How is a slab leak repair
Residential Water Slab Leak Detection & Repair Job
okay what you're seeing right now is our
repair crew in-house Plumbing Companies
repair crew entering into a house to do
a fresh water leak repair under this lab
commonly called slab leak repair what
you're seeing there is the actual water
coming out of the pipe what you saw
before was the situation where the guys
set up plastic on the floor
we put plastic up from the from the
entry area into the house to the actual
location where we jackhammer through the
slab we use a wet towel old t-shirt rag
something like that we actually wet it
and attach it to the jackhammer or lay
it on the floor - while we're
jackhammering to actually keep the dust
down which they did and they were
jackhammering whenever you saw the video
start you saw where the leak the water
was actually coming out of the hole
right now they're in the process of
cutting that pipe loose so that we can
take the section of pipe that is no good
that's got a hole in it out here you
will actually see the actual hole you
can see that there's a small hole in
there these holes there could have been
and most likely it looks like there was
a dent in that pipe there and those
dents create weaknesses they create
situations where the water flows over
that unevenly and can easily over time
create a hole like that it just corrodes
the the inside of that pipe down creates
a weak spot and it just over time blows
a pinhole leak out and that's what you
saw there right now he's actually
cutting the section a pipe that we're
going to put in there now they will
begin cleaning the pipe cleaning the
pipe is extremely important with copper
soldering which he will do here in a
little bit he will actually solder the
pipe it's a special process called
silver soldering which you actually have
to do for under slab repairs on copper
lines so they'll clean this pipe as he's
doing now
they'll clean these couplings they're
cleaning the inside of the couplings
that will actually take the solder on to
them and the little cloth that they have
in their hand there is called Sanh cloth
it is a sandpaper type material special
material for plumbers to use and they
will also be cleaning the pipe the
actual pipe down in the hole here in a
minute
but Clint cleaning the pipe is extremely
important in a situation like this if
you do not get that pipe properly
cleaned the leak will create itself
again in the end the solder will not
take to the actual pipe you see he's
cleaning the pipe now the actual pipe
that is inside the hole the older pipe
on both sides of the piece that he cut
out they will clean that very very well
to make sure that it is a good and ready
to take the solder the new solder that
they will actually solder but again
cleaning is very important you can see
that the hole is about three foot by
three foot give or take a little bit is
two foot by three foot something like
that is a normal hole that we make some
guys make a little bit smaller hole some
guys make a little bit bigger but that's
kind of our hole and you know that the
pipe really isn't that deep it is a miss
misinformation that that the pipe is in
the concrete it's very rare to see
actual pipe in the concrete what you see
is the pipe is under the concrete and
that's what you can see here there is
dirt although all around there
significantly wet soil around there that
was that was a pretty good sized leak
you can see now that he is actually
connecting the new piece of pipe up it's
very important as to how we put that
pipe in there to make sure that we've
got good connection on both sides plenty
of plenty of pipe under the actual
fitting the copper fitting so he'll work
with that pretty good the old pipe there
is what they call soft saw cut soft
copper soft copper it comes in a roll
this new pipe that he just put in is
hard
copper it comes in an actual stick so a
little bit different no big deal it's
the same stuff it just comes in a little
bit different form and and so it took
them a little bit to get that connected
up but he got to connect it up now you
see he has lit the torch to go ahead and
solder you see he's got the stick of
silver solder in his in his hand there
it will get that very hot to be able to
silver solder something you have to get
it extremely hot to be able to silver
solder he will get that very hot it will
take him a little bit to be able to get
that hot enough and then he was he will
begin to solder it and that's what
you're seeing taking place right now
once he gets this soldered up they will
then turn on the water and verify that
they'll cool it down a little bit first
but then they will go and turn on the
water and verify that there's no more
leaks that the repairs that they made
are good with no leaks in them and then
they'll also make sure that there's no
more leak anywhere else in the house on
the water system so as you can see again
he is actually soldering it now you see
he's putting that little little end
right on the joint between the coupling
and the actual pipe and what actually
happens there is the solder is sucked
into the actual fitting that's that's a
good solder joint there very good solder
joint you can see it's actually cooling
because it was a little red and then
started to turn blackish in house
plumbing company is our name this is
Jackie
very good plumber and some of our other
repair crew guys this crew here this
particular crew has been with us for six
and a half years as we're speaking right
now they are they have already tested it
there were no more leaks everything was
good they are now putting the dirt back
into the hole and getting ready
- then go in and put the concrete back
down so they'll make sure that a good
amount of dirt gets put back in that
hole and and and then prep it for the
concrete here they're mixing the actual
concrete we like to mix it in this
manner everybody does it a little bit
differently but we're mixing the
concrete at this time and then they will
begin as you see here taking the
concrete the mixed concrete back into
the house and buckets pouring that
concrete there and and then basically
got some sand mix there that they're
pouring down on the top then they will
go ahead and pour the concrete in there
they'll patch that concrete they'll
smooth it all out real good make sure
that everything's good as you can see
here and then they will begin the
cleanup process we take very extra care
or special care at cleanup at the end of
a job is very important to us how the
job looks upon completion thank you for
listening have a good day we hope to
hear from you soon if you have any kind
of problem like this
