Slab Leak Detection & Repair in Midland, TX
Warm spots on the floor, a water bill that doubled, or the faint sound of running water with everything off? Midland's moving soil makes slab leaks a local specialty. We locate them precisely and repair with minimal tear-out.
Why slab leaks are so common here
Nearly every home in Midland is built on a concrete slab with water lines running underneath or through it. The ground those slabs sit on is caliche and expansive clay that swells after rare heavy rain and shrinks through long dry spells — and it moves unevenly. Add the fact that Midland has been one of the fastest-growing cities in West Texas, with whole neighborhoods built in rushed boom years, and you get a perfect recipe: pipe stressed by ground movement, installed fast, sometimes not bedded as carefully as it should be.
The result is one of the most common big-ticket plumbing problems in the basin: pressurized lines pinhole or split under the slab, quietly running water 24/7 under your foundation.
Signs you may have a slab leak
- Water bill jumped noticeably with no change in habits
- Warm or hot spot on the floor (hot-side leak)
- Sound of running water when every fixture is off
- Cracks appearing in tile, flooring, or drywall
- Water pooling at the slab edge or where the wall meets the floor
- Water meter spinning with the house shut off at every fixture
How we find it before we cut anything
Guessing means jackhammering your floor on a hunch. We don't guess. Our detection process combines:
- Pressure isolation testing — confirms which line is leaking, hot or cold
- Electronic leak detection — pinpoints the leak location through the slab
- Thermal imaging — maps hot-side leaks across the floor
- In-line camera where applicable — rules out sewer-side issues that mimic slab leaks
You get the diagnosis in plain English, with repair options and pricing — spot repair through a small opening, rerouting the line through the attic or walls (often the smarter long-term move), or full repipe if the system is at end of life.
Repair options, honestly explained
- Spot repair — best for a newer system with a single, clearly-defined leak
- Reroute — abandons the failed under-slab section and runs new line overhead; often ideal for boom-era polybutylene or repeated leaks
- Full repipe — when the system is failing in multiple places, we lay out the honest math; see our repiping page
Slab leaks get more expensive the longer they run — water under a slab erodes the soil that supports it, and foundation problems dwarf plumbing problems. If your bill spiked, call sooner.