• Copper Polybutylene Plumbing Slab Leak Repair Repipe Phoenix AZ Metro

Gilbert Plumbing specializes in repiping Copper and Polybutylene water line plumbing. We do slab leak repair, copper pipe leak repair, poly pipe leak repair, and any other plumbing problem you may have. Gilbert Plumbing prides itself with our on time, fast, and clean service. You just might have a leaking pipe. Worse, you may have many leaking pipes under your floor or in the walls.

Are your water, gas, or electric bills higher than normal? Does your floor have a warm or hot spot? Do you have a room that has a musty smell? Do you have a wall or walls that feel soft and damp? Do you have water in places that are not pet related?

Slab Leaks:
A slab leak can be a frightening discovery in your home. High water bills, wetness or heat pockets on floor, and shifting of the foundation can all be signs of a slab leak. You probably have many questions such as, how did this happen? How can it be fixed? And how can I prevent this from occurring again?

While the answers are not always simple there are some basic factors that go into creating and fixing a slab leak.

Soil and water in your home may be chemically corrosive to copper pipe and over the months will eventually dissolve your pipe. In Arizona this is a very common occurrence. Electrical charges in the ground can also be corrosive to your pipe and create holes through the process of electrolysis. In these cases a home re-pipe is the best option because leaks will continue to develop if copper pipe is used as the supply.

Some times damage after installation or shifting of the foundation causes the pipe leaks. In these cases a reroute of the water supply through the attic is a good option.

In any slab leak case Gilbert Plumbing can locate the leak. Re-piping and reroutes are done with PEX, a flexible pipe with a 10-year warranty. This piping goes through the attic and allows for easy rerouting. Gilbert Plumbing has installed PEX piping for over 17 years in thousands of homes with no issues. For further information on PEX, please watch this video: Plumbpedia 4.

Polybutylene Pipe Leaks

Polybutylene piping has a high failure rate when installed by unqualified plumbers using substandard material. If the correct material was used, Arizona water can still take its toll on the piping and fittings over time.

Copper Pipe Leaks

Arizona is the Copper State, however, our water is not very kind to the piping and fittings made from it. Other causes that will accelerate copper corrosion and failure are poor solder joints or electrolisis. Some plumbing companies claim that using thicker copper will solve all your problems. They are not trying to fool you, but are fooling themselves. Gilbert Plumbing uses as little copper as possible, and does not install long copper runs in your house.

Cast Iron Pipe Leaks

Cast Iron in older houses isn't immune, either. Time and corrosive water will eventually cause a failure in your drainage system.

Slab Leaks

Slab Leaks happen when your house shifts on the land it was built upon. It can also happen from our corrosive water. Gilbert Plumbing can locate the leak with our leak detection equipment and suggest the best way or alternatives to deal with this problem. Gilbert Plumbing prefers running new Pex piping overhead and capping off your underground piping. Other plumbing companies may suggest using a jackhammer to open your floor, fix the current leak, and possibly stress the pipe causing it to leak elsewhere for future work.

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Gilbert Plumbing specializes in repairing leaky pipes such as water supply lines installed under the concrete floor of your home (commonly referred to as the "slab") that have developed water leaks (a "slab leak"). A slab leak under the floor can produce high water bills with no visible signs of water, in which case we would first perform slab leak locating (also known as slab leak detection, water leak detection, or water leak locating).

After locating the leak the next step is to determine if it is feasible to do a slab leak repair, which requires removing a section of the concrete floor and digging down to the pipe and performing a copper pipe repair or polybutylene pipe repair (poly pipe repair) which is more generally referred to as a water line leak repair. This type of repair is not always the best solution since one failure can be a sign of more to come. In that case a slab leak repipe would cap off the failed line and a new line would be installed in the walls or ceiling. Replacing just the one line may be a mistake if there are indications of multiple water pipe failures or pin holing in the home or neighborhood. If the home has copper water lines, then a complete copper pipe replacement (copper repipe) would be advisable - All the water lines would be replaced with cross linked polyethylene (PEX), a material which has a proven long term record of being resistant to aggressive water conditions. If the home has polybutylene (poly) water lines then a complete polybutylene pipe replacement (poly repipe) would be done with the material of choice also being PEX. Gilbert Plumbing can do a complete replacement of the water line plumbing in one to two days and the water is shut off to the home for under two hours.

Gilbert Plumbing does copper polybutylene slab leak repair and repipe in the Phoenix AZ Metro area which includes Apache Junction, Avondale, Buckeye, Carefree, Casa Grande, Cave Creek, Chandler, Fountain Hills, Gilbert, Glendale, Goodyear, Litchfield Park, Maricopa, Mesa, Paradise Valley, Peoria, Phoenix, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, Sun City, Surprise, Tempe, and Tolleson.

Gilbert Plumbing also features water audits and 24 hour emergency service.

We also serve Ahwatukee, Anthem, DC Ranch, Sun Lakes, Trilogy, Westbrook Village, and all similar communities throughout the valley of the sun.