Slab leak checklists and tests
Practical tools you can use before anyone cuts concrete. Run the meter test, isolate the hot side, find your shutoffs, and bring a short list of questions to every plumber you talk to.
- Water meter leak test log
One meter test tells you there may be a leak. A few tests written down over several days tell a plumber whether it is steady, growing, and on the hot or cold side. Print this and keep it by the front door.
- Household shutoff map
In a slab leak, minutes matter and nobody wants to search for a valve with water spreading. Fill in this worksheet on a calm day, test each valve, and post it where everyone in the house can find it.
- Slab leak symptom log
Slab leak signs come and go: a floor that is warm in the morning, a hiss only at night. Writing them down with dates and places turns vague worry into evidence a plumber can use.
- Plumber hiring checklist for slab leak work
Tick these off in order, from the first call to the day the work is finished. Every box is something you can verify yourself rather than take on trust.
- Slab leak bid comparison worksheet
Slab leak quotes are hard to compare because each contractor describes the job differently. Copy each bid into the same rows and the real differences become visible.
- Spot repair, reroute or repipe: a decision worksheet
This worksheet will not choose for you, but it organizes the facts that usually decide the question so your conversation with a licensed plumber starts in the right place.
- First-hour checklist for a surfacing slab leak
Water coming up through tile or soaking a carpet is stressful. Print this checklist and keep it with your shutoff map so anyone in the house can work through it in order.
- Year-round plumbing check calendar
You cannot inspect pipe under a slab, but you can check the things that reveal a leak early or reduce stress on the system. Spread a few minutes of checks across the year.