Slab Leak Detection & Repair services in Jacksonville
Plenty of shops will quote you a slab leak detection & repair job over the phone without seeing it. That's how you end up overpaying. We don't work that way. We answer the phone, give you a real quote before any work starts, and bring the right tools the first time.
What you're paying for
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.
Pricing
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.
How Jacksonville jobs differ
Around here, the most common calls we run come from older homes near the city center and newer subdivisions on the fringe — different problems, same crews.
If you're calling from a property management company, we have separate scheduling and billing for that.
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