Leak Detection & Repair in Kansas City, MO

The expensive leaks are the ones you can't see. A water bill that jumped for no reason, a warm spot on a floor, a musty smell in a closet, or a drywall stain that keeps coming back after you paint it — those are the signs of water moving somewhere it shouldn't. Jacob the Plumber locates hidden leaks in Kansas City homes and repairs them with the smallest opening the job allows.

We start with the meter. Shut off every fixture, watch the low-flow indicator, and if it's turning, water is leaving the system somewhere. From there we isolate — house side versus service line, hot side versus cold — before opening anything. Toilets are worth checking early: a silently leaking flapper can waste hundreds of gallons a day and accounts for a surprising number of "mystery" bills, and it's an inexpensive part.

Kansas City's older housing stock leaks in characteristic ways. Galvanized supply lines corrode from the inside and eventually weep at the threads. Copper develops pinholes, often near a joint or where a strap has been rubbing it. Cast iron drain stacks rust through at the hub. Newer slab-on-grade construction brings a different problem — a supply line under the concrete, where the leak shows up as a warm floor or the sound of running water with everything off.

Once we've found it, you get options and a flat-rate price for each: repair the section, reroute the line to avoid opening a slab or a finished wall, or replace a run that's clearly at the end of its life. We'd rather tell you that a failing galvanized line will keep springing leaks than take your money three times for the same problem.