Last winter we took off for Arizona. I shut the water off on our house. We used no water over the winter. Our water bill was minimal.
We came back and I turned the water back on and our first water bill was $450.00 for a month. I thought there was something wrong with that so I contacted the city water department. They said that we register 24 hour water usage
and they threatened to shut off my water and designate me a water abuser.
That tells me we have a leak. There’s no leaking in the house so I figured it was outside. We have about 15 spigots spread out on the property.
I’ve spent $1,000.00 so far on leak detection. They still can’t pinpoint the leak, but I can eliminate it by shutting off some of my outside water. So at least I’ve isolated it to certain underground pipes.
Now I’ve made an appointment with a dedicated leak detection outfit who uses both sound and helium gas to locate leaks. Has anyone heard of this technique? I get the sound thing, but not the helium gas.