The leak you can’t see is the one that costs the most
A slab leak is a leak in a water line running underneath your home’s concrete foundation. Because it’s hidden, it can run for weeks — wasting hundreds of gallons, spiking your bill, and quietly undermining your foundation and flooring — before anyone notices. Drip Doctors specializes in finding these leaks precisely and repairing them with the least destruction possible.
Warning signs of a slab leak
- A water bill that jumped with no change in usage
- Warm spots on the floor (from a hot-water-line leak)
- The sound of running water when every fixture is off
- Low water pressure throughout the house
- Cracks in flooring, tile, or drywall
- A musty, moldy smell or unexplained damp carpet
Detection first — demolition last
The old way to “find” a slab leak was to jackhammer the floor until you hit water. We don’t do that. Our technicians use electronic acoustic detection, line pressure testing, and thermal imaging to mark the leak’s exact spot first. Then we choose the least-invasive repair:
- Spot repair — open a small, targeted section of slab and fix the failed segment
- Reroute — bypass the bad line by running a new line through walls or the attic, avoiding the slab entirely
- Whole-home repipe — when the pipes are failing in multiple places, replacing the system is more economical than chasing one leak after another
Why Las Vegas homes are prone to slab leaks
It comes down to our water and our ground. Hard, mineral-rich Las Vegas water is corrosive to the copper piping run under many valley slabs, eating through it from the inside as tiny pinholes. Add expansive desert soil that shifts with temperature and moisture, and older neighborhoods across Las Vegas, Henderson, and the east valley see slab leaks regularly. Catching one early is the difference between a small spot repair and a major foundation project — so if any of the signs above sound familiar, call us.