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Los Angeles CountyVentura CountyOrange CountySan Bernardino CountyRiverside CountyA leak, a backed-up sewer or a cold water heater in Los Angeles County usually traces back to the age of the house and the water it gets. We answer 24/7 and bring the repair to your door.
Most calls we take across Los Angeles County involve hard water wear on heaters and fixtures, roots in older clay sewer laterals, slab leaks in post-war tract homes and failing galvanized supply pipe. Our plumber diagnoses on site, explains the options and the typical cost, then does the repair. Permits go through the building department of the city where you live.
The county is a patchwork: the City of Los Angeles, dozens of separately run cities, and unincorporated communities governed by the county itself. That matters for plumbing because the water supplier, the sewer agency and the permit office can change from one block to the next. A water heater swap in Glendale is permitted through Glendale, while the same job a mile west goes through LADBS.
We work out of a downtown office on Broadway, so our trucks fan out along the 5, the 101, the 110 and the 405 every day. Most of our hours go to the San Fernando Valley, the harbor area and the cities ringing downtown, with regular runs to the Santa Clarita Valley, the foothill cities and the South Bay.
Homes and pipes
What people call about
Clay and cast iron laterals under pre-1970s houses crack and let ficus and sycamore roots in, so we run a camera before deciding between clearing and replacing. Our piece on how roots get into clay pipe explains the pattern.
See the detailsCopper and galvanized lines hidden under post-war slabs wear through where they rub concrete, often showing up as a warm floor or a meter that never stops.
See the detailsHard imported water fills tanks with scale, and many units around the county are past their service life. Every replacement also needs two seismic straps.
See the detailsGalvanized steel supply pipe in older homes rusts from the inside, cutting flow and staining water until patching stops making sense.
See the detailsSoCalGas shuts off service when it finds a leak, and the fix on the house side of the meter has to be made before service comes back.
See the detailsWhen every drain in the house backs up at once, the blockage sits in the main line, usually where roots or grease have gathered near the cleanout.
See the detailsInside the City of Los Angeles, LADWP supplies the water and LADBS issues plumbing permits. Several neighboring cities, including Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena, run their own water utilities and building departments, each with its own inspection schedule. When a job needs a permit, such as a water heater replacement, a repipe or new gas work, we file with the correct office for your address and plan the inspection around your day.
Water quality varies less than the paperwork does. Most of the county drinks imported Colorado River and State Water Project supplies blended with local groundwater, and both run hard. That hardness leaves scale in tank heaters, clogs tankless heat exchangers and stiffens faucet cartridges, which is why flushing and descaling show up on so many service calls. Our article on hard water and LA fixtures covers what you can do between visits.
Earthquake readiness is the other county-wide thread. The 1994 Northridge earthquake broke water heaters, gas lines and pipes across the Valley, and the lessons stuck. We check heater bracing on every visit, and we install automatic seismic gas shutoff valves where a homeowner wants one or a city calls for it.
Inside the county
Questions we hear
We cover the City of Los Angeles, with the most hours in the San Fernando Valley and the harbor area, plus cities such as Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, Santa Clarita, Torrance, Long Beach and the southeast cities. If you are in a canyon or an outlying community, call us and we will tell you plainly how soon a plumber can get there.
No. The City of Los Angeles uses LADBS, while cities like Pasadena and Santa Monica have their own building departments with their own fees and inspection times. Unincorporated areas go through the county. We know which office covers your address and handle the permit as part of the job, so you are not left guessing.
Hard water is the main reason. Minerals settle at the bottom of the tank, insulate the burner from the water and make the steel run hot. Annual flushing slows it down. When a tank does fail, we size the replacement, brace it properly and talk through tank, tankless and heat pump options with you.
We answer the phone around the clock, every day of the year. For a burst pipe or a gas smell at 2 a.m., we first tell you how to shut off the water or gas, then dispatch the nearest plumber. Travel time depends on where you are and how the freeways look at that hour.
Next door
Plumbing repair and replacement across the City of Los Angeles, from downtown and the Valley flats to the harbor, answered around the clock.
Local detailsPlumbing repair for the east end of Ventura County, focused on Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Moorpark and the Conejo Valley communities.
Local detailsPlumbing for north, west and central Orange County: Anaheim, Santa Ana, Irvine, Orange, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach.
Local detailsDrain, repipe, gas line and water heater work for Long Beach apartment buildings, older bungalows and condos from downtown to the east side.
Local detailsOne phone line, answered around the clock. Tell us the street and what you are seeing.