Leak Detection & Repair in Marietta, GA

A hidden water leak does not show up as its own line item. It hides inside the water bill you already pay, a little higher every month, while water soaks into framing and flooring out of sight. A&G Plumbing and Drain handles leak detection in Marietta, the same family-owned crew behind our plumbing work in Marietta, based close enough that no ZIP in the city is a long drive.

How a hidden leak gives itself away

You will probably not see the water. For most people the first clue is a water bill that climbs while nothing about the household changes. Watch for the quieter tells too: a faint sound of flow with every fixture off, or a musty corner that refuses to dry out. Before assuming the worst, rule out a common hidden water-waster behind a bill spike, a toilet that runs between flushes. Our toilet repair page for Marietta shows how to catch one in the act.

Where leaks hide in Marietta homes

The age of your house usually predicts the hiding place. In the city’s oldest houses, galvanized supply lines rust from the inside out, and a weeping joint buried in a plaster wall can run for months before paint or trim gives it away. In many later subdivisions the concern shifts to polybutylene supply pipe, a material known for failing suddenly instead of announcing itself. And in slab-built homes, a water leak under the slab may leave nothing visible at all. If your home sits on a slab, our slab leak write-up is worth ten minutes.

Locate first, repair second

We treat demolition as a last resort, not a search tool. The order of operations protects your walls: confirm the loss, rule sections out one at a time, and only then plan the smallest reasonable opening to reach the problem. You hear the price before anything is opened, and repair work starts after you give the go-ahead. Should the job reveal something we did not anticipate, we pause and clear the change with you before the price moves. It is the same approach as our metro leak detection and repair service, and access stays as small as the repair allows.

Marietta leak detection questions

My bill went up but I cannot find a drop of water anywhere. What should I check?

Believe the bill over your eyes. Plenty of real leaks never leave a visible trace, because the water goes into soil or subfloor instead of across it. If the numbers keep climbing with normal use, a scheduled visit to locate the loss beats opening walls on a hunch.

My home still has polybutylene pipe. Can you repair just the leak, or is a repipe the only option?

We can make a targeted repair, and sometimes that is the right call to stop the immediate damage. We will also be straight with you: polybutylene tends to degrade throughout the system, so one failure is often an early chapter rather than the whole story. We will price the spot repair, walk you through what a whole-home repipe would involve, and leave the decision with you.

Can you document what you find for my records?

Yes. You get a plain-language description of where the leak was, what caused it, and what the repair involved. Homeowners often want that paperwork when they check directly with their insurer about coverage, since the answer lives in your own policy, not in anything we can promise.

Every week a hidden leak runs, you buy water that does nothing but damage, so finding it sooner shrinks both bills. Call A&G Plumbing and Drain at (770) 627-4421, Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM, and ask about a same-day visit during business hours, or request a visit online and we will follow up.