Lifetime Plumbing provides emergency water leak detection services in Chicago
You may put off a lot of house maintenance and repair jobs, especially during the busiest times of year. Repairing the blinds? Yes, it can wait. Doing some baseboard cleaning? We are not hurrying! Certain cases, however, necessitate your prompt attention and assistance. Among them is a water leaking pipe. This post will discuss what to do if your home has a hiden water leak and how responding promptly can help prevent water damage.
If you believe your home has a water leak behind the walls or beneath the foundation, please contact us for a free plumbing inspection in Chicago and nearby areas. One of our expert plumbers will evaluate your pipes and provide you with a detailed, professional assessment of their condition.
What does a qualified water leak detector do?
Not all residential water leaks have an obvious reason. Given the volume of piping that runs within interior walls, beneath foundations, and behind walls, a leak is significantly more likely to occur someplace hidden.
It’s also not as simple as cutting through the drywall to access the pipe. Even under the best of circumstances, a homeowner cannot accurately detect a water leak. However, the liquid from the leak often moves away from the source, usually due to gravity, before being visible as evidence of water damage.
So, what is the process for locating these water leaks?
This is when having a licensed plumber involved comes in handy. Our plumbers utilize high quality and professional tools built exclusively for leak detection. This defines the term “water leak detection.”
How do we find a water leak?
Sound is one of the most useful tools our plumbers use for finding water leaks. Due to the frequency variations, our advanced acoustic sensors can detect water exiting a pipe even if it is too weak for humans to hear. After that, the gadget determines where the sound came from—the leak. After that, our plumber will determine the easiest and least invasive way to get to the pipe so that repairs may be made.
In some cases, our team of plubers will additionally employ other instruments to locate pipe leaks. This includes static pressure testing and endoscopic cameras, which are snake tools with a tiny video camera at the end that can be fed into the line.
Why should I call a professional for my emergency water leak detection in Chicago?
Does your house have a hidden water leak? For a plumbing inspection, give Lifetime Plumbing a call for the following three reasons:
Effectiveness: As previously shown, attempting to locate a hidden water leak on your own may be as successful as playing whack-a-mole with your drywall. If you can’t pinpoint the exact location of the leak, you could be cutting in the wrong place.
Costs: A single homeowner or even a property management company cannot afford to spend thousands of dollars on high-quality acoustic water leak detecting equipment. For water leak detection, you might employ a plumber several times before your expenses even came close to matching those of purchasing equipment.
Expertise: Knowing how to access and repair a water leak effectively requires experience after it has been found. That’s what our plumbers are all about. Dial us, and we’ll take care of it—no fuss, no mess.
In the Chicago metropolitan region and surounding areas, Lifetime Plumbing provides emergency water leak detection around-the-clock. Give us a call right now to begin your plumbing inspection.
