If another Florida leak detection company just quoted you $5,000, $20,000, or $120,000 to fix a pool leak — before you sign anything, get a specialist second opinion. We find the actual source and save our clients money 96% of the time.
Send us their diagnostic report. We'll review it, do our own independent diagnostic, and compare findings. If we can't identify a better (or cheaper) path forward, you don't pay for our detection. That's in writing.
Start Second Opinion →Every week, we talk to pool owners who just received quotes from other companies for $8,000, $15,000, $40,000, or more. Many of them are considering authorizing that work. Most of them are about to pay for the wrong thing.
This isn't because other companies are dishonest — it's because leak detection is a specialty discipline, and most pool contractors don't do it often enough to get consistent results. When you diagnose twenty leaks a year, you learn to see the obvious source. When you diagnose two leaks a week for 35+ years, you learn to see the non-obvious one — the one that actually matters.
We built the Second Opinion Guarantee around this reality. If you've been quoted to drain your pool, jackhammer your deck, re-plaster your shell, or re-route your underground plumbing — before you authorize any of that, let us look first. The cost of being wrong is far greater than the cost of getting a second opinion.
— The Advanced Leak Detection team · Advanced Leak Detection
We track second-opinion outcomes carefully. These are from the last 18 months of documented second-opinion engagements across Florida.
These aren't marketing numbers — they come from our internal service logs. Every second-opinion engagement is documented with the original quote, our diagnostic, and the final outcome.
Upload the diagnostic report and estimate you received from the other company. We review it before any site visit.
We look at their findings and scope. Sometimes we can identify issues just from their report — patterns that suggest the diagnosis is off.
Our specialist runs an independent diagnostic — same process as any standard appointment. We do not consult their findings.
We present our findings side-by-side with theirs. You choose the path forward. No obligation, no pressure.
A Naples luxury resort had been quoted $120,100 by their pool contractor to drain, chip out, and re-plaster a vanishing-edge pool. Their director of engineering called us for a second opinion because the pool was only 12 years old and the failure pattern didn't match plaster delamination.
Our isolation testing identified the actual source in under 90 seconds: a cracked two-inch trough fitting in the vanishing-edge return. Material cost under $80. Full repair under $4,500. The pool never closed.
Common leak quotes from other Florida companies — and what we usually find instead.
| They quote you for... | What it actually is, ~70% of the time | Typical actual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Full drain & re-plaster ($40K–$80K) |
A fixture, fitting, or tile-line separation | $1,500 – $6,500 |
| Underground plumbing re-route ($8K–$25K) |
Skimmer throat or return fitting leak | $450 – $2,800 |
| Deck demolition & repour ($15K–$35K) |
Shell crack injectable underwater | $1,200 – $3,800 |
| Shell structural repair ($20K–$45K) |
Equipment-pad or union leak staining the deck | $350 – $1,500 |
| New pool installation ($70K+) |
Actually repairable with standard specialist work | $2,000 – $8,000 |
Not every quote is wrong. Some pools really do need major work. But the percentage of quotes that overreach is high enough that a $450 second-opinion diagnostic is worth it every single time before authorizing anything above $5,000.
Second-opinion assessments typically run $350–$650 and, when we find the actual problem, pay for themselves many times over. If we can't find a better path, detection is free.
Request Second Opinion → Volusia & Flagler(386) 226-0078Brevard(321) 384-6963You can also text us a photo of your quote and we'll get back to you within business hours.