Marietta Leak Repair

Homes built on concrete slabs are popular throughout the U.S., and are often less expensive than homes built on basements. As such, the number of homes built on slabs is higher than most would think. Due to the construction of slab homes, the water and drainage lines for the first floor of the home must be run underneath the slab, approximately 12-18" deep. The slab itself it generally about 4" thick, poured over a wire mesh support layer, which is stretched over a plastic moisture barrier. The water and drainage lines are located beneath these layers, buried in the ground. Due to this type of construction, when a waterline breaks underneath a slab, the homeowner rarely knows about it until the water bill comes, and is much higher than usual.

Waterline leaks underneath the home's slab are treated as following: First, the leak needs to be pinpointed to an exact location using leak detection equipment, which we possess. Then, the flooring above the slab in that area needs to be removed. Next, the concrete in the area must be removed, either by jack hammering or cutting. The wire and plastic sub-layers must be removed, and the waterlines must be dug up and exposed. The damaged section of waterline must be repaired, and the process then goes in reverse. It is completed (on our end) by the re-pouring of concrete over the repaired area. Flooring repairs are the homeowner's responsibility. Drain line problems under the slab are generally treated in the same fashion, albeit with more concrete removed and re-poured.

Most slab leaks are covered by home insurance companies, who typically cover every aspect of the repair except the repair itself, generally reimbursing for jack hammering, digging, access work, location work, etc. These things usually make up the majority of the cost of a slab leak repair, so most homeowners come out of pocket very little of they choose to file a claim for this repair.