Locate, Then Decide The Fix
Once the leak is marked, you have two main paths. The first is a direct slab repair. We cut the concrete at the marked spot, expose the leaking pipe, and fix it. The labor for an exposed pipe leak repair is one hundred seventy five dollars, posted and provisional. That covers cutting, repairing the copper or PEX, and pressure testing the line. Then we close the wall or floor back up. The touch up paint and minor drywall fix is one hundred fifty dollars labor, including the supply run. We do not leave you a hole and a phone number for a drywall outfit.
The second path is a slab leak reroute. We abandon the failed line under the floor and run new PEX through the attic or down a wall chase. The posted labor for that is two thousand one hundred fifty dollars, provisional. No concrete dust. No jackhammer vibration shaking pictures off the walls. The new line is home run back to the manifold or tied in clean at the water heater. You get a fresh start on that section of plumbing without touching the slab.
You can also price a whole house repipe if the slab leak is a symptom of a bigger problem. The posted labor for a whole house repipe in PEX is fifty five hundred dollars, provisional, for a one to two bath home with fixture connections included. That number sits right on the board. You can add it to your cart and see the running total next to the reroute and the spot repair. No phone call required to get the price.
Parts At Cost, No Markup
The labor number you see is what you pay for our time and skill. Parts are a separate line item and they are sold at cost. We hand you the supply house receipt. You pay exactly what we paid. No multiplier. No hidden margin buried in the fitting count. A ten dollar coupling costs you ten dollars. If you would rather source the materials yourself, do it. We will install parts you provide as long as they meet code. No surcharge for that either.
This matters most on a reroute or repipe where the material list gets long. PEX rolls, fittings, manifolds, angle stops, escutcheons. At a shop that marks up parts heavily, that list adds a lot of dollars you never see itemized. Here you see every line. Or you buy the list yourself from the supply house and we show up with the tools. The labor price does not change either way.
The same rule applies to small repairs. A pressure regulator replacement is two hundred fifty dollars labor, posted and provisional, and that includes setting the house pressure correctly. The regulator itself is a part you buy at cost or provide. We test static pressure, set the new unit to fifty five or sixty PSI, and verify the thermal expansion tank is still good. No upselling a whole package. Just the work you need.
The Cart And The Drive Gauge
On the homepage there is a price board and a drive gauge. You type your address or ZIP. The gauge shows the miles and the drive dollars instantly. Below that is the full list of posted labor prices. You add the jobs you want to a cart. The cart shows a running total of labor plus the round trip drive. You can mix and match. Leak locate plus exposed pipe repair. Leak locate plus reroute. Leak locate plus repipe. The math updates as you click.
When you are ready, you reserve the visit by paying the drive fee as a deposit. That deposit locks your slot and comes off the final bill. It is not an extra charge. It is a down payment that applies directly to the labor total. If the round trip drive is forty dollars and your chosen labor is two hundred dollars, you pay forty now and one hundred sixty when the job is done. The cart shows this breakdown clearly before you commit.
This system eliminates the awkward moment where a plumber shows up, walks around, and hands you a number you could never have seen coming. You built the estimate yourself. You know the labor. You know the drive. You know the parts will be at cost. The only variable is what the plumber finds when the wall or floor is open, and we discuss that before proceeding. No pressure. No mystery.
Pressure Regulators And Hidden Leaks
Sometimes a slab leak is not a slab leak at all. High house pressure can push water past a toilet fill valve or a water heater relief line and make it sound like a leak under the floor. Before we break concrete, we check the pressure. A pressure regulator replacement is two hundred fifty dollars labor, posted and provisional, including setting the house pressure correctly. If the regulator has failed and pressure is spiking above eighty PSI, fixing that might solve the whole problem without touching the slab.
We also check the water heater temperature and pressure relief valve, the expansion tank, and all accessible hose bibs and shutoffs. A leak at the base of a water heater can travel along a pipe and drip onto the slab, mimicking an under floor leak. We trace the water back to its source. If the fix is an exposed pipe leak repair at one hundred seventy five dollars labor, that is a lot better than cutting concrete for no reason.
This diagnostic discipline is why the leak locate comes first. Two hundred dollars labor to know exactly what you are dealing with. Then you pick the repair line that matches. You are never paying for a jackhammer when a pressure regulator and a new expansion tank would have fixed it. The posted prices let you compare the scenarios without a sales pitch tilting the table.
We Close The Wall Back Up
A lot of plumbers will cut a hole, fix the pipe, and hand you a card for a drywall contractor. That leaves you with a hole in the wall and another trade to schedule. We carry the materials to close it back up. The touch up paint and minor drywall fix is one hundred fifty dollars labor, including the supply run. We patch the opening, tape and float the seams, texture to match as close as possible, and paint. It will not look like a restoration outfit did it, but it will be closed, smooth, and painted.
This applies to ceiling cuts too. If we have to open a ceiling to access a second story leak or a chase, the same one hundred fifty dollar labor line covers closing that access point. You are not left with a square of drywall screwed over a hole and a promise to come back. We finish the job in one visit whenever possible. The goal is to leave your house the way we found it, except with the leak fixed.
On a slab repair, the concrete patch is included in the exposed pipe leak repair labor. We do not pour a perfect polished finish, but we fill the hole, level it, and leave it ready for your flooring contractor or a weekend DIY tile job. No separate line item for concrete work. No surprise invoice for a pump truck. The posted labor covers cutting, repairing, pressure testing, and patching back to grade.