Homes around the Bandera Road commercial strip sit on clay soil along the Leon Creek floodplain, and Leon Valley is mostly 1960s through 1980s construction. That combination is exactly why leak detection calls here cluster the way they do — older supply lines under a foundation that never stops moving.
The specific pressure on Leon Valley homes is drainage and backup risk on lots near the creek. Foundations here shift through the dry-then-wet cycle, and each cycle works against the supply lines running beneath them until something gives at a joint or a bend.
If the same line has leaked before, a repipe usually beats another patch. Homes in Leon Valley that are mostly 1960s through 1980s construction often reach that point, and we would rather tell you now than come back in eight months.
What we handle in Leon Valley
- Electronic and acoustic leak location under slabs
- Thermal imaging for hot-water line leaks
- Pressure testing of supply and gas lines
- Slab leak repair, and rerouting when repair is the worse investment
- Wall, ceiling and under-sink leak tracing
- Water meter verification for unexplained bill spikes
Leon Valley at a glance
- County
- Bexar County, Texas
- ZIP codes
- 78238
- Housing
- Homes mostly 1960s through 1980s construction — single-story brick ranch homes on mature lots
- Ground conditions
- Clay soil along the Leon Creek floodplain
- Water
- Hard SAWS water
- Most common issue
- Original galvanized and early copper supply lines reaching end of life