Gene's Plumbing handles leak detection across San Francisco and the surrounding area — licensed, insured and available for emergencies.
A leak you can see is the easy one. The expensive leaks in San Francisco are under the slab, inside a wall or buried in the yard, quietly running up the bill and soaking the structure.
Every house handles leak detection a little differently depending on its age, and San Francisco has plenty of both old and new. The fitting, the pipe material and the way the last plumber left it all change what the right repair is.
That is why the San Francisco truck carries parts for more than one era of plumbing. The leak detection job gets finished on the first visit wherever it can be, because a second trip costs you a day and costs us the trust.
How the job actually runs, start to finish.
A plumber asks the questions on the phone that narrow it down, so the right parts and the right machine are already on the truck when it arrives.
The diagnosis gets shown to you, on a camera screen or a gauge face, so the price that follows has something visible behind it.
You get a number for the repair before a wrench moves, and it holds. No hourly meter running while you stand in the doorway watching.
Before the truck goes you see it working — the drain running, the pressure holding, the pit cycling — not just a thumbs up from the driveway.
What people want to know before booking this work.
It depends on what the diagnosis turns up, which is why you get a firm price for your leak detection job in San Francisco before any work starts rather than an hourly rate that runs while you wait.
Anything actively leaking or backing up is treated as same-day in San Francisco. Scheduled leak detection work is usually booked within two or three business days.
Drop cloths go down before anything starts, cuts are made as small and as clean as the leak detection job allows, and everything removed leaves with the truck when the San Francisco work is done.
You get a straight answer on that. Plenty of San Francisco customers are told their leak detection situation can reasonably wait a season, and plenty are told it cannot. The diagnosis decides it, not the sales value.
What homeowners said after this job.
"Burst pipe in the crawlspace in January. He had the main off and the section cut out before I finished explaining. Pressure tested it in front of me before he closed it up."
"Shower valve had been dripping for years and two other plumbers said the whole wall had to come out. These folks changed the cartridge and the valve body through the existing opening."
"Kitchen remodel plumbing, sink and disposal and the dishwasher line. Coordinated with my cabinet guy without me having to run messages between them."