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Slab-built ramblers and split-levels hide supply lines under concrete, and swelling clay stresses them. A creeping water bill or a warm spot on the floor in a Fairfax rambler is classic slab-leak territory — locate first, cut second.
Mystery water bills, warm floor spots, damp drywall — we locate hidden leaks with electronic detection before cutting anything, then fix the actual problem.
Check exposed pipe near the water heater or under sinks: polybutylene is usually gray (sometimes blue or black), flexible plastic, often stamped 'PB2110.' Homes built 1978–1995 in Fairfax and Arlington counties are prime candidates. If you find it, don't panic — but do get a repipe assessment, because PB fails without warning and many insurers surcharge or decline it.
Check your meter: note the reading, use no water for two hours, check again. Movement means a leak. Other signs — a water bill creeping up, warm floor spots (hot-side slab leak), musty smells, or a water heater running when nobody's using hot water.
Acoustic sensors hear pressurized water escaping through pipe walls; thermal imaging spots temperature anomalies; tracer methods handle the stubborn cases. The point is precision — open one small spot on the actual leak instead of exploratory demolition.
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