Winston is unincorporated western Douglas County, served by the Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority. WSA owns the meter and road-side lines; the homeowner owns everything from the meter to the house. Call the number on this page to be connected with a local plumber in Winston.
Winston sits along I-20 between Douglasville and Villa Rica; it was a town until its charter was repealed in 1995. Housing figures likely reflect ZIP 30187: Census survey figures via Point2Homes give a median year built of 1994, with about 23% before 1980. Water comes from WSA's Dog River Reservoir. Some homes in the area are not on municipal sewer, which doesn't affect a slab leak, but WSA does condition water service in the Dog River basin on keeping those onsite systems maintained.
What to do first
- Turn off all water use, including irrigation.
- Read the WSA meter twice, fifteen minutes apart.
- Check toilets with food coloring.
- Feel for warm floor areas and look for damp carpet edges.
- Close the main if water is visible.
- Call WSA for leaks at the meter or road, a plumber for leaks inside.
Symptoms and what they suggest
| Symptom | Likely cause |
|---|---|
| Warm spot on the floor | Leaking hot line under the slab |
| Meter moving with nothing on | Cold line or yard line leak |
| Wet area in the yard between meter and house | Leak in the owner's service line |
| Damp baseboard with no plumbing behind it | Water traveling from a slab leak |
| Steadily rising WSA bill | A hidden leak growing over time |
Cost factors
- Locating time
- Repair through the slab or a reroute
- Flooring removal
- Water damage repair
- A Douglas County plumbing permit
Since Winston is unincorporated, Douglas County Building Permits & Inspections issues plumbing permits for new or renovation work. WSA's after-hours line handles emergencies on its side of the meter.
Repair choices and the yard line
In Winston, lots are often larger than in the suburbs closer to Atlanta, so the line between the WSA meter and the house can be long. A meter that moves while the floors stay dry may point to that buried yard line rather than the slab. A plumber can separate the two by shutting the house valve and checking whether the meter stops. If the leak is under the house, a single failure is often repaired in place; older copper may be better replaced with a reroute. If it is in the yard, replacing the service line from the meter to the house is the usual answer, and that repair is the owner's.
Slab Leak Repair questions in Winston
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