Portland slab leak detection & repair
Sometimes the call is genuinely an emergency. Sometimes it's a Monday morning fix. We'll be honest about which one yours is. We work clean, leave the area better than we found it, and stick around to test the repair before we drive off.
Local context for Portland
We dispatch from a shop near the city limits, so Portland runs are quick. Suburbs and outlying towns run longer.
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.
Fair pricing for this work
For slab leak detection & repair jobs in the Portland area:
- Slab leak detection (acoustic + infrared): $280 – $480
- Re-route a single line overhead: $1,400 – $2,800
- Pinhole repair in slab (jackhammer): $1,800 – $3,400
- Full re-pipe of slab home (PEX overhead): $8,500 – $18,000