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The result of an ongoing water leak in Los Angeles can be time consuming and expensive. Water leaks that often sprout from pipes, plumbing fixtures, and fittings with a minimal cost consequence affecting your water bill. However, over time water leaks can cause wood rot, cracks in your foundations, damaged drywall, and mold problems. Without proper water leak detection and management, you could be losing hundreds of dollars each year in wasted water loss and thousands in repair bills.

Do you live in Los Angeles and suspect a water leak issue in your home or place of business? Let’s look at leak detection and what you can do to keep you free from leaks both at home and in your wallet.

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How Much Does Leak Detection Cost in Los Angeles?

The costs of leak detection are highly variable in Los Angeles depending on the type of water leak, how long it has been present, and where it exists. Despite the scope you’re home or business may require, it is important to note that leak detection can save you hundreds or thousands of dollars in the long run. Most cases will help you reduce the expense of repair costs the faster you find the leak. Additionally, professional leak detection is often a fraction of the cost of doing it yourself which frequently exhibits higher damage in the search of a leak than in the mitigation.

Due to a professional’s use of modern technology, it is faster, safer, and easier than ever to identify water leaks throughout your property resulting in faster results often saving you up to 80% on visual method identification.

Despite the cost of leak detection, the process ultimately saves you money and allows you to quickly manage the problem.

Due to a professional’s use of modern technology it is faster, safer, and easier than ever to identify water leaks throughout your property resulting in faster results often saving you up to 80% on visual method identification.

Despite the cost of leak detection, the process ultimately saves you money and allows you to quickly manage the problem.

How Can You Get Rid of a Rain Leak?

Los Angeles has several older and historic properties that were built with what we now consider outdated plumbing that has cracks, damaged fittings, poor condensation management abilities. These problems in their least result in leaks, and at their worst can result in broken pipes and failed connections. As these pipes and fittings break down you may find yourself with extreme water damage and heavy repair bills.

Leak detection involves a multi-pronged approach that starts with you. Common signs of leakage include an unusually high water bill, unusual mildew and mold, water stains and damage, and sagging in ceilings, walls, and flooring.

Once you identify common problems resulting in a water leak there are several methods to identify exactly where your leak is coming from, the most common involving:

Video Cameras are often used to detect in-line drainage and sewer problems such as cracks, fissures, or breaks within a water or sewer line. These cameras are typically sent through your piping via the toilet drain, existing cleanout, or roof vent are can easily identify breaks in the line, tree root damage, deterioration, and obstructions in your lines.
Hydrostatic Pressure Test is used to detect water leaks that exist in an underground plumbing system. Using an inflatable test ball, leak detectors obstruct the main sewer line and fill the system with water. If the plumbing system can not get up to the slab level or the water recedes, this is evidence of a leak.
Digital water leak detection is a device that can locate multiple water leaks in a complex network of drains and pipes. The process uses an amplifier to identify leaking sounds.
Electronic listening devices also use audio to detect leaks along with a line tracer system which introduces an electrical charge into the waterline. This process makes it possible to detect the exact location of the leak.
Static leak isolation combines hydrostatic pressure testing with sewer video pipe inspection. Video cameras identify the best location to use inflatable test balls as part of the testing to identify where a leak may exist.

Types of Leak Detection

As you’ve probably realized leak detection is more complex than simply inspecting a leaky faucet. There are several methods, each providing unique benefits to accommodate a variety of leaks throughout your home or business. Detecting leaks from pipes, drains, sewer systems and more require methods that adapt to the diameter of pipes, length of the leaking system, above ground, underground, and multiple levels of a property.

Understanding these methods will better help you understand the types of leak detection covered below:

Types of Ceiling Leak Detection

Ceiling leak detection in Los Angeles is often more of a visual inspection of the attic, though don’t let that fool you into believing this is an easy process. Ceiling leak detection is looking for evidence such as rotting wood, pooled water stains, mold and mildew, dripping water, and pipe condensation. Insulation, in its many forms, can complicate the process as well. The good thing is that efforts to hide piping behind walls are often ignored with open areas easily allowing leak inspectors to maneuver.

Sewer and Drain Leak Detection

Sewer and drain leak detection can be complicated due to the length of water lines as well as pipes that move between walls, floors, ceilings, and of course underground. In addition to challenges in finding leaks, these areas are prone to unique issues such as tree roots breaking through underground sewer pipes, leaks that travel along a pipe resulting in problems far from where a traceable drip exists, and more. Luckily, technology such as video cameras, hydrostatic pressure tests, and digital and electronic listening devices are effective.

Gas Leak Detection

Not all leak detection is searching for water leaks. Gas leaks can be costly both to your health and your wallet. Over time gas lines can corrode which leads to cracks and breaks. Due to the volatile nature of gas leaks, it’s important to understand potential side-effects such as higher gas bills, unexplainable dizziness and headaches, pilot light often blowing out, and a blue gas flame as opposed to an orange/yellow flame.

Since you cannot always smell gas leaks, nor are they easy to visually identify it is important to have a professional inspector evaluate gas leaks.

In Wall Leak Detection

In-wall leak detection for both water leaks and gas leaks can be difficult without the right tools. Methods include visual leak detection where possible, infrared, digital, and electronic listening devices. Visual identification of an in-wall leak can often be seen with damaged or sagging walls, wood damage, peeling paint, and mold or mildew found along the floor and wall.

High Water Bill Leak Detection

One of the best ways to identify a water leak in Los Angeles is through a high water bill leak detection. While some leaks are small, over time – 24 hours a day for a month – they can add up to a significant waste of water. However, just because you have significant water loss doesn’t mean you can’t use your high water bill for leak detection. A high water bill is your first indication there is a problem. A professional inspection will utilize meter usage and the methodical approach of shutting off water devices one at a time inside a building to determine where the area of a leak exists within the property.

Rain Leak Detection

Seasonal rain in Los Angeles can create rain leaks that are not found until much later. Due to migration of water, rain leak detection can be complicated which is why plumbers often contact experts for “mysterious leaks.” Rainwater can find and create cracks and damage in siding, walls, wood, under slab floors, and migrate along nearly any surface. If caught early mitigation can be inexpensive, but over time significant damage can occur resulting in replacing a foundation, walls, ceilings, and flooring. This kind of detection requires knowledge of water tracing and often utilizes infrared cameras, hydrostatic testing, and audio testing.

Water Intrusion Leak Detection

Water intrusion leak detection is very similar to rain leak detection in that your property is exposed to outside elements that are somehow entering your home. Because your home may have cracks in the foundation, damaged siding, roof leaks, leaking windows, or any number of potential entry areas, it is important to identify this issue as quickly as possible to avoid costly repairs. A common method to identify this problem is using an infrared camera to identify water that has entered the home. From there, leak detection professionals will use water tracing and other detection methods to find out exactly where the water has entered your home.

Crawl Space Leak Detection

Crawl spaces create a unique situation within your home as they are rarely accessed allowing leaks and problems to go unseen for long periods of time. Whether your crawl space has flooded, your foundation has cracks or water leaks from other parts of your home find a home in your crawl space, it is important to have a thorough crawl space leak detection performed in the case that you have uneven floors, cracks in interior first-floor and basement drywall increased allergies or asthma symptoms, or unidentified organic odors in your home.

Leak detection can be complicated if issues are not detected early. Knowledge of environmental conditions, water tracing methods, and advanced detection technology are important to finding water and gas leaks as well as identifying the causes of the leak and potential resolutions to prevent future problems.