Leak Detection in Round Rock, TX
The water bill came in at twice the usual number and nothing in the house is dripping. There is one warm patch of tile in the hallway, and the dog has started lying on it. On a slab house in Round Rock, that warm spot is usually a hot-water line leaking under the floor. This site routes your call to an independent local provider who does leak detection across Round Rock and Williamson County.
Finding the line under the slab without tearing up the floor
The provider starts by closing every fixture and watching the meter at the curb. If it keeps turning, water is leaving the system somewhere. They shut the valve at the water heater to split the problem into hot and cold. Then the listening gear comes out. Acoustic equipment picks up the hiss of pressurized water escaping under the concrete, and a thermal camera shows the warm streak a hot-water leak leaves on the floor. Pressure testing on each branch narrows it further.
The goal is one opening in the right place. A slab leak repaired through a single cut in the hallway is a very different job from a floor opened in three rooms on a guess. Once the line is found and fixed, the wet flooring and drywall around it become a structural drying job.
What to check yourself before the truck comes
Turn off every faucet, the ice maker, and the irrigation controller, then look at the meter in the curb box. If the small dial is moving, write down the reading and check it again in an hour. Walk the floors barefoot and note any warm spots. Look at the bottom of walls for a damp line or bubbling paint. Do not start pulling up flooring. Photograph what you find and call.
What comes out and what stays once the leak is found
Most of the house stays. Leak detection exists so that only the flooring and drywall near the break come up. Tile over the repair opening will be replaced, and the drywall near a wall leak may be opened for the plumber. Laminate that has already swelled comes out. Everything else is metered and dried in place where the readings allow. Ask the crew to mark the wet boundary on the wall so you can see the scope before it becomes a bill.
Clay, copper, and the Round Rock slab
Round Rock's east side sits on Blackland clay that swells in a wet spring and shrinks through a dry summer. The slab rides that movement, and the copper or PEX lines cast under it flex at every turn. Houses from the 1980s and 1990s in Chandler Creek, Forest Creek, and Old Town's newer streets are old enough for the copper to pit and young enough that nobody has repiped yet. West of I-35, the limestone under Brushy Creek and Behrens Ranch holds steadier, but lines still fail at the fittings.
Winter adds its own leaks. A line that froze in February 2021 may have cracked without bursting, and the drip only shows up months later as a soft wall. Burst pipe water damage covers what happens when it lets go all at once.
Coverage for slab leaks under a Texas policy varies more than any other water loss. Some policies pay to open and close the slab but not to fix the pipe, and many exclude slow leaks entirely. Ask the crew to document the readings and photos before and after the repair.
Call about a warm floor or a moving meter
Have the address and the recent water bills handy, and be ready to say where the floor is warm or the wall is soft. Mention whether the meter keeps moving with everything off. Call (512) 562-9101 and tell us what you found.
