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Work nobody can account for
Older lakeside houses
Plumbing of mixed vintage that several generations have extended. We work out what is there first, then repair or replace on what we find.
Lake Sherwood · Repiping
Copper & PEX repiping
in Lake Sherwood
Copper & PEX repiping in Lake Sherwood, ten minutes, over the hill from the shop in Westlake Village. A repipe replaces every water line in the house. It is the answer when the pipe itself is failing, and the wrong answer for one leak. We tell you which you have.
Call (805) 330-3111
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Danny picks up when he can, and calls back the same day. You get the price before we start, and nobody here is on commission. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
Licensed
CSLB #339618
Insured
Bonded and insured
Since 1977
49 years, two generations
On Google
5.0 stars
In Lake Sherwood
What this job looks like
in Lake Sherwood
A repipe on a large Sherwood house is mostly a matter of sequence: three water heaters, a loop, lines to outbuildings, and a household that needs water every evening. We map what is there first, write it down, and run the new lines in stages with the water back on each night. Permit and inspection through Ventura County.
Streets and pockets we work in: Sherwood Country Club, the lake, the Hidden Valley edge, the older lakeside streets.
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The job
How it goes
Two kinds of house need it. The older ones with galvanized steel, which rusts closed from the inside over decades, so the pressure falls slowly and the water runs brown after the house has stood overnight. And the far more common one here: sixties and seventies copper that has started to pinhole. One pinhole is a repair. Three in two years is a pattern, and each repair is buying a few months.
Copper or PEX. Copper is what most of these houses have, it is rigid, and it is joined with press fittings now instead of solder, which is faster and cleaner in a finished house. PEX is flexible tubing run from a manifold, so each fixture has its own line, it pulls through walls with fewer openings, and it does not pinhole. Both are permitted, both are inspected, and both come with a written scope that lists every line. We say which we would put in your house, and why.
A typical house is two to four days. We work it in stages so the water is off for a few hours at a time and back on every evening. Openings in the drywall are kept small and marked, and every one is listed on the bid so there is no surprise about what needs patching afterward. You stay in the house.
Call if
What you notice,
and what it usually is
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Brown water first thing in the morning
Galvanized pipe rusting inside. The pipe is closing up.
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Pressure that has slowly dropped over years
Same. The bore of the pipe is getting smaller.
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The third pinhole leak in a couple of years
The copper is at the end of its life. Each repair is buying a few months.
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Blue-green stains at fixtures
Copper dissolving into the water, usually from high pressure and age.
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Buying or selling a house with original pipe
A repipe with a permit and an inspection card is worth more than the same house without one.
How it goes
Four steps, and you have the price at step three
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You call
Danny picks up when he can, and calls back the same day. Tell him what it is doing and where.
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We look
We come out, find the cause and show you. In plain words, with the part in our hand where there is one.
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You get a price
Before anything starts. Repairs are our time plus parts, and the bigger jobs get a written bid. Nobody here is on commission.
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We do the work
Small repairs are usually done the same visit. Bigger jobs get a start date and a number of days, and we hold to it. Done to code, permitted where it needs it, the house left the way we found it.
Common questions
Repiping in Lake Sherwood: things people ask
- Do you go through the gate at Sherwood?
- Yes. We call ahead with the truck and the name so the gate is expecting us. If you have an estate manager, they can set it up with us directly.
- How fast can you get to Lake Sherwood?
- Ten minutes over the hill from Westlake Village, so same day is usually realistic. For planned work on a large house we come out first and walk it.
- Copper or PEX?
- Both are good. Copper is what the house was built with and what a buyer expects to see. PEX is quicker, needs fewer openings and never pinholes. In a slab house where the old lines are in the concrete, either one gets rerouted overhead. We bid whichever fits the house, and both if you want to compare.
- How long is the water off?
- A few hours at a time, and on every evening. We sequence the work so the house keeps running.
- Do I need to move out?
- No. It is noisy for a few days and there are openings in some walls, and that is the extent of it.
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What people say
5.0 ★★★★★ 5 reviews on Google
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“Dan is consistent. Professional, on time, only does what is needed, experienced, easy to work with, clean, and smart.”
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“Dan's Plumbing did excellent job for us replacing our broken water pressure regulator. Quick response, good price, great quality of work. Will hire them again.”
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Nearby, and related
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Repiping · Lake Sherwood
Tell Danny what
it’s doing
Describe the symptom and you will usually have an answer in two minutes. You get the price before any work starts. Ten minutes, over the hill from the shop. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.