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“Leak detection” covers a wider range of problems than most people expect: a slab leak under the foundation, a sewer line leak found by camera, a water heater tank leak, a pool losing water overnight, and more. A warm spot on the floor or a sudden bill spike usually points to a slab leak; slow drains or odour in the yard point to the sewer line; losing more than a quarter-inch of pool water a day points to the pool plumbing. Detection is a flat-rate $150 to $500 visit across all of them, credited toward the repair if you move forward.
A warm spot on the floor or a sudden high bill usually points to a slab leak, a running-water sound in a wall to a concealed leak, and a wet yard patch near the street to the main line. Match your symptom to the closest description below.
Still not sure which one fits? Contact us for a detection visit and we'll pinpoint it, backed by our no-find-no-fee guarantee. Scheduled visits and quotes run Monday through Saturday, 7am to 6pm; our 24/7 emergency line is answered day or night, in English or Spanish, if it's active flooding or a burst pipe right now.
If your symptom is not in the cards above, it is almost certainly in here. Several of these lead somewhere that is not us — that is deliberate.
Six symptoms show up across nearly every type of hidden leak: a bill that jumps without a usage change, running water with every fixture off, a warm or damp floor spot, new low pressure, a wet yard patch, and a musty smell. Each is worth paying attention to even before you know which service applies.
None of these symptoms confirm exactly which type of leak you have on their own, which is why a proper detection visit, using acoustic, thermal, or camera equipment depending on the suspected location, is the reliable way to get a precise answer instead of a guess. See why non-invasive detection beats guessing and cutting → for how that actually works across every service on this page.
A general plumber handles a wide range of jobs, from clogged drains to fixture installs, with leak detection as one of many things they do. A leak detection specialist is built entirely around finding and fixing leaks precisely, which usually means better-suited equipment and more focused experience for exactly this problem.
That doesn't mean every general plumber does this poorly, some are genuinely skilled at it too, but it does mean leak detection is one line item among many for a generalist, while it's the whole job for a specialist. For the full argument on why non-invasive, specialist-led detection matters, see why non-invasive leak detection beats jackhammering the floor.
Whichever type of leak brought you here, the same team that runs your detection visit completes the repair too. There's no hand-off between a “detection company” and a separate “repair company,” and nothing about your leak's exact location gets lost or re-explained along the way.
This hub is written by Miguel Torres, Senior Leak Detection Technician, who covers general and broad leak-detection questions like the ones on this page alongside sewer, water heater, and pool & spa detection specifically. David Herrera, our founder, leads slab leak and repipe work, and Carlos Mendez, our Repair & Repipe Technician, is fully bilingual in English and Spanish, part of how we serve Santa Ana's Spanish-speaking households from the first call through the finished repair; read more about our bilingual service.
We're a new company, and we say so directly rather than pretending otherwise. What we can offer instead of a long review history is a named team, transparent published pricing, and the two guarantees below, stated in plain language rather than buried in fine print.
We're based in Santa Ana and serve the surrounding central Orange County area, including Garden Grove, Orange, Tustin, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, and Irvine, with service expanding further across the county over time. See our full service area list to confirm we cover your specific city.
Most people arrive here after searching leak detection near me, or leak detection services near me, or a leak detection company near me. The honest answer to all three is geography: we're based in Santa Ana, so the closer your home sits to the city, the sooner we can be there.
We built this business around Santa Ana's older, slab-on-grade, hard-water housing stock first, since that's where hidden leaks are most common in this area, and we're growing outward from there rather than spreading thin across the whole county from day one.
Turn off every fixture and appliance in the house that uses water, then look at your water meter. If the dial or the low-flow indicator is still moving, water is escaping somewhere on your property. It costs nothing and it takes two minutes.
Then close the main shut-off valve and watch again: if the movement stops, the leak is inside the house; if it continues, it is in the buried line between the meter and the building.
That result changes what we bring and shortens the visit, whether the leak turns out to be on a supply line, under the slab, on a gas line, or in the pool plumbing.
It also gives you something to hold any leak detection company to. Ask what they will do to prove the location before opening anything, and ask for the repair price as a written quote after the leak is found rather than an estimate before.
Describe what you're noticing and we'll point you to the right service, or just book a detection visit and we'll find it.
(714) 386-7923Call or text, day or night Get a Leak CheckedMatch your symptom to the closest description above: a warm floor spot and high bill usually point to a slab leak, a running-water sound to a concealed leak, a wet yard patch to the main line, and so on. If you’re still unsure, a detection visit settles it, with no detection fee if we can’t find anything.
Either can handle leak detection, but a specialist is built entirely around this one problem, which usually means more focused experience and equipment for it specifically. See our full specialist-vs-generalist argument for the complete case.
We’re based in Santa Ana and serve central Orange County, with the service area expanding over time. See our full service area list to confirm your specific city.
Our detection visits are flat-rate, typically $150 to $500 depending on the property and suspected leak type, credited toward the repair if you move forward. See our transparent, flat-rate pricing policy for the complete breakdown.
Yes, in most cases. We use acoustic listening equipment, thermal imaging, tracer gas, camera inspection, and pressure testing to pinpoint a leak’s location before any digging or demolition happens, so the work is targeted to the exact spot rather than an open-ended search.
You don’t pay the detection fee for that visit when our equipment genuinely can’t locate a leak. That guarantee applies the same way regardless of which type of leak we’re checking for, slab, sewer, water heater, pool, or otherwise.
Often, yes. Since there’s no detection fee if we can’t find anything, having a real symptom checked costs you nothing beyond the visit itself if it turns out to be a false alarm, and it settles the question instead of leaving you guessing.