The first is the presence of water or damp spots on your floor.
Floor still warm after slab leak epaired.
Leaking hot water lines can create warm spots on your floor.
Actually that is a bit of a misstatement because they aren t usually an emergency at all although they are often thought of as one.
Slab leaks can occur in either water or sewer lines.
Because breaking and repairing a slab requires special materials and is labor intensive foundation repair is often the most expensive part of fixing a slab leak.
A slab leak is a break in a pipe that runs beneath the concrete foundation of your home.
When the pipe breaks water seeps into the ground and your home s foundation.
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A slab leak can be one of the more frightening experiences a homeowner has to deal with when it comes to emergency plumbing problems.
Slab leaks cause costly damage so early detection is important.
I noticed warm tiles around the laundry area where we have pinpointed the hottest point and the warmth seems to spread about 6 feet outwards.
Foundation repair costs anywhere from 1 900 to 6 710 plumbers have to break through your home s foundation to reach the leak.
Quite often a slab leak isn t even discovered until a homeowner finds themselves with a huge water bill.