A warm spot on the floor of a Richmond rancher
A Richmond homeowner felt a warm area on their slab floor that hadn't been there before, along with a faint sound of running water at night. Richmond's high water table made the prospect of a slab leak especially concerning.
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A persistently warm patch on the tile floor
- Acoustic detection across the slab
- Thermal imaging to map the warm footprint
- Pressure isolation of the hot-water line
A hot-water slab leak beneath the kitchen, confirmed by the combination of sound and the thermal pattern.
A warm floor spot is a classic hot-water slab-leak sign. Locating it with acoustic and thermal methods together meant a single targeted access point — protecting the foundation on soft delta soil.
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