Once the leak is found, you have four real options — and the cheapest quote isn't always the cheapest outcome. A $800 spot repair on a corroded system can become three $800 repairs in two years. Here we compare spot repair, tunneling, rerouting, and full repiping with honest costs, timelines, and the situations where each one wins.
This is the highest-stakes decision in the whole process. The right method fixes the problem for decades; the wrong one buys you months. Understanding the trade-offs before the contractor arrives means you choose based on your pipe's actual condition — not sales pressure.
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It depends on pipe condition. One isolated leak in healthy pipe: spot repair. Corroded system with repeat leaks: reroute or repipe. Leak under expensive flooring: tunneling.
Yes — rerouting the line through walls or ceiling, tunneling beneath the slab, and epoxy lining all avoid breaking the floor.
Tunneling preserves the original pipe path and is great under high-value floors; rerouting is usually faster and cheaper. The guides compare them head-to-head.
Every day a slab leak runs, it wastes hundreds of gallons and risks foundation damage and mold. Get a pinpoint diagnosis today.
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