The biggest warning sign that you may have a slab leak is if you have wet carpets for no apparent reason. This is the result of the concrete becoming completely saturated and leaving the water nowhere else to go. Alternatively if your floors are wood or vinyl you may notice that they have started to warp. In either case if you reach this point you almost certainly have a serious slab leak and the damage is already extensive, you need to call somebody to come out and fix the damage immediately before it gets any worse.
If the leak is serious enough you may well start to smell the problem, if you have a damp smell or worse you smell mold there is a pretty good chance that your slab is leaking. This is because the water has started to climb up the walls of your house. Drywall is an excellent breeding ground for mold so if you get to this point you will likely need somebody to clean up the mold in addition to stopping the leak.
Mushy patches of grass or flooding in your yard is another warning sign that you may have a slab leak. The leak does not necessarily have to be under your house, a broken pipe under your yard can send water flowing towards your house where it may damage the slab.
The worst sign of a slab leak is damage to your foundation. Once the water gets into the slab it can cause it to crack or shift, clearly once this happens you have a major problem and it needs to be addressed right away. If you start to notice bumps in your floors or cracks in you walls you have a foundation problem.
Clearly a slab leak can do a lot of damage if it is left untreated. It is therefore important that if you notice any of the symptoms above that you call a leak repair specialist immediately, before things get any worse.
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