Leak Detection in Fort Collins, CO

IN FORT COLLINS

Leak Detection around Fort Collins

A lot of Fort Collins leak calls trace back to Old Town and the neighborhoods just outside it, where homes built before and shortly after 1900 still run original galvanized supply lines behind plaster walls. Galvanized pipe corrodes from the inside out, and by the time it's thin enough to weep, the leak is often behind a wall or under a slab where nobody can see it start.

In newer construction on the south and east sides of the city, the more common leak is a slab plumbing line or a fitting under a concrete floor that was never meant to be inspected again after the pour. Either way, acoustic listening equipment and thermal imaging find the actual point of failure instead of guessing from a wet spot that may be several feet from the real source.

A whole-house pressure test is often the fastest way to confirm there's a leak at all before spending time and equipment chasing a specific location, since a system holding pressure steadily over 15 to 30 minutes rules out most active leaks entirely.

HOW IT WORKS

What a leak detection visit looks like

We start by isolating which zone of the plumbing is losing water, usually with the meter and a controlled pressure test, before bringing in acoustic or thermal equipment to narrow the search to a specific section of wall, floor, or yard.

Once the leak is pinpointed, we open the smallest access point that reaches it rather than cutting into more drywall or slab than the repair actually requires.

On slab or wall leaks specifically, thermal imaging supplements the acoustic listening by showing a temperature difference where hot water is escaping, which narrows the search area further before anything gets opened up.

Leak detection itself is priced as a diagnostic visit, and the repair that follows depends entirely on where the leak turns out to be and how accessible it is, which is why we always locate the problem before quoting the fix.