Leaks we find in Castro Valley
Castro Valley has two kinds of homes, and they leak in two ways. The older houses near Castro Valley Boulevard and Redwood Road, mostly from the 1950s and 60s, often still have original water pipe in the walls and crawl space. Palomares Hills and Five Canyons are newer, and some homes there have water lines under a concrete slab.
Hill lots add a third: the service line from the meter up or down to the house. It can be long, and a leak in it may show only as a wet bank or a high EBMUD bill.
You do not have to know where it is
That part is our job. Tell us what made you suspect a leak. We test the lines, confirm it, and track down which line and where. We do this before cutting into anything. When we have the answer, we show you.
Repair choices
For a single leak in good pipe, we open up at that spot and replace the section. Where the line runs under a slab or somewhere hard to reach, we can often run a new line around it. Where old pipe has started leaking in more than one place, a repipe ends the cycle. You get the cost of each choice that fits your house, and you decide.
Do not let it sit
A slow leak wets framing, flooring and soil for as long as it runs. On a hillside, water in the ground is something to take seriously. If you think you have a leak, have it checked. If water is pouring, call our Castro Valley emergency line; it is answered 24/7.
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