Posted by hj on September 30, 1999 at 22:04:35:

In Reply to: hot water leak under a slab house posted by Pete Wanserski on September 30, 1999 at 05:45:51:

There are commercial leak locator companies that do it rather reasonably. Unless you have a $1,000.00 deductible on your home owner's insurance policy, it will cover the cost of detecting the leak, breaking the floor, and replacing the floor and any fooring material. the only thing it will not cover is the cost of fixing the pipe, and sometimes they even cover the labor for that, and you just have to pay the $2.00 or so for parts.
: I recently discovered I have a hot water leak under my slab. I don't have any drawings for the plumbing. How do I find where the leak is so I can break through the concrete slab in the proper place? I tried hooking up an Argon line at 20 psi. I used a stethascope and tried to listen for the leak, but could not find. Are there any new methods for finding such leaks?

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