Find The LeakBefore It Wrecks The Floor
A hidden leak doesn't announce itself — it quietly spikes your bill, warps your baseboards, and grows mold behind the drywall. We pinpoint the exact source with acoustic, electronic, and thermal equipment so we open the smallest possible opening across Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach.
The symptoms that send people to us
Your usage jumped 30–200% with no change in habits. A silent slab or supply-line leak runs 24 hours a day, and the meter keeps counting even while you sleep.
A warm patch on tile over a slab often signals a hot-water line leaking underground. Cold damp spots, buckled wood, or lifting laminate point to a break beneath the foundation.
A faint hiss or trickle when every fixture is off is classic. Pressurized lines whistle at the break point — exactly the frequency our acoustic gear is tuned to isolate.
South Florida humidity turns a slow drip into black mold behind drywall within days. A stale, earthy smell near a wall or cabinet base almost always traces back to a concealed pipe.
A pinhole in an aging copper or galvanized line bleeds off pressure. If showers have gone limp and faucets sputter, water is escaping somewhere you can't see.
You shut every valve, watched the meter, and the little triangle kept spinning. That's confirmation something is leaking — we take it from there and find where.
Run the water-meter test tonight
Before you call anyone, you can confirm a leak yourself in about fifteen minutes. First, turn off every faucet, appliance, and the ice maker, and make sure no toilet is refilling. Find your water meter at the curb or in the front yard box and note the exact reading, including the small sweep dial or leak indicator. Wait 30 minutes with zero water use, then read it again — if any number moved, water is escaping somewhere in your home. To narrow it down, close the shutoff at the house and repeat: if the meter stops, the leak is inside; if it keeps moving, it's on the supply line between the meter and the house. Bring us that result and we'll go straight to pinpointing.
How we pinpoint without demolition
We start with a pressure test on your supply lines to confirm the leak is real and separate it from irrigation, pool, or drain issues. Isolating hot from cold tells us immediately whether we're chasing a supply break or a waste line.
Ground microphones and amplified acoustic sensors let us hear pressurized water escaping through concrete, tile, and soil. On a slab-on-grade home we walk a grid, marking where the escaping-water signature peaks loudest.
For hard cases we introduce inert tracer gas or use line-tracing equipment to follow the pipe route and cross-check the acoustic hit. This second signal keeps us from opening the wrong spot.
A thermal imaging camera reveals the temperature shadow a leak leaves in flooring and walls — a warm hot-water line under tile or a cool moisture plume behind drywall lights up clearly, confirming the exact point.
We mark the pinpoint spot, photograph our readings, and write up a clear findings report. If you're filing a claim, this documentation gives your insurer the cause, location, and evidence they'll ask for.
With the leak located we quote the fix up front — spot repair through a small access opening, a rerouted line to avoid re-cutting the slab, or a full repipe if the plumbing is failing throughout. You choose before any work starts.
Why detection visits differ
No two leaks read the same. These are the honest factors that move a detection visit up or down — you'll approve the number before we begin.
- Where the leak hides — an exposed line under a sink reads fast; a slab leak beneath finished flooring takes more equipment and time to isolate.
- Home size and pipe layout — a sprawling single-story slab home has more line to grid-search than a compact condo.
- Flooring and finishes — thick concrete, stone tile, and multiple slab layers dampen acoustic signals and require more methods to confirm.
- Number of suspected leaks — older copper and galvanized systems often have several pinholes, each needing to be located separately.
- Documentation depth — a full insurance-grade report with imaging and readings takes more time than a quick verbal locate.
- Access conditions — furniture, built-ins, and crawl clearances all affect how quickly we can reach and read the suspect area.
Three counties, one detection line
Broward
- Fort Lauderdale
- Hollywood
- Pompano Beach
- Coral Springs
- Plantation
- Davie
Miami-Dade
- Miami
- Aventura
- Hialeah
- Miami Beach
- Doral
- Kendall
Palm Beach
- West Palm Beach
- Boca Raton
- Delray Beach
- Boynton Beach
- Jupiter
- Wellington
Leaks found, floors saved
"My water bill doubled and I was convinced I'd have to jackhammer the whole living room. They found the slab leak in one small spot near the hallway with their listening gear. Rerouted it and I never lost a single tile."
"Smelled mildew in the guest room for weeks with no visible water. The thermal camera showed a cool patch behind the closet wall and they were dead-on — a pinhole in the copper. The report made my insurance claim painless."
"Two other companies wanted to cut open three walls to guess. These guys pressure-tested, listened, and marked the exact spot in under half an hour. Straightforward pricing and zero mess. Wish I'd called first."
"Warm spot on the kitchen floor turned out to be a hot line under the slab. They located it precisely, documented everything, and walked me through repair options. Professional and honest from start to finish."
Leak Detection FAQ
Can you really find a leak under a concrete slab?
Yes — slab leaks are our specialty in South Florida, where so many homes sit on slab-on-grade foundations with the water lines run right through the concrete. We use acoustic ground microphones to hear pressurized water escaping beneath the slab, then confirm with tracer methods and thermal imaging. A hot-water slab leak often shows as a warm patch on the floor, which the thermal camera reveals instantly. Once we've triangulated the spot, we mark it precisely so any repair opening is as small as possible.
Do you have to open my walls or floors to find it?
Our entire goal is to avoid unnecessary demolition. Acoustic, electronic, and thermal detection are non-invasive — they read through tile, drywall, and concrete without cutting anything. In most cases we locate the leak with zero openings and only cut a small, exact access point when it's time to repair. That's a world apart from the old method of opening wall after wall hoping to stumble onto the source.
How accurate is the pinpointing?
On a typical pressurized supply leak we routinely locate the source within a few inches. Accuracy improves when we can cross-confirm with more than one method — an acoustic peak backed up by a thermal reading and a pressure drop leaves very little doubt. Deep slabs, thick stone flooring, and multiple simultaneous leaks make the job harder, which is why we grid the area methodically instead of guessing. If a spot ever reads ambiguously, we tell you plainly rather than cut blind.
Will your findings work for my insurance claim?
Yes. We produce a documented findings report that identifies the leak location, the likely cause, and the evidence — including photos of our readings and thermal images where relevant. Insurers typically want proof of where the water was escaping and confirmation that the damage came from a sudden or hidden failure. Having that in writing before repairs start makes claims move faster and reduces back-and-forth. Bring us the claim details and we'll document accordingly.
What does the detection visit cost depend on?
The visit price depends on how hidden the leak is, the size and layout of your plumbing, the flooring we have to read through, and how many leaks we need to isolate. A single accessible line is quick; a slab leak under stone tile in a large home takes more equipment and time. If you also need a full insurance-grade report, that adds documentation work. We assess the situation, explain the factors, and give you an up-front number before we start — nothing proceeds until you approve it.
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Stop guessing — get the exact spot
Every day a hidden leak runs, it adds to your bill and feeds mold behind the walls in our coastal humidity. Let a licensed plumber pinpoint it non-invasively and hand you a documented, insurance-ready answer. FL Lic. CFC1433655.