# Leak Detection and Slab Leak Repair in Las Vegas > Leak detection and slab leak repair across the Las Vegas Valley. LVVWD reimburses qualified homeowners up to 50 percent of a leak repair, capped at $2,000. Source: https://monkeywrenchlv.com/services/leak-detection/ Valley homes are built slab on grade, so a supply line that fails under the floor gives you a warm spot, a running meter and a rising bill rather than a visible drip. The Las Vegas Valley Water District reimburses qualified homeowners up to half the cost of repairing a leak, to a $2,000 cap, once the repair is done and the paid invoice is submitted. ## What this covers - **Slab leak detection**: Acoustic and thermal location of a failed supply line under a concrete slab. - **Slab leak repair or reroute**: Spot repair through the slab, or rerouting the line overhead where that is the better long-term answer. - **Hidden and wall leak detection**: Locating leaks behind walls, under cabinets and in ceilings, and on the service line to the house. ## Detail ### Signs of a slab leak A warm patch of floor, running-water sound with everything off, an unexplained bill jump, or a meter that turns when nothing is on. ### Why copper fails under valley slabs Homes from the 1960s to 1990s often have copper in or under the slab, and high mineral water plus decades of ground movement opens a pinhole. ### The LVVWD repair reimbursement Up to 50 percent of the repair back, capped at $2,000, on a paid invoice. Single-family owners, one per rolling year. ## Common questions ### How do you find a slab leak without digging up the floor? Acoustically and thermally, before anything is opened. A pressurised line losing water under a slab makes a sound and leaves a warm track, and both can be located from above to within a small area. That is the whole point of detection as a separate step: the difference between opening one square of floor and opening a room is knowing where the leak is before the first cut. ### Why do copper pipes fail under Las Vegas slabs? Homes built from the 1960s to the 1990s often ran copper in or under the slab, and valley water at about 17 grains per gallon works on it from the inside while decades of ground movement work on it from the outside. Eventually a pinhole opens. A first pinhole is bad luck; a second or third in the same house is the run telling you it is thinning everywhere, which is when a reroute beats another spot repair. ### Is there help with the cost of a leak repair in Las Vegas? Yes, on the repair itself. The Las Vegas Valley Water District reimburses qualified homeowners up to 50 percent of the cost to repair a leak, to a $2,000 cap, once the work is done and the paid invoice goes in. It pays against the repair rather than the diagnosis, it is single-family owners only, the invoice has to be at least $200, and it is one reimbursement per rolling 365 days. ### Should a slab leak be repaired through the slab or rerouted? It depends on what the rest of the pipe is doing. A single failure on otherwise sound line is a spot repair through the slab. Where the same run has already leaked once, or the pipe is old copper in high mineral water, rerouting that line overhead takes it out of the slab permanently and stops you paying for the same diagnosis again. We tell you which situation the camera and the pressure test actually show. ### How do I know if I have a slab leak? The usual signs are a warm patch of floor, the sound of running water with everything off, an unexplained jump in the water bill, or a meter that turns when nothing is on. Valley homes are slab on grade, so a failed supply line under the floor gives you those symptoms rather than a visible drip. We locate it acoustically before opening anything. ### Are you licensed and insured? Yes. Monkey Wrench Contractors LLC holds Nevada State Contractors Board license 0092999 and trades as Monkey Wrench Plumbing. We are a BBB accredited business with an A plus rating, and every technician is background checked. About thirty minutes before your appointment you get a text with the assigned technician's photo, name, license number and live ETA. ### Do you charge for an estimate? No. The inspection is free and you get a flat-rate price before any work begins, so the number you approve is the number you pay. If the scope changes once something is opened up, we stop and re-quote rather than adding to the invoice at the end. ## Related services - [24/7 Emergency Plumbing](https://monkeywrenchlv.com/services/emergency-plumbing/) - [Pipe Repair and Repiping](https://monkeywrenchlv.com/services/repiping/) - [Plumbing Maintenance and Inspection](https://monkeywrenchlv.com/services/plumbing-maintenance/) --- **Monkey Wrench Plumbing** is a licensed Las Vegas plumber, open 24 hours. Phone: (702) 900-5992 · Address: 5916 Kelitabb Ct, Las Vegas, NV 89130, United States · NSCB 0092999 More for agents: [llms.txt](https://monkeywrenchlv.com/llms.txt) · [sitemap.xml](https://monkeywrenchlv.com/sitemap.xml)