The water leak detection service was for a 3/4″ PVC water service running roughly 100 ft between two buildings. There was a wet spot in the asphalt parking lot which gave me a rough starting point. The water pressure was 75 psi and the system produced a surprisingly strong signal when it was checked with
Kenton County Parks called regarding an underground water leak adjacent to some restrooms at Mils Road Park. This was another case of not being able to isolate the system as the 2″ copper water service had a reduced pressure backflow preventer on it, which would not allow adding compressed air or helium into the system.
This call came from Tri-County plumbing to take care of one of their customers. I first checked at all the first floor fixtures to determine where the leak was. I was able to quickly determine that the under slab leak was on the line between the Mechanical Room and the kitchen sink. The line was
This water leak location was for a condo with a 30 ft water line through a beautifully landscaped area. The water service was a 3/4″pvc line with a fairly level, direct shot from the meter crock to the entrance in the basement of the townhome style condo. There was a pressure regulating valve on the
I was called to Louisville, Kentucky at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for a leak detection after two other leak detection companies were unsuccessful in finding a large leak. The leak was gushing underground at 35 gallons/minute from a 6″ductile iron main, with no water apparent at the surface. I arrived Sunday night and performed
Leak location service in Montgomery/Kenwood I was called to perform a leak location service in Montgomery/Kenwood, Ohio. The yard was dry as a bone with a considerable leak that you could easily hear both inside the house and at the water meter. The 3/4″ copper water main ran through the flat lawn in the front
Middletown, Ohio water leak location service was for a home that had a large barn with a water leak between in the water line running from the home to the barn. After listening to the water leak in the basement of the home I could tell that the water leak wasn’t near the home. I
Water leak location in Boone County, Kentucky: I received a call from Boone County with similar circumstances to the Hebron call, except they had not begun to dig yet. I ran the compressed air and you could see it surfacing at two locations due to the ground being completely saturated. I added helium into the
Water Pipe Leak in Clifton, Ohio. I was called out to a home in Clifton for a water pipe leak on a 1″copper water line that was over 1,000 ft long. There was water coming out of the hill near the water meter which initially gave the owner and me the impression that was where
Pipe leak detection in Hamilton, Ohio. Emergency phone call from Gil Ruehl Plumbing on Friday requesting immediate leak location at a large box hardware store in Hamilton, OH. Upon arriving at the site I found the plumber had already determined a general area in the parking lot, roughly 1,000 ft away from the meter pit.
