The water bill jumped and nothing looks wet. How do we find the leak?

Turn off every tap and appliance, then look at the dial on your water meter. If it still creeps forward, water is escaping somewhere: a running toilet, an irrigation valve, a supply line in a wall or a pipe below the floor. Pressure readings, an acoustic listening kit and a thermal camera narrow it down before anything gets opened up.

How common are slab leaks in Largo homes?

Fairly common. Most houses in Pinellas County are built on a concrete slab with no basement or crawlspace, so the supply pipes run under or inside the floor. A section of floor that feels warm, a hissing sound with nothing turned on, or cracks spreading through floor tile are the usual clues.

Hot showers keep going cold halfway through. Is the water heater failing?

In a tank heater it is often sediment that has settled on the bottom and taken up space, or a broken dip tube that mixes cold water into the hot. A failed element on an electric unit does the same thing. Most of these are repairable; a rusty or leaking tank is not.

Who is responsible for the water line between the meter and my house?

Generally the utility owns the meter and the pipe on the street side of it, and the homeowner owns everything from the meter up to the slab. A wet strip across the lawn, weak pressure at every fixture or a meter that never stops moving all point to that line.

What causes slow drains in older Largo houses?

Years of grease, soap and hair narrowing the pipe, plus roots finding their way into joints in older clay or cast iron lines. A plunger moves the clog a few feet; cleaning the line end to end removes it.

Is hydrojetting safe for old pipes?

We put a camera down the line first. Sound pipe of almost any material handles a properly set jetter, and the water pressure is adjusted to the pipe. If the camera shows a collapsed or badly cracked section, we tell you before jetting rather than after.

Do I have to dig up my whole yard to replace a sewer line?

Not always. After a camera inspection shows where the damage is, some lines can be repaired in one section, and others are replaced along the existing route with as little digging as the job allows.

My house has gray plastic or galvanized pipes. Should I repipe?

Gray polybutylene supply pipe was installed in many Florida homes from the late 1970s to the mid 1990s and is known for failing at the fittings. Galvanized steel rusts from the inside and chokes water pressure. Both are good reasons to look at a full repipe.

Can you replace a shower valve without tearing out the tile?

Often the fix is a new cartridge or stem that slides in from the front, so the tile stays put. When the valve body itself has to change, we look for access from a closet or the wall behind first.

A pipe just burst in the middle of the night. What's the first move?

Close the main shutoff, which on most Largo homes is on the line where it enters the house or at the meter box near the street, and switch off the water heater. Move valuables away from the water and call us; we answer around the clock.

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Largo and the surrounding area, including Ridgecrest, Belleair Bluffs, Belleair Shore, Seminole, Lake Seminole, Anona, Walsingham, Oakdale, Ulmerton, East Bay, Harbor Bluffs, Central Park, Roosevelt and Largo Heights, in ZIP codes 33770, 33771, 33772 and 33774.

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The water bill jumped and nothing looks wet. How do we find the leak?

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Who is responsible for the water line between the meter and my house?

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