When Tony Herman started Leak Geeks Plumbing in Fort Worth, Texas, 18 years ago, not including leak detection and repair services was never an option.
“In the part of Texas we’re in, the ground shifts a lot — we get a lot of movement which causes breaks in the sewer line both underneath the house and out in the yard,” he says. “Freshwater is kind of the same thing, but a lot of our freshwater leaks come from small kinks in the copper water line when the plumbing system was installed, the water line resting against a small rock or something which rubs a hole in it over time or electrolysis will develop because the electrical system is grounded to the plumbing system. Over time, that grounding will eat away at the copper pipe.”