Almost everything built in Mount Pleasant after Hurricane Hugo sits on a slab, which makes slab leaks a routine problem across Park West, Carolina Park, Rivertowne and Dunes West.
What you notice first
- A water bill that jumps with no change in use
- A warm patch underfoot, meaning a hot line
- Running water audible with everything off
- Damp or lifting flooring in one spot
- The meter creeping with all fixtures closed
Located before anything is opened
Acoustic equipment, pressure isolation and thermal imaging pinpoint the leak first, so we open one targeted section rather than demolishing across a room. On the hardwood and tile common in these houses, that difference is thousands of dollars. Anyone proposing to break concrete before locating the leak has it backwards.
Repair, reroute or repipe
One leak on sound pipe is a spot repair. A line likely to fail again is often better rerouted overhead, avoiding the slab entirely. Repeated failures mean the material is the problem and repiping is the honest answer, even though it is the bigger invoice.
Shut the water off while you decide
A slab leak does not stop and the damage compounds daily.