Slab Leak Detection & Repair services in Indianapolis
Quick gut-check: if water is flowing where it shouldn't be, call. If it's just a slow drip, you can wait until morning at standard rates. We work clean, leave the area better than we found it, and stick around to test the repair before we drive off.
What's specific about Indianapolis jobs
Indianapolis's housing market has us seeing a lot of move-in inspections and "the previous owner did what?" calls. We sort them out.
The actual work
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.
Option A: re-route the failed line through the attic or crawl space, abandoning the line in the slab. Cost: $1,400–$2,800. Faster, no jackhammer, and future-proofs against the next pinhole on that line.
Fair pricing for this work
For slab leak detection & repair jobs in the Indianapolis area:
- Slab leak detection (acoustic + infrared): $260 – $440
- Re-route a single line overhead: $1,290 – $2,575
- Pinhole repair in slab (jackhammer): $1,655 – $3,130
- Full re-pipe of slab home (PEX overhead): $7,820 – $16,560
Recent service example
Recent Indianapolis job: a warm spot in the master bedroom carpet, plus a $140 jump in the water bill in a 1970s home. We re-routed the line overhead through the attic and abandoned the slab line after diagnosing pinhole leak in the hot-water copper line under the slab. Cost ran $386 — pretty middle-of-the-road for that fix.