Leak Detection In Flower Mound, TX

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Leak Detection For Flower Mound Homes And Businesses

Flower Mound is in Denton County, part of Dallas Fort Worth and North Texas, and is home to about 77,886 people. We cover 2 Flower Mound ZIP codes for leak detection, from homes with a meter that will not stop to businesses with unexplained water use.

About 85% of homes here are detached single family houses, and the typical home was built around 1997. That mix shapes the leaks we see most often, which is why this page focuses on the problems that actually come up in Flower Mound rather than a generic checklist.

Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 five year estimates and the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map.

Homes In Flower Mound And What That Means For Leaks

According to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023, 1% of homes in the Flower Mound area were built before 1960, 5% between 1960 and 1979, 58% between 1980 and 1999, and 37% since 2000.

A large share of Flower Mound homes date from 1980 to 1999. Polybutylene, the gray plastic supply pipe installed in many homes from roughly 1978 to 1995, can turn brittle and fail at its fittings, and copper lines from the same era are now reaching the age when pinhole leaks start.

About 82% of occupied homes are owner occupied, so most callers are homeowners deciding on their own repairs.

Ground And Weather In Denton County

Ground conditions around Flower Mound follow the pattern of Dallas Fort Worth and North Texas: much of this region sits on Blackland Prairie clay, including Houston Black clay, the official state soil of Texas. It swells when wet and shrinks during drought, and on the western side it gives way to the sandier, rockier soils of the Cross Timbers. For Denton County homeowners, seasonal soil movement flexes slab foundations and the copper lines beneath them, which is why slab leaks and foundation related pipe failures are such a familiar problem here.

The Flower Mound area is in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 8b, which means the coldest night of a typical winter drops to about 15 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit. A few hard freezes arrive most winters, and a severe cold snap like February 2021 can split pipes in attics, exterior walls and crawl spaces.

Summers are long and hot, spring brings severe storms and hail, and several hard freezes each winter are normal. Along Farm to Market Road 2499 and the rest of the Flower Mound area, outdoor taps, attic lines and irrigation backflow preventers take the brunt of it.

Who Supplies Water In Flower Mound

The main public water system for Flower Mound is Town of Flower Mound, listed in the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System as system TX0610023, serving about 80,000 people.

There are also 3 other community water systems registered with a Flower Mound address, including Red Rock WSC and Bft Family Trailer Park, so neighbors on different streets can have different providers and rules.

In Flower Mound, as in most of Texas, the provider maintains the meter and the street side connection and the property owner maintains everything after it, including the service line to the house. Water pooling around the meter is worth a call to Town of Flower Mound; a moving meter with the house shut down is a job for a meter leak investigation.

Getting Around Flower Mound

Main numbered routes through the Flower Mound area include Farm to Market Road 2499, Farm to Market Road 1171 and Farm to Market Road 3040, and we cover addresses along all of them.

Nearby communities we also serve include Argyle (about 6 miles), Southlake (about 6 miles), Roanoke (about 7 miles), Grapevine (about 7 miles), Lewisville (about 8 miles).

Flower Mound ZIP Codes We Cover

• 75022
• 75028