Gene's Plumbing handles leak detection across Alexander and the surrounding area — licensed, insured and available for emergencies.
Leak detection in Alexander starts with a meter check and a pressure test, which tells us whether water is leaving the system at all and roughly how fast. Only then do the listening devices and thermal camera come out.
Every house handles leak detection a little differently depending on its age, and Alexander has plenty of both old and new. The fitting, the pipe material and the way the last plumber left it all change what the right repair is.
That is why the Alexander truck carries parts for more than one era of plumbing. The leak detection job gets finished on the first visit wherever it can be, because a second trip costs you a day and costs us the trust.
How the job actually runs, start to finish.
A plumber asks the questions on the phone that narrow it down, so the right parts and the right machine are already on the truck when it arrives.
A gauge goes on the system, a camera goes down the line, or the meter gets checked with everything off — whichever actually answers the question. Nobody quotes a repair on a guess.
If there is a cheaper option that will actually hold, you hear about it. If the cheap option is a patch that fails in six months, you hear that too.
Before the truck goes you see it working — the drain running, the pressure holding, the pit cycling — not just a thumbs up from the driveway.
What people want to know before booking this work.
It depends on what the diagnosis turns up, which is why you get a firm price for your leak detection job in Alexander before any work starts rather than an hourly rate that runs while you wait.
You get a straight answer on that. Plenty of Alexander customers are told their leak detection situation can reasonably wait a season, and plenty are told it cannot. The diagnosis decides it, not the sales value.
Drop cloths go down before anything starts, cuts are made as small and as clean as the leak detection job allows, and everything removed leaves with the truck when the Alexander work is done.
Anything actively leaking or backing up is treated as same-day in Alexander. Scheduled leak detection work is usually booked within two or three business days.
What homeowners said after this job.
"Got a quote elsewhere for a full repipe at five figures. Second opinion here found two bad sections and a pressure regulator. Cost me a fraction of the first number."
"Kitchen remodel plumbing, sink and disposal and the dishwasher line. Coordinated with my cabinet guy without me having to run messages between them."
"Sump pump died the week before a big storm. New pump and a battery backup installed in one visit. Power went out during the storm and the basement stayed dry."