Close to the shop
The shop is in Westlake Village. Everything we cover is about ten minutes from it, so same day is often realistic.
- Leak detection in Westlake Village
- Leak detection in Thousand Oaks
- Leak detection in Agoura Hills
- Leak detection in Oak Park
- Leak detection in Lake Sherwood
Zip codes 91361, 91362, 91301, 91377. Just outside? Call and ask.
Often goes with this
Related work
- Slab leak repair Copper under the concrete is the most common serious leak we see in the Conejo Valley. We find it, then repair the spot or reroute the line.
- Copper & PEX repiping Whole-house repipes in copper or PEX when the original pipe has had enough. Sequenced so your water is only off a few hours at a time.
- Plumbing repairs Running toilets, dripping faucets, disposals, angle stops, hose bibs, shower valves. Priced before we start and usually done in one visit.
Request a visit
Leave your details, and Danny calls you back
Your name, your number and a line about what it is doing. It goes straight to Danny's phone and he calls back to set a time, usually the same day. If it is leaking right now, skip the form and call (805) 330-3111.
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Leak detection
Tell Danny what
it’s doing
Describe the symptom and you will usually have an answer in two minutes. You get the price before any work starts. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.