Ground-floor backups in multi-unit buildings
When the lowest unit floods, the shared stack or main is blocked. We clear it from the cleanout and camera the line for the owner.
South Gate borders Bell Gardens along the Los Angeles River, so many of our plumbers drive through it on the way to the shop. We service homes around Tweedy Boulevard, the neighborhoods off Long Beach Boulevard and the apartment buildings near Firestone every week.
South Gate has a mix of 1920s craftsman homes, 1940s and 50s stucco houses and a large number of multi-unit buildings. The older single-family homes tend to have original clay sewers and galvanized supply lines, while the apartment stock has aging cast iron stacks and shared drain lines that back up into ground-floor units first. Hard water throughout the area is tough on water heaters and fixtures.
When the lowest unit floods, the shared stack or main is blocked. We clear it from the cleanout and camera the line for the owner.
Decades of soil movement shift clay pipe sections. Trenchless lining often fixes it without tearing up the yard.
Rumbling tanks and lukewarm water come from sediment. We flush annually or replace when the tank is done.
Low pressure and rusty water. Copper or PEX repipe restores both.
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