The main backs up every few months
Roots or a break that keeps closing back up.
Oak Park · Sewer camera & repair
Sewer camera inspection & sewer repair in Oak Park
5.0 on Google (20 reviews) CSLB Lic. #339618 Family shop since 1977
Sewer camera inspection & sewer repair in Oak Park, ten minutes from the shop in Westlake Village. Most Conejo Valley sewer lines went in between 1965 and 1985. A camera shows you yours without digging up the yard.
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 was quick to respond and explained what needed to be done. The price was fair and we will call him if we have other plumbing needs.”
“Dan showed up right on time for our appointment. Much better service and pricing. We will definitely use Dan's Plumbing in the future.”
“Dan is consistent. Professional, on time, only does what is needed, experienced, easy to work with, clean, and smart.”
Around here
In Oak Park
A sewer camera inspection in Oak Park follows the lateral from the house to the Triunfo Water and Sanitation District main, and that stretch is yours. We run it from the cleanout and mark any fault and its depth on the surface. In the earliest phases it usually finds roots at a joint or a settled section.
Neighborhoods: the Kanan tracts, Lindero Canyon, the streets off Oak Hills Drive, Sutton Valley, the newer tracts up Bowfield.
The job
How it goes
The camera goes in through a cleanout and runs to the street while you watch with us. It shows roots, cracks, sags that hold water, offset joints and scale in cast iron. A transmitter in the head marks the spot and depth from the surface, so any hole goes in the right place.
Get one if the main has backed up more than once, before you buy a house, or before a remodel adds a bathroom. A bad sewer line is the biggest surprise a home inspection misses.
One bad joint is a spot repair through a hole the size of a table. A line failing along its length gets replaced. A house with no cleanout gets one. In Thousand Oaks, the oak tree ordinance decides where a trench can go.
Call if
What you notice, and what it usually is
A wet or sunken patch in the lawn
A break underground.
Sewer smell in the yard or a bathroom
A cracked line or a dry trap.
You're buying a house built before 1990
The line is thirty to sixty years old. Look before you close.
Adding a bathroom
A camera and a slope check show whether the line can carry it.
Tell us what it’s doing and we can usually narrow it down on the phone.
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
Sewer camera & repair 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.
Do I get the video?
Yes. You watch it live and we send you the recording for a buyer, seller, insurer or the next plumber.
What's a cleanout, and why doesn't my house have one?
A capped pipe by the foundation that opens into the sewer line. Many sixties and seventies houses were built without one, and adding one takes half a day.
Can it be fixed without digging up the yard?
Sometimes. One bad section can be fixed through a small hole. A line that's failed along its length needs a trench.
What people say
“My 12 year old water heater started leaking yesterday so I texted him, and he called me right away to help me turn off the water and gas. And he was here next day with a new water heater installed.”
“Very kind and thorough!”
“When I called him out and he immediately came my house within 2 hours and did a really quick and great job for my bathroom.”
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Plumber in Oak Park
Everything we do in Oak Park.
Leak detection in Oak Park
Every house in Oak Park is on a slab, so leak detection here starts at the meter.
Water heaters in Oak Park
With no city hall in Oak Park, a water heater replacement here is permitted through Ventura County.
Drain cleaning in Oak Park
Most clogs we clear in Oak Park are grease in the kitchen line and hair in the tubs.
Repiping 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.
Pressure regulators in Oak Park
If you're replacing the same fixture twice in an Oak Park house, the pressure regulator is usually why.
Repairs in Oak Park
Because Oak Park is unincorporated, the plumbing repairs that need a permit go through Ventura County.
Tankless in Oak Park
Ventura County permits and inspects tankless conversions in Oak Park, since there's no city hall, and we plan the job around its inspection schedule.
Gas lines in Oak Park
Oak Park gas lines are permitted through Ventura County, since there's no city building department, and the inspector checks the pressure test before the gas goes back on. Most of the work is new black iron runs to a BBQ, fire pit or pool heater, with a shutoff at each appliance. If you smell gas, leave and call SoCalGas first.
Slab leaks in Oak Park
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.