Smoke Testing for Sewer Leak Detection in El Paso

Do you smell sewer odors in your home? The shifting soil and intrusive tree roots can cause havoc on your sewer line. Tracking it down can be frustrating. The source might be underground, inside a wall, or in a vent pipe you didn’t know existed.

Smoke testing helps us find your invisible leaks. We push non-toxic smoke into your sewer line and watch where it escapes. It helps identify cracks, loose fittings, dried-out traps, and bad wax rings. If there’s any kind of gap, the smoke will show us exactly where to look.

There’s no digging or tearing into walls on a hunch.

Here is How Smoke Testing Works

We connect a specialized blower to your sewer cleanout and fill the line with non-toxic smoke. As the white smoke moves through your pipes, it seeks a way out. If there’s a crack, a faulty connection, or a dry trap, the smoke rises and becomes visible. That tells us exactly where your leak is.

We survey the area and mark every spot where smoke is showing up. This whole process usually takes less than an hour, and the smoke we use is non-toxic. We can easily clear it out by opening a couple of windows. When we finish the smoke test, you’ll know precisely where your leaks are. Then we can talk about what we need to do to fix them.

Revealing Hidden Problems in Your Plumbing System

Here are some of the things we look for:

• Cracked or broken sewer pipes
• Loose fittings
• Bad connections
• Dry traps in unused floor drains, showers, and sinks
• Places where traps are missing
• Vent pipes that are not connected properly
• Failed wax rings under toilets
• Open or capped pipes from former systems

If there are any gaps in your system, the smoke test will find them.

Benefits of Smoke Testing

Smoke testing is one of the fastest and safest ways to track down sewer leaks. Most of these jobs take less than an hour, and they don’t require any digging or cutting on your property. It’s cost-effective because we let the smoke show us where to look instead of tearing up your yard or opening up walls to look for leaks. You get your answers quickly without the mess.

We use a non-toxic smoke that won’t hurt your family, pets, or property. Best of all, because the smoke travels through your entire system, we can catch multiple problems at once. It allows us to find every crack, connection, or any other issue that’s letting sewer gas into your home.

Schedule Your El Paso Smoke Test Today!

Sewer odors are dangerous and don’t go away on their own. If something smells off and you can’t track it down, let us take a look. We’ve been solving plumbing problems in El Paso for three generations.

Our smoke tests take less than an hour, and when we finish, you know exactly what you’re dealing with.

So give us a call. Let’s find that leak.