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10 guides
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Most water heaters in Los Angeles garages have straps, but plenty of those straps would not hold the tank through a real shake. You can check yours in about ten minutes with a flashlight, a tape measure and a screwdriver.
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White crust on the shower head and a water heater that pops and rumbles both come from the same source. Much of the water reaching Los Angeles homes carries dissolved minerals that settle out wherever water heats up or sits still.
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A large share of San Fernando Valley houses built after World War II sit on concrete slabs with water lines buried underneath. When one of those lines starts leaking, the signs are easy to miss until the water bill or the floor gives it away.
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If your house was built before about 1970, the sewer line running to the street is quite likely vitrified clay. Clay pipe lasts a long time, but its joints give the roots of LA's mature street trees an easy way in.
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Galvanized steel water lines were standard in Los Angeles homes built before the 1960s, and plenty are still in service. If yours leak or the pressure keeps fading, you have three choices: patch the problem, replace part of the system or repipe the whole house.
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Water spraying from a wall or ceiling turns an ordinary evening into a race. The first fifteen minutes decide how much drywall, flooring and cabinetry you lose, so this is the order we would follow if we were standing in your hallway.
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A seismic gas shutoff valve closes your gas supply automatically when the ground shakes hard enough to break a line. Here's how the valves work, where Los Angeles requires them, and what to do when one trips.
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Choosing a water heater in Los Angeles comes down to household size, where the heater lives, how hard your water is and whether you want gas in the house long term. Here's how the three main options compare in real LA homes.
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That yearly letter from the water department asking for a backflow test isn't junk mail. Here's what the device on your property does, what the tester checks, why assemblies fail and what happens if yours does.
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The plumbing for a backyard ADU is decided long before the walls go up. Sewer depth, the size of your main water line and whether the unit runs on gas all shape the design and the budget, so settle them first.
Call and ask. A plumber picks up any hour.