Customer SAVES Over $40,000 on Plumbing REPAIR

Customer Saves $40,000 on Plumbing Repair -Everything You NEED to Know About Slab Leak Detection

We got a call about a house having MULTIPLE plumbing leaks under their slab. When your plumbing starts acting up, it's easy to feel like you're at the mercy of the plumber. But what if there was a way to save yourself THOUSANDS of dollars on plumbing repairs? In this video, we explore how one customer was able to do just that by finding and repairing a slab leak themselves! Stick around to see how many tunnels we had to dig to fix the homeowner's plumbing leak!

Whether you're a homeowner or a plumber, you should know about slab leak detection and the different ways to go about it! Because it's vital to the health of your home and if you're a plumber, it's a great skill that can help you stand out from your competition. n this playlist I'm going to show you everything associated with slab leaks and leak detection. This profession is a specialized field and can be very lucrative for plumbers or anyone who wants to learn about it. We're going to cover everything from the beginning to the end, a to z, front to the back of slab leaks, and leak detection.

Whether you're suffering from a leak and want more info or if you're interested in expanding your skill set, this playlist is for you. Enjoy!

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Thanks for watching! I'm Roger Wakefield, The Expert Plumber, and welcome to my channel. On this channel, it's ALL about plumbing. We play games, we experiment, and we have FUN here, talking and learning about all things plumbing!
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[rogueaccountant]

Love your content! Home owner in Round Rock, Texas here. A plumber that cleared my line reccomeded your channel and I really appreciate that he did.

[BruteLemn]

While I am not a plumber, I find your videos extremely interesting and yall seem like an amazing company. Keep up the good work!

[ronniewilliz]

I did this for almost 6 months straight. I was on the re pipe/tunneling crew. Putting them hangers in with the studs isn't fun. Great video man. It's great to see you succeed on yt. 👍👍

[melissaollis]

We do this to save our customers money and the mess of having their floors busted out..most often it's a washer drain that we end up rerouting. At the end of the day what is most important is a happy customer who feels confident that they can depend on their plumber to inform them of all the options available to safely fix any plumbing issue they are having. Some customers would rather go ahead and do an entire repipe to avoid future issues but materials are getting so expensive that our customers have been very grateful that we give them as many options as possible so they can choose which best fits their situation. It's such a shame that so many companies are more about the dollar than the customer.

[donutman]

Couple of years ago, I bought an old 1960 farm house down here in Cleburne, Roger. Man did they do things a different way back then. The house would flood every time it rained, so I put in some channel drains and re-routed some down spouts. While I was trenching and running the new lines for run off water, I tied in the washing machine to empty the gray water out to the pasture. A few months later the septic kept backing up, so I borrowed a snake from work and ran the lines. After all was said and done, found out the cast iron that exits the foundation went directly into the old concrete bell end pipes. 99% clogged with roots from vines and trees. Ended up having to replace everything from the house to the septic system. Just amazed at how things actually got done back then. Replacing drains through the concrete, everything is lead and Oakum. It's been a long strange journey since then.

[royclimer]

I'm in Idaho and like slab houses represent maybe 3 to 5% of all homes here. We usually would open up the floor

[mattbundy]

Slap and grade is…. The worst. I can’t believe they still make these houses. Love the content!

[apertureonfirephotography]

Most of the time we bust the floor due to the slab being embedded around the pipe. We have fantastic concrete people here. Especially if it’s a small isolated leak on a not so old house.

[gbpg]

Bought a house that needed the sewer line fixed under the house. Thank god I found a place that could do an epoxy liner.

[davidward]

We have cast iron pipes that are not leaking, but the plumber recommended replacing 30 feet of them because of sludge build up. My wife already wanted to do that because a friend of hers had it done. She grew up in this house. Overflow of the washer drain has been a chronic problem. We are expecting the pipes to need to be replaced some time so will probably go ahead with it. $22, 000 is less than the numbers I see you make..

[adamr]

Roger what do you suggest for us living up North with cold winters. Does burying below the frost line with some piping above it work?

[bmaiceman]

Roger my biggest question is this after you tunneled out underneath a concrete slab house and made whatever repair you have to, how do you backfill all that in such a way that it's tightly packed and you're not going to experience any kind of slab settling??

[danielbroos]

Where are you doing this repair? In my state the minimum coverage for a sewer coming out of a home is 12 inches. Coming out of the side of a home or building exposed like that would never pass code requirements.

[orfnerlax]

after tunnelling, what was the backfill procedure if anything. living in California I never thought of this as an option. would this be solid in tectonic states ya think?

[charliebrown]

Man that's crazy. I live in a tiny brick home in the Midwest was quoted 5k to repipe entire house going from galvanized steel to copper. Going to pull the trigger next year. Amazing and interesting stuff.

[richardhaley]

The age of the pipe(especially cast) should be considered carefully. A through camera inspection is the tool needed to determine your decision to repipe or repair. Cast sanitary sewer pipe that is 40 years or older, I would lean towards repiping. With the washing machine drain another option would be to put in a grey water tank and isolate the washing machine drain from the rest of the sanitary sewer lines in the house.

[brando]

pulling the toilet flange studs out yesterday morning, the entire flange lifts up 1 inch as if its just sitting there. turns out it was, pipe was broken off 9 inches from flange center to wall. giant void under slab. 20lb chipping hammer'd out about 2sqft, pipe was broken right at the vent y-pipe. had to chisel by hand & heat gun the the broken ring in the coupler, cleaned it up with a die grinder with a carbide burr. used 4 bags of pea gravel to fill in voided areas, tried to pack down best i could. the rebar "y" put in for support was completely rusted and just broke off with one tap. so i packed everything down directly below where the pipe sits, pea gravel, mixed up mortar and made a mini footing for the flange pipe to bed into. more pea gravel to about 4 inches, then floated. longest 9 hours on a sunday ever.

[fnafplayer]

Hey Roger IK I haven't said much but nice seeing your vids once in a while.

[billnict]

Any considerations for this type of exterior repair in climates that experience long periods of freezing weather? I realize that north Texas does get cold in the winter but not like say Iowa or Minnesota. Cheers!

[Saltcracker]

I’m a small plumbing contractor, when I go to a job like that, I refer them to a guy like you lol