Leak Detection In Lewisville, TX

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Leak Detection For Lewisville Homes And Businesses

Leak detection in Lewisville starts with knowing the local housing and ground. Lewisville sits in Denton County in Dallas Fort Worth and North Texas and is home to about 128,313 people, spread across 3 ZIP codes we serve.

About 50% of homes here are detached single family houses, and the typical home was built around 1993. That mix shapes the leaks we see most often, which is why this page focuses on the problems that actually come up in Lewisville 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 Lewisville And What That Means For Leaks

According to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023, 3% of homes in the Lewisville area were built before 1960, 14% between 1960 and 1979, 52% between 1980 and 1999, and 30% since 2000.

A large share of Lewisville 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.

Around 42% of housing units are in buildings with two or more units, so a leak in one unit can quickly show up as a ceiling stain in the unit below.

Ground And Weather In Denton County

Lewisville lies in 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. 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 Lewisville 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 Interstate 35E and the rest of the Lewisville area, outdoor taps, attic lines and irrigation backflow preventers take the brunt of it.

Who Supplies Water In Lewisville

The main public water system for Lewisville is City of Lewisville, listed in the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System as system TX0610004, serving about 140,880 people.

There is also 1 other community water system registered with a Lewisville address, including Utrwd Regional Water Treatment Plant, so neighbors on different streets can have different providers and rules.

Responsibility usually splits at the meter. Anything on the street side is a matter for City of Lewisville; the line from the meter to your Lewisville house and all the plumbing inside are yours. A meter that keeps turning with everything shut off in a 75057 home points to a leak on the owner's side, which is where high water bill testing comes in.

Getting Around Lewisville

Main numbered routes through the Lewisville area include Interstate 35E, State Highway 121, Farm to Market Road 3040 and Farm to Market Road 1171, and we cover addresses along all of them.

Nearby communities we also serve include The Colony (about 5 miles), Lake Dallas (about 6 miles), Carrollton (about 6 miles), Coppell (about 6 miles), Flower Mound (about 8 miles).

Lewisville ZIP Codes We Cover

• 75057
• 75067
• 75077