Guide 1 · Warning Signs
Slab leak signs — and the two-hour test that settles it
Most slab leaks are noticed as something else first: a water bill that crept up, a warm patch on the floor, a crack over a door. Here is how to tell.
Plumbing in Fulshear, where the ground moves
Every plumbing job — leaks, drains, water heaters, sewer lines, emergencies. Here they all share one complication: the clay under the house never stops moving.
- Expansive clay
- Hard water
- Written price
Try this first
The meter test, worth running before you call anyone
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Turn everything off
Every faucet, the ice maker, the irrigation. Nothing in the house drawing water.
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Read the meter
At the curb, note the small sweep hand or the leak-indicator triangle — it turns with even tiny flow.
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Wait two hours, read it again
Movement with nothing running means water is escaping between the meter and the fixtures.
Good to know
It does not prove the leak is under the slab, but it proves there is one — and it is the single most useful thing you can tell a plumber on the phone. Isolate the irrigation separately and repeat it; that rules out the cheapest possible cause first.
Let’s take a look
Tell us what’s happening at your place.
The full list
Jobs we connect people with
All of it, across Fulshear and the surrounding Fort Bend County subdivisions.
Emergency plumbing
Burst lines and active leaks, including the ones ground movement caused.
Water heater repair
Hard water and sediment are the usual culprits here, and often a repair rather than a replacement.
Water heater replacement
With a flush schedule that reflects what Fort Bend water does to a tank.
Drain cleaning
Recurring blockages often trace back to a line that has sagged as the soil moved.
Sewer line repair
Clay movement pulls joints apart over years. A camera shows how far it has gone.
Slab leak repair
Located first, then repaired or re-routed — and the soil watched afterwards.
Fixtures and supply lines
Ordinary work, done the same as anywhere. Not everything here is the soil's fault.
Repipe and remodel
Re-routing out of the slab is sometimes cheaper than repairing what runs through it.
Three guides
Slab leaks, from the first sign to the foundation
Guide 2 · Leak Detection
How a slab leak is actually located
Nobody should be breaking concrete to go looking. Locating the leak is its own step, and it happens before anything is opened.
Guide 3 · Foundation Damage
When a plumbing leak becomes a foundation problem
In Fulshear's clay, water under part of a slab does not just cost you water. It changes how the ground under that part of the house behaves.
How it works
Here’s how it goes
Send it over
Fill in the short form: what’s going on, where it is, and how soon you need someone.
A licensed contractor gives you a call
Your request goes to an independent, licensed local plumbing contractor, and they call you to set up a visit.
$100 to look, then a written price
The inspection is a flat $100. You get a written price for the repair before any work starts.
What to expect
The ground rules
Local conditions understood first
Clay movement and hard water are the starting assumptions here, not things discovered halfway through.
Located before anything is opened
Nobody should be breaking concrete to go looking. Detection is its own step and it comes first.
Written price before the work
The $100 inspection ends with a number for the repair, not an estimate range.
Licensed Texas contractors
Under their own license and insurance, with permits where the work requires them.
Fort Bend County, Texas
Ten places under one sky
- Cross Creek Ranch
- Katy
- Weston Lakes
- Richmond
- Fulshear
- Fulbrook
- Rosenberg
- Jordan Ranch
- Brookshire
- Simonton
Good questions
Does every plumbing problem here come back to the soil?
No. Plenty of jobs are an ordinary failed valve or a hair clog. But recurring problems and anything under the slab usually have ground movement somewhere in the story.
Will my insurance cover a slab leak?
Policies differ widely. Many Texas policies cover the resulting water damage and the cost of accessing the leak but not the pipe repair itself. Your policy and carrier decide, not us.
How urgent is a slow leak?
More urgent than the water bill suggests. Soil movement under the slab is the expensive consequence and it compounds the longer it runs.
Do you handle ordinary plumbing too?
Yes — drains, water heaters, fixtures, emergencies, all of it. The soil is the local complication, not the limit of the work.
Something going on at your place?
Send it over. A licensed local contractor calls you, and the $100 inspection ends with a written price.
Let’s take a look