The meter turns with everything shut off
We find it before any floor comes up, then talk through a spot repair or a reroute.
Oak Park · Repiping
Copper & PEX repiping in Oak Park
5.0 on Google (20 reviews) CSLB Lic. #339618 Family shop since 1977
Copper & PEX repiping in Oak Park, ten minutes from the shop in Westlake Village. A repipe replaces every water line in the house. It's for pipe that's failing, and we'll tell you if yours is.
Dan picks up when he can and calls back the same day. You get the price before we start. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
- Ten minutes
- Ventura County. Oak Park is unincorporated.
- One year on our labor. Thirty days on drain clearing.
- 91377
“Dan is smart and good at figuring things out. He will stay on it until it's right and he knows his stuff.”
“Dan is consistent. Professional, on time, only does what is needed, experienced, easy to work with, clean, and smart.”
“Dan and his crew are absolutely the best! Professional, communicative and fair prices. Couldn't ask for anything more!”
Around here
In Oak Park
Repiping is starting to come up in the earliest Oak Park phases, built in the late seventies and eighties, where the original copper has begun to pinhole. The nineties phases almost never need one yet. New lines run overhead in copper or PEX, so no concrete gets opened. Ventura County handles the permit and inspection.
Neighborhoods: the Kanan tracts, Lindero Canyon, the streets off Oak Hills Drive, Sutton Valley, the newer tracts up Bowfield.
The job
How it goes
In older houses, galvanized steel rusts shut from the inside, and the water runs brown after sitting overnight. More common here is sixties and seventies copper that's started to pinhole. One pinhole is a repair. Three in two years is a pattern.
Copper is what most of these houses have, and we join it with press fittings, which are faster and cleaner than solder. PEX is flexible tubing from a manifold, one line per fixture. It needs fewer wall openings and doesn't pinhole. Both are permitted and inspected.
A typical house takes two to four days. We work in stages, so the water's back on every evening. Drywall openings are small, and each one is listed on the bid. You stay in the house.
Call if
What you notice, and what it usually is
Brown water first thing in the morning
Galvanized pipe rusting shut from the inside.
Pressure that's dropped over the years
The same rust, narrowing the pipe.
A third pinhole leak in two years
The copper is at the end of its life.
Blue-green stains at fixtures
Copper dissolving, usually from age and high pressure.
Buying or selling a house with original pipe
A permitted, inspected repipe is a selling point.
Tell us what it’s doing and we can usually narrow it down on the phone.
From the blog
Job stories: repiping
Four steps
How a job goes
- 01
You call
Dan picks up when he can and calls back the same day. Tell him what it’s doing.
- 02
We look
We come out, find the cause and show you, with the old part in hand when there is one.
- 03
You get a price
Before anything starts. Repairs are time plus parts. Bigger jobs get a written bid.
- 04
We do the work
Small repairs usually get done the same visit. Bigger jobs get a start date we keep. Permitted where needed, and the house left clean.
Common questions
Repiping in Oak Park: things people ask
How fast can you get to Oak Park?
Often the same day. It's ten minutes up Kanan or Lindero Canyon from Westlake Village.
Who issues permits in Oak Park?
Ventura County, since Oak Park has no city government. We plan around the county's inspection schedule, so the date we give you holds.
Copper or PEX?
Both work. Copper is what buyers expect. PEX goes in faster with fewer openings and doesn't pinhole. In a slab house, either one runs overhead. We can bid both.
How long is the water off?
A few hours at a time, and it's back on every evening.
Do I need to move out?
No. It's noisy for a few days and some walls get small openings.
What people say
“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.”
“They explain what needs to be done to fix the problem, are willing to do the work asap and take care in keeping the work area clean and unmarred.”
“Dan's plumbing were fantastic, they installed the AWTOS water sensor our Insurance company sent us, fixed some clogged exterior drains that were blocked, and installed a new trash disposal unit...all for a very competitive price. Thanks guys, we're glad we called you!”
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Slab leak repair in Oak Park comes up mostly in the earliest phases, where the original copper under the floor is old enough to start leaking.
Tell Dan what it’s doing.
Most problems get sorted out on a short call. Ten minutes from the shop. Leaking right now? Shut off the main, then call.
Or send the details and Dan will call you back. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.