A plumber just told you the concrete floor needs to come up. Before you say yes, read this. Jackhammering is one of four repair methods — and in Abilene’s post-tension slab market, it is the method that carries the most risk if the leak location has not been precisely confirmed first. Do all slab leaks…
You had a plumber in the house for twenty minutes. He looked at the floor, looked at his clipboard, and said the words that sent you to Google: the only way to fix this is to break up the concrete. Then he handed you a number with a comma in it and left. So here…
Every water heater manufacturer puts a 10 to 12 year warranty on their tanks. The plumber who sold you that heater probably mentioned the 15 year lifespan. But in Abilene, water heaters fail on average at year 7 to 9 — and the reason has nothing to do with the quality of the unit. It…
A plumber knocks on your door, looks at your water heater, and tells you it needs to be replaced — not repaired. The problem is you have no way to know if that is the honest diagnosis or the most profitable one. Unless you know how the plumber gets paid. What is a commission-based plumber?…
There is a licensed plumber in Abilene and there is an unlicensed person with a truck and a wrench. In Texas, you cannot tell the difference from a Google search or a yard sign. The verification takes 30 seconds and it is the most important thing you do before letting anyone touch your plumbing. How…
The slab leak is confirmed. You are looking at a $2,000 to $6,000 repair bill. The first thing most Abilene homeowners do is call their insurance company. What happens next depends entirely on how you make that call — and whether you have the right documentation before you make it. Does homeowner’s insurance cover slab…
It is 2am and your pipes are frozen. Start here. Step 1: Find your main water shutoff valve and turn it off right now before you do anything else. This one action separates a 300 dollar thaw job from a 15,000 dollar ceiling collapse. Location: usually under the kitchen sink, in a utility closet, or…
Your water bill jumped $80 last month. You hear water running somewhere but every faucet is off. There’s a faint warm patch near the hallway tile. You’re not imagining things. In Abilene, these are the warning signs of a slab leak — and the meter test you’re about to learn takes 15 minutes and tells…