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Water Line Repair & Replacement in San Jose, CA

Water line repair covers the line from the meter at the street to your house. Usually you find out because of a wet spot in the yard or a bill that jumped for no reason.

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New copper water service manifold with three brass ball valves and a Moen Flo smart shutoff, mounted on a house exterior above an open excavation where it ties into the old galvanized line

Signs you need this

Pressure got worse over the last year or two
A wet spot in the yard that never dries
The water bill jumped with no change at home
The meter keeps moving with everything shut off

Check this before you call anybody

Turn off every faucet in the house and go look at the meter. If the little dial is still turning, water is leaving the system somewhere, and a lot of the time that somewhere is between the meter and the house.

Two minutes, costs nothing, and it tells you a lot.

Turn off every faucet and go look at the meter. Two minutes, costs nothing, and it tells you a lot.

Galvanized

Plenty of houses here still have galvanized steel coming in from the street. It corrodes closed from the inside, so what you notice first is bad pressure, not a leak. Patching one piece of a line that is closing up everywhere is money you spend twice.

How the job runs

  1. 1Check the meter with the house shut off
  2. 2Locate the leak instead of guessing
  3. 3Quote the repair or the full line replacement
  4. 4Trench, replace, test, put the yard back

Questions people ask

How do I know if my water line is leaking?

Turn off every faucet in the house and look at the meter. If the little dial is still turning, water is leaving the system, and a lot of the time that is between the meter and the house. A wet spot in the yard that never dries and a bill that jumped are the other common signs.

Should I repair or replace my water line?

It depends on the pipe. Plenty of houses here still have galvanized steel coming in from the street, and it corrodes closed from the inside. Patching one piece of a line that is closing up everywhere is money you spend twice. We locate the leak and quote the repair or the full line.

Why is my water pressure low everywhere in the house?

On a galvanized service line, bad pressure is often the first thing you notice, before any leak shows. Low flow at only one faucet is a different problem, usually a scaled aerator or cartridge, and that is faucet repair.

Will you have to dig up my yard?

We locate the leak first instead of guessing, so the trench goes where the problem is. Then we replace, test and put the yard back.

This kind of job

Narrow trench cut across a front lawn for a water service line, excavated soil stacked on blue tarps to protect the grass, with a plumber and hand tools beside it
Water service replacement. The soil goes on tarps so the lawn goes back the way it was.

Water where it should not be?

Call and describe what you are seeing. If it can wait until morning, we will say so.

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