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Water Leak Repair

If you can hear water moving with everything in the house turned off, close the main and call, because a hidden leak is doing its worst damage before you can see any of it.

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What a pro does

Finding a leak is mostly a process of elimination done in the right order. The plumber closes the main, watches whether the meter still moves, then isolates sections so the loss can be pinned to the supply, an irrigation line or something on the drain side. Only after that does he go looking for the exact spot with a moisture meter, listening equipment or a thermal camera. Louisiana works against you on the visual clues. Humidity keeps everything faintly damp, so a wet patch on a wall says less here than it would in a dry climate, and mildew can appear from ordinary summer air rather than a pipe. Under a raised house the same water spreads along the joists and drips somewhere well away from the actual break. That's why the plumber trusts instruments over stains. Once he's opened up the failure, the repair is matched to what's already installed. Copper, galvanized, CPVC and PEX are all in service in this housing stock, and joining two of them badly is the thing that comes back as a leak in a year. The finish is a pressure test and a second meter check with everything closed.

Frequently asked questions

Turn everything off, including any ice maker and irrigation, and look at the meter. If the dial or the leak indicator is still moving after fifteen minutes with no water in use, something in the system is losing. That's a reading, not a repair, and it's exactly what the plumber wants to hear.
Because water travels along whatever it lands on. Under a raised floor it follows a joist to the low end, and inside a wall it runs down a stud before it shows up. Chasing the stain instead of tracing the line is how people open the wrong wall.
Yes, and mostly because of what it does around itself. Steady moisture in a humid climate rots wood framing and feeds mold long before the leak grows enough to be obvious, and that damage costs more to put right than the pipe ever would.
Some towns will flag unusual consumption or come read the meter with you, and a comparison against your normal usage is a useful starting point. What they can't do is tell you where it is, which still comes down to isolating and locating at the property.

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