Residential Plumbing Services in the Bay Area
The plumbing that keeps a house running, and what to do when it stops. These are our residential services — from a 2am burst pipe to a planned whole-home repipe — carried out by our own licensed crews across 15 Bay Area cities.
Residential Plumbing Services
Follow any service for full detail on how the job is done, what it costs to move the price, and the questions we get asked most.
Residential Plumbing
12 servicesLike-for-like storage tank water heater replacement
Water Heater Installation →Slab leak repair by open access, or rerouting above the slab
Leak Repair →Replacing an old toilet like for like
Toilet Installation →Bathroom basin taps, single lever and widespread sets
Faucet Repair and Replacement →Leaking and dripping shower valves
Shower and Bathtub Repair →Slow and blocked sink drains cleared
Sink Repair →Burst and split supply pipes
Emergency Plumbing →Whole-home repipes in copper or PEX
Pipe Repair and Repiping →Trenching for new and replacement water services
Plumbing Excavation →Tank pumping and sludge level checks
Septic Tank Services →New sump pump and basin installation
Sump Pump Installation →Jammed grinding plates and stuck flywheels
Garbage Disposal Repair →Bay Area Housing Fails in Predictable Ways
Housing here falls into a few clear vintages, and each one fails on its own schedule. Homes built before about 1960 still carry galvanized steel supply pipe that rusts closed from the inside, so pressure fades long before anything leaks. Post-war tracts are mostly slab-on-grade, which turns a supply leak into an under-slab job. Newer construction skews toward fixture and appliance failures rather than pipe.
Knowing which you have changes the right answer. A repeat main line stoppage in a 1940s home with a clay lateral is a different problem from the same symptom in a 2015 townhome, and pricing either without knowing is guesswork.
What the Ground Does to Your Plumbing
Expansive clay across much of the Bay Area swells and shrinks between the wet and dry seasons, and anything run under a slab takes that movement. It is the single most common cause of the slab leaks we locate.
Mature street trees are the other one. Roots do not break sound pipe, but they find every joint in an old clay or cast iron sewer lateral. And with the Hayward Fault running through the East Bay, two-point water heater strapping and flexible gas connectors are code requirements we check on nearly every first visit.
Residential Plumbing — Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers, without the sales pitch.
Is it worth repairing an older system or should I replace it?
It depends on what is failing and how often. A single pinhole in otherwise sound copper is a repair. Repeated pinholes, or galvanized supply that has rusted closed, is a repipe — repairing it buys months, not years. We will tell you plainly which situation you are in and price both so the choice is yours.
My main line keeps blocking even after it is cleared. Why?
When a line blocks again soon after cabling, the pipe itself is usually the problem rather than what was in it. That normally means cast iron scaled down internally, or a clay lateral with roots at the joints or a belly holding water. A camera inspection shows which, so you stop paying for the same visit.
Do you work on condos, townhomes and HOA property?
Yes. In shared buildings the split is usually between what sits inside your unit and the shared stacks, risers and mains the association maintains. We find and document the actual source so the question is settled on evidence, and we deal directly with owners, boards or property managers.
Can you work with my contractor on a remodel?
Yes, and the earlier the better. Moving fixtures affects venting and drain falls, and those constraints are far cheaper to design around than to correct after framing. We do rough-in work for remodels, additions and ADUs, and coordinate with your builder and the inspector.
Do you charge for a diagnostic visit?
Most quotes are free and can be done from photographs or video you send us. Where a problem genuinely needs to be traced on site — a hidden leak, a buried line — we tell you before we come out whether a fee applies, based on distance from Union City.
Do you charge extra for nights, weekends or holidays?
No. We do not add overtime charges, ever. The rate you are quoted is the same whether we come out on a Tuesday morning or at 2am on a holiday weekend.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes. Power Plumbing USA holds California contractor license #1082507 and carries full liability insurance. All work is performed to California Plumbing Code, and we pull permits where the job requires them.
Where We Work
15 Bay Area cities from our Union City base. See the full service area →