A leak between your meter and your house shows up as a higher water bill, a wet patch of yard or weak pressure. Our licensed plumbers find the leak, repair or replace the line, and handle the City of Los Angeles permit.
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Your main water line runs underground from the LADWP meter to the shutoff at your house. When it cracks or corrodes, the water goes into the soil, so you rarely see the leak itself. Our shop is on Saticoy Street in Van Nuys, and our plumbers handle water line work across the San Fernando Valley, from Sherman Oaks and Encino to North Hills and Panorama City.
We locate the leak first, so the dig stays small. Then we repair the bad section or replace the line from the meter to the house, pull the City of Los Angeles permit and meet the inspector.
A main line leak happens underground, so nothing drips inside the house. If you notice any of these at your Valley home, call PowerRoute Electric & Plumbing before the leak gets bigger.
LADWP bills every two months, so a leak can run for weeks before the bill gives it away. A big jump with no change in use is the first clue.
Green, soggy or sunken ground along the path from the street to the house, even in a dry month.
Showers and hoses go weak across the whole house at once, not one fixture at a time.
A hiss near the meter box or the shutoff valve when every tap in the house is off.
Turn off every tap and appliance, then watch your water meter for 10 minutes. If the dial still moves with nothing running, the water is going somewhere you cannot see.
LADWP looks after the line up to and including the meter. From the meter to your house, the pipe belongs to you, and so does the repair. That stretch is the job we do.
We pinpoint where the line is failing before anyone digs, so the trench stays a few feet wide instead of crossing the whole yard.
When the rest of the pipe is sound, we cut out the damaged stretch and splice in new pipe.
Old galvanized pipe, or a line that keeps failing, gets replaced from the meter to the house, with the permit and inspection handled.
It depends on the pipe, not just the leak. After we find the leak, we look at the age and material of the line and how many times it has failed. Then we give you a free written estimate for each option, so you can pick with the price in front of you.
Every water line repair is backed by our 2-year labor warranty. Call our Van Nuys shop and a licensed plumber will set up a time to look at your line.
Tell us what you are seeing. We ask a few questions and set a time to look at your line.
We check the meter, test the line and find where it is leaking before anyone starts digging.
You get the repair and replacement options in writing, so you choose with the price in front of you.
We do the work, pull the City of Los Angeles permit when the job needs one, and meet the inspector.
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“From the first call to the final installation, their team was professional, punctual, and extremely knowledgeable. They took the time to explain the process, answered all my questions, and completed the work efficiently and neatly.”
Our shop is at 16735 Saticoy St in Van Nuys, so most Valley homes are a short drive away. We also serve Burbank, Glendale and the foothill cities.
It depends on where the leak is, how deep the line runs, what the pipe is made of, how much of the line needs work and whether the job needs a permit. Repairing one short section costs much less than replacing the line from the meter to the house. We give you a free written estimate for each option before any work starts.
LADWP looks after the line up to and including the meter. The pipe from the meter to your house belongs to the homeowner, so the repair is yours to arrange. We handle that side.
Replacing the line usually needs a City of Los Angeles plumbing permit and an inspection. We pull the permit when the job needs one and meet the inspector.
No. We locate the leak first, so the dig is usually a short trench at the leak instead of the whole path from the street to the house.
Turn off every tap and appliance and watch the water meter for 10 minutes. If the dial still moves, water is leaving the system somewhere. A high bill, a wet patch of yard or low pressure in the whole house point to the main line.
A first leak on a pipe that is otherwise sound is usually a repair. Old galvanized pipe or a line that keeps leaking is usually worth replacing. We give you a written price for both.
Yes. We serve the San Fernando Valley, including Sherman Oaks, Encino, Studio City, North Hollywood, North Hills, Panorama City and Sun Valley, plus Burbank, Glendale, Sunland and Tujunga.
Tell us what you are seeing at your Valley home, and a licensed PowerRoute plumber will call you back.
