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Have used a snake and fiber optic camera without success.

2006-06-24 04:29:45 · 5 answers · asked by HomerD 1 in Home & Garden Maintenance & Repairs

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The snake and camera are for sewer pipes. To locate a pressure water leak you need A subsurface listening device such as geophones or fischer locators. These are like stethoscopes only louder. I hook up an air compressor to the water line via hosebib. This makes the leak much louder. It takes a lot of experience to locate a slab leak so I would suggest calling a slab leak specialist/plumber to locate it for you. Sewer leaks you can find by performing a hydrostatic test and locate. Also pretty tricky. You use test balls to stop up the sewer and fill the drain with water. If the water in the pipe drops you let the air out of the test ball and move it a couple of feet andtry again. I would also recommend a plumber for this or it will take forever. Experienced plumbers will know how to isolate the sewer pipes to make the job faster. It takes me about two hours to do a full test and locate for drain leaks. Around $275 to locate water leaks. $475 for sewer. The smart plumbers will charge by the hour on sewer because it can take all day depending on how many leaks and access.

2006-06-24 04:48:38 · answer #1 · answered by vreels man 3 · 1 0

How do you know it is broken? If it is broken and under a walk way or drive way i think you'll just have to run new lines unless the break is near the edge. This can be a very difficult task to take on without help.

2006-06-24 04:37:22 · answer #2 · answered by Caesar 4 · 0 0

if the water is flowing at mains pressure you can use a "sounding stick" --- this is the technique used by water authority official to locate bursts / flows under roads. It needs to be relatively quiet and you need a suitable piece of wood to "listen through" .....see http://www.subsurfaceleak.com/find_leaks.html

2006-06-24 04:45:33 · answer #3 · answered by potteries03 2 · 0 0

get out your wallet and call a plumber?

2006-06-24 04:33:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

jackhammer time

2006-06-24 04:34:10 · answer #5 · answered by cheezy 6 · 0 0

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