Most leaks in West Ashley homes are noticed on the water bill rather than seen, because they happen under floors and inside walls.
A quick test you can do yourself
Turn off every tap and appliance that uses water, then look at your water meter. If it is still moving, water is going somewhere it should not. It takes a minute and tells you whether this is worth worrying about today.
We locate it before opening walls
Listening equipment and thermal imaging narrow a leak down to a small area, so any opening we make is small and deliberate. That matters in older homes with plaster walls and original floors, where exploratory holes are expensive to make good again.
Where they usually turn out to be
In older homes, at corroded sections of galvanised pipe and at joints that have been repaired before. In newer ones, at the fittings and connectors rather than the pipe. Outdoor spigots are a common one in both, and they often leak into the wall rather than onto the ground where you would see it.
Why it is worth acting quickly
A slow leak inside a wall stops being a plumbing problem fairly quickly and becomes flooring, cabinets and drywall instead. The plumbing repair is almost always the least expensive part of a leak found late.