Why this call
What is going wrong in a Bedford house?
Bedford’s 1960s and 1970s brick ranches sit on slabs over expansive clay, between Highway 121 and the airport. The original supply is often still in the slab, so a pinhole wets the carpet from underneath instead of spraying from a wall. By the time the carpet looks damp, the pad is soaked and the concrete has been warm along that line. A wall spray and an under-slab pinhole do not open the same floor.
- Carpet damp in a line with no spray at the wall.
- A warm strip in a one-story brick ranch.
- Pad that is wet from below after the surface was blotted.
Say whether you can see the water spraying or only a warm, damp floor. Under-slab pinholes in these Bedford ranches are the second kind. A garage hose that is obviously spraying is the first.
The houses
What gets wet in Bedford?
Bedford is mostly one-story ranches and small brick houses from the 1960s and 1970s, sitting between Highway 121 and the airport. Foundations are slabs on expansive clay. The original supply lines in the older ranches are often still in the slab, so a pinhole leak wets the carpet from underneath instead of spraying from a wall.
The water
How does water usually get into a Bedford house?
Calls here are garage water heaters, hall baths, and slab leaks that have soaked the pad. Bedford’s creeks are small. If the water is only in the yard after a storm, it is not the indoor emergency this line is for. If it is standing on the floor of the house, it is.
The map
Which parts of Bedford does this page cover?
Central Bedford around Harwood Road, the houses west of Murphy Drive, and the blocks toward Bedford Road. Euless and Hurst share the borders. Hurst is a separate page. Euless is not on the dispatch list.
ZIP codes
Codes covered on this Bedford page
- 76021
- 76022
- 76095
A shared ZIP can sit on a city line. Use the city the house is actually in, not only the number on the mail.