Leak detection · Springdale, AR
Water Leak Detection & Repair in Northwest Arkansas
Electronic listening, camera inspections and pressure testing to find the leak first, in Rogers, Springdale, Bella Vista and Bentonville, with a complimentary leak evaluation.
Chapter 01
Nine signs there is water going where it should not
Most hidden leaks announce themselves long before anything drips. The signs we ask people to watch for are: increased water bills or notifications from your water provider; decreased water pressure; presence of mold or mildew; water stains on walls or ceilings; peeling or blistering paint; warped floors or sagging ceilings; soggy spots or unusually green areas in your yard; water pooling or surfacing in your home; and the sound of dripping water.
Any one of those can have a harmless cause. Two or three together usually mean water is escaping somewhere you cannot see, behind a wall, under a slab or in a line buried in the yard. A leak that is left alone keeps soaking framing, flooring and soil, and the repair bill grows with the damage, so it is worth finding the source while it is still small.
That is the whole job: find the exact spot first, so the repair is one opening in the right place instead of a guess that tears up half the property.
Water spraying from a broken underground line in a muddy excavation, the kind of leak the crew locates before digging.
How we find the leak before anyone digs
Electronic leak detection is the first tool out of the van. It is non-invasive, which means we can listen for a leak behind walls or under slabs without cutting into them. On a buried line the technician walks the yard with a ground microphone, the orange locator you can see in the photo below, and listens for the sound of water escaping the pipe.
Camera inspections cover the places a microphone cannot settle: a visual look inside the plumbing to find the hidden break or blockage. Water pressure testing checks whether a line holds pressure or bleeds it. For drain and sewer lines, smoke testing is another way we trace a break.
We use these methods together because no single one is right for every house. The point of using more than one is to land on the actual pipe, not the general area.
Chapter 03
The complimentary leak evaluation and a price before work starts
We offer a complimentary leak evaluation to assess the situation thoroughly. Our team explains the repair options in detail, so you understand the process before we begin and you are the one deciding what happens next.
Pricing is flat rate and upfront. You will know what to expect before work starts, with no hidden fees. Customers say the same thing in their own words: Susan Billimek wrote that “I paid exactly what they quoted,” and McCoy K wrote that the quote held “no matter what, and they did even when the original plan didn’t work out.”
Financing is available on qualifying services, so a leak that turns into a larger repair does not have to wait on the budget.
After the leak is found: repair, then put the yard back
Once the leak is located, the crew repairs it, and where the line has to be replaced they open one trench and work along it. For a replaced line that can also mean the details around it: McCoy K wrote that the crew “handled everything from utility line marking to permits and getting the city out to inspect and sign off on the repair.”
Then comes the restore. Cory Wood wrote that the crew was there the next day to replace his line, and that they put landscaping items back where they were and relocated a bush that was in the way: “you can hardly tell they were ever here.”
Leak repair and general plumbing sit under one roof here, so the same crew that finds the pipe can also fix the fixture, the faucet or the water heater that the leak was hiding.
“We recently had a leak that we didn’t know existed.” Beatriz Ashley, Google review, on the crew finding it and laying out options. 4.9 stars from 295 Google reviews.
From the crew’s own camera
These are job photos taken by the Masters of Disasters crew in Northwest Arkansas. For the full story on how a trench is dug and filled, see gas and sewer lines, or browse the gallery.
Leak detection questions
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Get a free leak evaluation
Tell us what you are seeing, a high bill, a soft spot in the yard, a stain on the ceiling. Hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, and weekends by appointment.