People say "don't fix it, move the pipe" but the reality is you need to know where the leak is so you don't move the wrong pipe or chop up the floor if the leak is really in the wall near by. As always, a proper diagnosis is key to the right choice for repair.

RYCO you are a professional perfect

Good job, guys

Does this detect cold water leaks as well ? Can you please tell me what the 2 pieces of equipment are called so I can find someone here in NZ that owns these pieces of equipment. The plumbers just want to dig

How do you check for a cold water leak beneath the flooring of a slab house?

where did you ground (earth) the black alligator clip of the gen eye?

Gracias.

To locate cold water side leak, shut off all fixtures inside/outside house. Look at your water meter, if it's still running then you have a leak somewhere. Look for obvious signs such as water damage, listen for hissing pipes with a doctor's scipscope.

Does that box connect to the pipe work on plastic pipe

Love the intro!

Where can I get a training, equipments and get certified

does this work with pvc?

From me experience as a NDT (not a plumber tho) if you wanna detect cold water, you shut off all the water except the one you are looking and then use a heater on the floor it depends type of floor and temprature of the floor. Wait until desired tempreture gained since water observe the heat faster than floor use the same method in the video. I hope this might help some of you.

what tool you have

Hi im plumber in iraq i need it this tools so can i get it

This was a very informative video. I need to find a plumber like you out here in Vegas. Have any recommendations?

@jeremywestern7067

3 жыл бұрын

Ivor Leek Plumbing inc. the strip las vegas

wow I have never heard of this before. Anybody in East TX do this kind of work?

Can you name the device forme so I can ask around who has one? Im in Northeast Ohio

I had one where only the under ground was copper and pex was stubbed out everywhere. So I had to just go off the hot spot and I just about shit bricks and found the only 3 Water line leaks they had.

How much price

just saw another video where the professional "leak detector" the insurance company sent out got it wrong and the plumber had to cut two holes. Another one where a plumber got it wrong and cut a huge hole into the nice living room floor only to eventually dig under the wall and find the leak under the floor inside a closet opposite the wall.. I pays to hire a pro with the right equipment.

Where can I get me one them little ghostbuster machines

Too bad none in Costa Rica has that Gen-Eye equipment. Here, plumbers just smash your walls and floors until they find the pipes.

@vincedent20

6 жыл бұрын

Olivier Lopez Ch LOL. :-)

We have a hot spot that turned into a hot pathway down our hallway. Problem is 3 pipes run together down that line. Yikes.

@conchim99

9 ай бұрын

I found a hotspot in my bathroom too. Do you think most likely a leak from hot water pipe?

Im going to have to get this done not looking forward to this bill

Hello... where in Mumbai , india can I find someone who can search leakage in my house.. Do guide..thanks

Nowadays everyone's a plumber with SharkBites so you just break open your walls find the manifold kill the line on either end and run a piece of clear pex B to repipe the hot at the manifolds

@conchim99

9 ай бұрын

I found a big hotspot in my bathroom 2 days ago. Water spigot turn hot right away. Do you think this is a DIY job? I don't want to dig. I just want to bypass it like we did with the outside cold galvanized water pipe that bursted 7 years ago underground.

i wouldnt waste time and money trying to find and fix that leak by breaking up nice flooring... id run a NEW hot pipe thru roof space

@kellerrobert80

7 жыл бұрын

Or shoot epoxy through the existing pipe. We did this six years ago. It was half the cost, no damage to the floor/walls, done in 8 hours. Still holding.

@cookingwithtera6308

6 жыл бұрын

But want it still be leaking underneath the slab🤔

@PlumberWRX

5 жыл бұрын

All depends. I've had to run pipe and get suufects put in because of it or cut up a floor. Bluilding on a slab sucks

@tripjet999

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, great idea. When THAT leaks you will have a ruined ceiling and flooded house for sure. Fix it properly.

@adamellis3303

4 жыл бұрын

@@tripjet999 Millions of homes, apartments and buildings have pipes running through attic spaces.

Where can i buy this gen-eye locator at?

@ryanbouska7884

4 жыл бұрын

I think that you should definitely get a Ridgid locator it will be more expensive but those are way worse

@JoeDolanPR

4 жыл бұрын

leaktronics.com

Dousing rods work amazingly well!!

Finding a HOT water leak is a piece of cake...what about a cold water leak ?

@JustinCrediblename

8 жыл бұрын

+Rick OBrien the audio tool and the transmitter/receiver tool both work. Sometimes you just have to bypass the whole pipe that's leaking.

@jimcogger7743

5 жыл бұрын

I use an infrared thermometer, cold water typically gives a cooler readout, maybe not so good in warmer climates, think Florida, but works fine in the north east

@PlumberWRX

5 жыл бұрын

@@jimcogger7743 turn the house heat up high and put a freeze machine on the line. Since the water would be water it wont frezze and will show more of a change in temperature sooner.

@rickobrien4025

3 жыл бұрын

@@coreydailey4939 That sounds pretty logical .

Middle of my basement ceiling water water leaked out upstairs is bathroom with shower and toilet no leaking folks stopped by no one can find anything

replace the most difficult to access portions of the hot water delivery system - it doesn't belong under slab in the first place unless you have well welded stainless or titanium plumbing pipes. And there's a good chance that if one joint has failed, the rest aren't going to be too far off. Sorry but you have to sacrifice beauty for function, people. Make america great - not ridiculous or frivolous.

What if its cold water or waste water?

@Tacticalwalleye

23 күн бұрын

Waste water you find with a sewer camera to see the broken pipe and a locator wand like what is in the video to find it with depth and direction.

That thermal camera hotspot looks suspiciously like the visible reflection off the floor bud. Before you go smashing foundations is all.

Needed in Thailand

repairing a slab leak only fixes a snapshot of a failing system not the whole movie. better to repipe the house and be done with it for the next 20 years

I HAVE A LEAK AROUND MY DISHWASHER AREA BUT IT IS NOT COMING FROM MY DISHWASHER BUT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I TURN THE WATER OUTSIDE ON, DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.????

@solaj22

6 жыл бұрын

Your frost free hose bib. You must have left hose on in winter and pipe broke causing leak only when outside faucet is turned on.

0:23 what if it's cold on the floor? The floor next to our dishwasher is really cold.

@pogiguy0533

6 жыл бұрын

could be many things and one if you have a crawl space under your house, it could be missing insulation in that area. This would let cold air come in contact with the subfloor.

@PlumberWRX

5 жыл бұрын

If you running water meter is spinning non stop when no water is running you have a leak somewhere.

its professional

Who ever came up with putting water lines under a slab needs his head examined.

you are mi heroe

@atpassmo

5 жыл бұрын

Eel

@tripjet999

4 жыл бұрын

u kant spull

GET RID OF THE MUSIC

To late!

It only works on hot water leaks 95% of time it breaks on the cold side during the winter what kind of plumber are you hoorah

@PlumberWRX

5 жыл бұрын

Hot line actually freeze more in the winter when the water becomes stagnant. Cold can be done in a very similar way. Using a frezz machine on running water will show a cold spot in the floor. if its metal pipe or has a tracer wire locate it finding the cold spot is easier

@tripjet999

4 жыл бұрын

"frezz"?

I fixed numerous slab leaks without Leak Detectors, Ego Thermal or Jack Hammers. If you would like I will come and train you and your employees for a fee and after you can make a video and actually sound like you know what your talking about.

@Mightiflier

6 жыл бұрын

Please, give us your business name so I can cross off your brand in case I ever have a leak.

@0ptimal

5 жыл бұрын

Bent Water, congrats, your comment has made me believe you are one serious badass. Well done. Now that you've accomplished what you were looking for -which is the approval of others- your small stature, goofy face, micro penis, low iq and the assortment of other flaws you possess will not cause you too much personal resentment. At least temporarily.