Leak Detection in The Knolls & Knolls at Prairie Creek, DeKalb, IL
The Knolls sits south of Lincoln Highway and west of Annie Glidden Road, a mix of duplexes and single family homes built between the mid-1990s and the mid-2010s, with Knolls at Prairie Creek, Prairie Ridge and Stonefield nearby. It is a settled, quiet part of DeKalb with a good deal of owner-occupied and rental duplex property side by side.
The duplex construction is the notable thing for leak work. Shared walls mean shared plumbing chases in some buildings, and a leak on one side can present on the other. It also means acoustic readings carry between units, so we lean on tracer gas and thermal confirmation more here than elsewhere.
What we find in The Knolls
Shared-wall duplex plumbing
Water travels along the structure. The wet ceiling is often on the neighbour’s side of a leak, which matters a great deal when two owners are involved.
Two to three decades of thermal cycling
Homes from the late 1990s are at the age where original supply stops, hose bibs, water heaters and flexible connectors have all aged out together.
CPVC and early PEX
Depending on the build year you may have CPVC, which gets brittle, or early-generation PEX with crimp fittings. We identify the material before recommending a repair strategy.
Basement finishing added later
Many lower levels here were finished after purchase, sometimes over plumbing that is now inaccessible. Non-invasive locating protects that investment.
Sewer laterals under driveways
Narrow lots put laterals under paved drives. A camera inspection with a surface locate avoids removing concrete to find out where the problem is.
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Getting to you
We work out of 1600 E Lincoln Hwy Ste D, DeKalb, IL 60115. The Knolls is close to Lincoln Highway, Annie Glidden Road, the Prairie Creek area and the schools and parks on DeKalb’s west side, and for an active leak we dispatch at any hour — including overnight, weekends and holidays.
If water is running right now: shut the main valve where the service line enters the building, open the lowest faucets to drain the pressure, cut power to the area at the breaker if water is near electrical, then call (815) 849-0091. If the valve won’t close, the City of DeKalb Water Division can shut the curb stop at 815-748-2050.
Questions from The Knolls
That depends on your ownership structure and, in a rental, the lease. What we can do is establish factually where the leak is, which side of the party wall it sits on, and what failed — in writing, with photos. That evidence resolves most of these disputes quickly.
Yes, which is exactly why we do not rely on acoustics alone in attached housing. We confirm with tracer gas or thermal imaging so the mark is on the right side of the wall.
Yes. Acoustic surveys work through most floor coverings and tracer gas passes through slab. If the finish is what you are protecting, that also argues for a re-route repair instead of cutting concrete.
Leak line, answered 24 hours
(815) 849-0091Call nowOne call does it. We work out what is likely wrong on the phone, quote before we come out, and book you in on the same call.