Slab Leak Detection & Repair in Houston, TX
About a third of slab leak detection & repair calls in Houston turn out to be something the homeowner could fix in 10 minutes with a $12 part. We'll tell you which third. If we can't get to you ourselves, we'll tell you who to call. Free consult either way.
Sample job
A Houston customer in their 1970s home had been chasing mildew smell along the baseboard for weeks before calling. Slow cold-water slab leak under the kitchen was the actual cause. We re-routed the cold line and dried the slab; everything stable since. About $1012 all in.
What we cover
Slab leaks are pinhole leaks in copper plumbing lines that run inside or under a concrete slab foundation. Common in 1960s through 1980s slab-on-grade builds across the Sun Belt and parts of the Midwest.
Signs: warm or wet spots on the floor, unexplained jumps in the water bill, the sound of running water when nothing is on, mildew smell along baseboards. Hot-side leaks show up faster than cold-side because of the warm spot.
Detection runs $280–$480 standalone. We use acoustic listening equipment plus an infrared thermal camera. Once we've located it, you have two repair options.
Local context for Houston
From downtown Houston to the outer subdivisions, we cover the metro on standard pricing. No travel surcharge inside the service radius.
Most of our Houston slab leak detection & repair jobs come from older neighborhoods, where the housing stock just has more failure points.
Ballpark numbers
Slab leak detection (acoustic + infrared) runs $260 – $440. Re-route a single line overhead runs $1,290 – $2,575. Pinhole repair in slab (jackhammer) runs $1,655 – $3,130. Full re-pipe of slab home (PEX overhead) runs $7,820 – $16,560.