A crack running across a dark concrete slab

Slab leaks · Fort Worth, TX · since 2008

The pipe is the cheap part.Getting to it is the bill.

We find the leak to within a foot, show you the three ways in and what each one costs, and then you choose. Not us.

Book leak detection See how we fix it

What finding a slab leak costs: $150–$400
From 1,020 reviews: 4.9
How close we locate it: 1 ft
Detection fee, if we do the work: $0

A worker breaking up concrete with a jackhammer

A worker in a hard hat clearing a line with a high-pressure hose

18years under Fort Worth floors

Fort Worth, TX

About Claybend Plumbing

Slab leaks, sewers and repipes. That is all we do.

A Fort Worth plumbing company since 2008. We find the leak first, put every way of reaching it in writing with its price, and let you choose. We would rather hand you a $600 reroute than sell you an $8,000 tunnel.

Slab leaksWe find the leak to within a foot, then reroute, open the floor or tunnel to it.
Sewer linesCamera inspection, hydro jetting, and replacement of broken cast iron and clay.
RepipesWhole-home repipes run overhead in PEX, for houses that keep leaking.

How we work: Find itPrice it in writingYou choose

Founded: 2008
ZIP codes covered: 8
For a leak you cannot shut off: 24 h

Who comes out: Curtis Whitfield (master plumber, slab and detection), Alicia Moreno (sewer and trenchless lead), Rey Guerrero (tunnel crew chief)

Not our work: faucets and fixtures, water heaters, gas lines or foundation repair. We say so in one sentence and tell you who to call.

What homeowners tell us

Your problem. Our fix.

These are the things people say when they call us, nearly word for word, and what we actually do about each one.

The problem
There is a warm spot on the floor, and the water bill keeps climbing.
How we fix it
We find the leak before anybody opens anything: acoustic listening, thermal imaging and an isolated pressure test, until we can mark the spot to within about a foot.
Detection $150 to $400, taken off the repair
The problem
Someone quoted me $12,000 to tunnel under the house.
How we fix it
You get all three ways in priced in writing: break the floor, tunnel from outside, or reroute the line overhead. The tunnel is measured by the foot, not guessed, and often the honest answer is a reroute.
Reroute overhead from $600 to $4,000
The problem
The drains are slow and the sewer keeps backing up.
How we fix it
We clear it by cable or hydro jetting, then put the camera down and show you whether it was grease, roots or broken cast iron. If the line is done, it is replaced trenchless where the ground allows.
Clearing $100 to $800, and the footage is yours
The problem
This is our third leak. They just keep coming back.
How we fix it
Fixing this one is throwing money at it. A repipe abandons the old under-slab supply lines and runs new PEX through the attic, which ends supply-side slab leaks for good.
Whole home $4,500 to $8,000, 2 to 4 days
The problem
It is under my tile floor, and I have no idea what insurance pays.
How we fix it
If the floor matters, we reach the pipe by tunnel or reroute so it is never touched. We document the leak, its location and the method the way an adjuster wants it. The claim decision stays with your insurer.
$0 down, and payments from $99 a month, subject to credit approval; APR and terms vary

Sounds like yours?

Tell us what you are seeing. We find it first, then price every way in, in writing.

Book detection Call (817) 555-0146

Our services

Six jobs we do well, each priced before we start.

From finding a hidden slab leak to replacing the sewer under the yard. Every job comes with a written price range before anything is opened, and the permit is inside that number.

Emergency line 24/71-3 hours
$150 to $400 per visit
Slab leak detection
Know exactly where it is before anyone breaks concrete.
Acoustic, thermal and pressure testing until we can mark the spot.
We locate the leak to within about a foot before anybody opens anything. Acoustic listening, thermal imaging and an isolated pressure test. The fee comes off the repair if you have us do the work.
Always free
The written quote, with all three access routes priced
The camera footage from any line we clear
A second opinion on somebody else's slab-leak quote
Book a detection visit: Slab leak detection
Emergency line 24/71-3 days
$500 to $15,000 per repair
Slab leak repair
Three ways to reach it. You pick the one that suits the house.
Three ways in, priced separately. You choose which one.
Once we know where it is there are three honest options: break the floor above it, tunnel to it from outside, or abandon that run altogether and reroute the pipe overhead. They cost different amounts and they damage different things. We quote all three.
Book this: Slab leak repair
2-4 days
$4,500 to $8,000 per home
Whole-home repipe
End supply-side slab leaks for good.
Every under-slab supply line abandoned, new PEX through the attic.
When a house has had its third slab leak, fixing the fourth is throwing money at it. A repipe abandons the under-slab supply lines entirely and runs new PEX overhead, which ends slab leaks on the supply side permanently.
Book this: Whole-home repipe
1-3 days
$6,000 to $15,000 per line
Sewer line replacement
A new line, without a trench down the yard where the ground allows.
Trenchless where the ground allows it, so the yard survives.
Cast iron laid before the 1980s is at the end of its life across older Fort Worth, and clay is worse. Pipe bursting and lining both avoid a trench down the length of the yard, and both are priced by the foot — so we camera it and measure before we quote.
Book this: Sewer line replacement
45-90 minutes
$150 to $400 per line
Sewer camera inspection
See what is really in your line, and keep the footage.
A recording of the inside of your line, and a copy you keep.
The only way to know whether a line is cracked, bellied or full of roots. You get the footage, not a verbal summary, and if you are buying a house it is the cheapest thing you will do all month.
Book this: Sewer camera inspection
Emergency line 24/71-3 hours
$100 to $800 per drain
Drain clearing and hydro jetting
Cleared, then cameraed, so you know why it blocked.
Cabled or jetted, and cameraed afterwards so you know why it blocked.
Clearing a blockage without finding out what caused it is a repeat visit waiting to happen. We clear it, then put the camera down and tell you whether it was grease, roots or a broken pipe.
Book this: Drain clearing and hydro jetting

The diagnostic fee is $50 to $95 on a weekday (higher after 6pm and at weekends) and comes off the repair if you have us do the work. Fort Worth plumbing permits run $45 to $180 and are inside our number, not added afterwards.

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Our work

Three jobs, start to finish

What each homeowner called about, what we did, and how it ended, as they told it. Their reviews are further down the page.

Slab leak repair
Under $2,000
after a tunnel was quoted at around $11,000
Roy A. · Ridglea
The call
Two other companies had quoted a tunnel under the house at around eleven thousand dollars.
What we did
Found the leak in the same spot. It was a supply line, so we abandoned that run and took a new line through the attic.
How it ended
Under two thousand dollars, and dry for a year since.
Method: Reroute overheadUsually takes 1-2 days
Sewer line replacement
60 ft
of cast iron sewer line, under a yard full of oaks
Hector V. · Fossil Creek
The call
Sixty feet of old cast iron sewer line, running under a yard full of oak trees.
What we did
Burst the old line and pulled the new pipe through in its place, instead of digging a trench down the length of the yard.
How it ended
Two small patches of lawn lost, instead of the whole yard.
Usually takes 1-3 days
Whole-home repipe
4 days
to end the slab leaks on the supply side
Sue-Ann M. · Aledo
The call
The fourth slab leak in six years.
What we did
Said plainly that fixing this one was throwing good money after bad, then repiped the house overhead in PEX.
How it ended
Four days and a lot of drywall dust. No more leaks.
Usually takes 2-4 days

Book detection See how we fix your problem

Detection first

Get it found properly

Acoustic, thermal and an isolated pressure test until we can mark the spot on your floor. The fee comes off the repair if you have us do the work, and you get the thermal image either way.

You tell us the symptoms
Or tell us in the form or the chat. It is the same set of questions we would ask on the phone, and if it sounds like something other than a slab leak, we say so.
We find it, to within a foot
Acoustic, thermal and an isolated pressure test. $150 to $400, and it comes off the repair. You get the thermal image either way.
Three prices, in writing
Every route to that pipe, what each costs, how long it takes and what it wrecks. Including restoration, because a cheap repair under an expensive floor is not cheap.
You choose
Not us. If you want the cheapest one we will do the cheapest one, and we will say plainly what you are trading away.
We put it back
Concrete patched, tunnel backfilled and compacted, drywall repaired. Permit pulled, inspector met, photographs of the repair before it was covered.

Or call (817) 555-0146

What you can hold us to

Three promises, in writing

And the habits that came from homeowners telling us what the last company did.

Three ways in, priced, before anything is opened
Break the floor, tunnel from outside, or abandon the line and reroute. They cost different amounts and they wreck different things. You get all three in writing, and you pick — including the cheapest one, if that is the one you want.
The detection fee comes off the repair
Finding it costs $150 to $400. If you have us do the work, that comes straight off the invoice. We are not selling you a diagnosis.
The tunnel is measured, not estimated
Tunneling is priced by the foot from the outside wall, so we measure the distance before we quote it. This is where quotes for the same leak come back thousands apart, and it is always because somebody guessed the length.

We hand people the cheap answer
A reroute through the attic starts at six hundred dollars where a tunnel 25 feet in is about eight thousand, and almost nobody leads with it because of what it does to the invoice.
We will check somebody else's quote
Free, and we will tell you whether it is a fair price. Often it is.

Off the job tickets

Around Fort Worth

4.9From 1,020 reviews

Ticket 2400Slab leak repair
★★★★★
“Two other companies quoted a tunnel at around eleven thousand. Claybend found the leak in the same spot and said a reroute through the attic would do it for under two. It has been dry for a year.”
Roy A. · Ridglea
Ticket 2437Slab leak detection
★★★★★
“They marked the floor, showed me the thermal image, and gave me three written prices before touching anything. I have never had a plumber hand me the cheap option in writing.”
Janelle P. · Southlake
Ticket 2474Sewer line replacement
★★★★★
“Sixty feet of cast iron under a garden full of oaks. They burst it rather than trench it and I lost two small patches of lawn instead of the whole thing.”
Hector V. · Fossil Creek
Ticket 2511Whole-home repipe
★★★★★
“Fourth slab leak in six years. They said plainly that fixing this one was throwing good money after bad. Four days, a lot of drywall dust, and no more leaks.”
Sue-Ann M. · Aledo

Straight answers

Questions we get asked

Holding somebody else’s quote?

Read it out on the phone and ask which of the three ways in it is. Most quotes price one of them and never say which.

(817) 555-0146

Why does North Texas have so many slab leaks?

Expansive clay. The ground here swells when it rains and shrinks hard in a dry summer, the slab moves with it, and copper cast into that slab eventually fails at a joint or a bend. It is not that the plumbing was bad; it is that the ground will not hold still.

Why do slab leak quotes come back thousands apart?

Because they are usually quoting different ROUTES to the same pipe, and nobody says so. Breaking the floor, tunneling from outside and rerouting overhead are three different jobs at three different prices. Ask every company which one they have quoted, and ask what the other two would cost.

What does tunneling actually cost?

It is priced by the foot, from the outside wall to the leak: about $4,200 for the first ten feet and roughly $250 for every foot after that. A leak just inside the wall is cheap to reach; the same leak in the middle of the house is not. Anyone quoting a tunnel without measuring the distance is guessing.

Is it cheaper to just break the floor?

For the plumbing, yes — $500 to $1,500 against a tunnel. But you then pay to put the floor back, which is $500 to $3,000 and more on stone or engineered wood. On an inexpensive floor it is usually the right answer. On a floor you love it usually is not.

Do I have to fix it at all?

A supply leak, yes — it runs day and night, it is on your bill, and it saturates the ground your foundation sits on. What you do not have to do is fix it the most expensive way, or this week if you would rather plan it.

Do you charge to come out?

The diagnostic is $50 to $95 on a weekday, and higher after 6pm and at weekends. Detection is $150 to $400. Both come off the invoice if you have us do the repair. We would rather charge for the hour honestly than pretend it is free and put it back on the job.

Will insurance cover it?

Often it covers the ACCESS — breaking and repairing the slab — and not the pipe itself, and it varies by policy. We document the leak, the location and the method so you can put a proper claim in, but we cannot tell you what your insurer will decide.

I am buying a house. What should I have you do?

A camera inspection of the sewer line and a static pressure test. Between them they cost less than a home inspection and they are the two things a standard inspection does not cover. A cracked cast-iron line under a 1970s house is a five-figure surprise after closing.

Under the slab, and straight with you

Find it first.Then choose how to get to it.

Book detection Call (817) 555-0146

The pipe is the cheap part.Getting to it is the bill.

Slab leaks, sewers and repipes. That is all we do.

Six jobs we do well, each priced before we start.

Slab leak detection

Slab leak repair

Whole-home repipe

Sewer line replacement

Sewer camera inspection

Drain clearing and hydro jetting

Three jobs, start to finish

Get it found properly

You tell us the symptoms

We find it, to within a foot

Three prices, in writing

You choose

We put it back

Three promises, in writing

Three ways in, priced, before anything is opened

The detection fee comes off the repair

The tunnel is measured, not estimated

We hand people the cheap answer

We will check somebody else's quote

Around Fort Worth

Questions we get asked

Find it first.Then choose how to get to it.