Portland Leak Detection
Acoustic listening and thermal imaging pinpoint slab leaks, in-wall pinholes, and hidden supply leaks — so we open the smallest possible area to fix them.
ETA: 30-60 min Live Answer 24/7 Licensed & Insured Upfront Estimate
Acoustic listening and thermal imaging pinpoint slab leaks, in-wall pinholes, and hidden supply leaks — so we open the smallest possible area to fix them.
Pinpoint location first, minimal-demolition repair second.
Acoustic and thermal location of leaks under concrete slabs in ground-floor condos and slab-on-grade homes.
Hidden copper pinholes and supply-line leaks behind drywall located before any cutting.
Whole-house pressure isolation confirms a hidden leak and narrows it to a zone.
A Fluke thermal camera reveals the temperature signature of a hot- or cold-water leak in walls, floors, and ceilings.
If your meter turns with everything off, we isolate the run and find where the water is going.
Underground supply and irrigation leaks between the meter and the house located without trenching the whole yard.
The most expensive plumbing mistake is opening the wrong wall. A hidden leak — a slab leak in a Pearl District condo, a copper pinhole behind drywall, an underground service line — has to be located before it can be repaired, or you end up cutting open finished surfaces on a guess.
We use acoustic listening equipment, a Fluke thermal-imaging camera, and pressure-isolation testing to pinpoint the source first. Then we open the smallest possible area to make the repair, protecting your floors, walls, and finishes.
Call (971) 293-4200Supply lines run in or under the slab in post-2000 condos and slab-on-grade homes; a pinhole there shows as a warm spot or unexplained water.
Portland’s soft, slightly acidic water pits copper into slow pinhole leaks that drip behind drywall for weeks before detection.
A leak between the meter and the house spins the meter with no visible water — located by pressure and acoustic methods.
Angle stops, supply lines, and hose-bib vacuum breakers seep slowly into cabinets and crawlspaces.
Stains, a mildew smell, or a high water bill with no obvious source — exactly what detection equipment is for.
No call-center runaround — live answer, dispatch, on-site quote, fix.
A real dispatcher picks up — no voicemail, no IVR. We confirm your Portland address and triage the emergency on the call.
The closest stocked truck is sent your way, with a realistic ETA quoted before we hang up — usually 30-60 min.
On-site written estimate, then the repair — most first-visit complete. Portland BDS permits pulled where required via Oregon ePermitting.
A few steps that limit the damage while your plumber is en route.
The most costly plumbing mistake is opening the wrong wall. A hidden leak has to be located before it can be repaired, or finished surfaces get cut open on a guess. Portland produces a steady stream of these hidden leaks for a specific reason: the city’s soft, slightly acidic Bull Run water pits copper supply lines from the inside, creating slow pinhole leaks that drip behind drywall for weeks before the damage surfaces. In the post-2000 condos and slab-on-grade construction of the Pearl District, South Waterfront, Orenco, and South Hillsboro, those supply lines run in or under the concrete slab — a slab leak that shows only as a warm spot on the floor or an unexplained spike in the water bill.
We locate before we open anything. Acoustic listening equipment hears the high-frequency sound of water escaping a pressurized line; a Fluke thermal-imaging camera reads the temperature signature of a hot- or cold-water leak through walls, floors, and ceilings; and pressure-isolation testing confirms a hidden leak exists and narrows it to a zone or a single run. If your water meter creeps with every fixture off, that is the signature of an active hidden leak — often an underground service line between the meter and the house, a slab leak, or an in-wall pinhole.
Once the source is pinpointed, the same crew makes the repair in most cases, opening the smallest possible area to protect your floors, walls, and finishes — and pulling a Portland Permitting & Development permit through Oregon ePermitting when the repair crosses the threshold under the 2023 Oregon Plumbing Specialty Code. Catching a pinhole or slab leak early, before it saturates subfloor and framing, is the difference between a targeted repair and a full remediation project.
Licensed Oregon plumbers, fully insured with workers’ comp on every job.
General liability and workers' comp with property-damage coverage on every job. COI on file for landlords.
Pricing on-site before any work. If the diagnosis shifts once we open things up, we stop and re-quote.
Common parts, fittings, and units on every truck — first-visit completion on the majority of calls.
We dispatch 24/7 across all Portland quadrants with live answer and an upfront written estimate.
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