about 25 minutes from our yard
Licensed plumbers covering Berkeley from our Hayward yard — water heaters, drains, sewer lines, leak detection and repipes, seven days a week.
Friendly Services is a family-run, employee-owned plumbing company working out of the same yard on West A Street in Hayward for twenty years. We're about 25 minutes from our yard from Berkeley.
We've built over 100 reviews across Google, Yelp and Angi in that time. Licensed, bonded and insured under CSLB #1156315, with a five-year workmanship warranty — four years longer than most shops offer.
Free estimates, no trip fee, and the price in writing before anyone touches anything.
Berkeley is dense with pre-1930 housing — brown shingles, Craftsman bungalows, and early apartment buildings, many of which have been through several rounds of partial plumbing work.
Mixed pipe materials joined over decades corrode where dissimilar metals meet, and original clay laterals under established trees are a persistent problem in the flats and the hills alike.
Berkeley is served by EBMUD.
Work that needs a permit goes through City of Berkeley Permit Service Center. We file it and meet the inspector rather than leaving that to you.
This city sits inside EBMUD's regional private sewer lateral program, so a compliance certificate is generally required when a property is sold or goes through a major renovation. We handle inspection through certificate — more on that here.
Berkeley's permit process is more involved than most cities in the area, and hillside properties often have long laterals running downslope. We plan for both rather than discovering them mid-job.
Neighborhoods
Yes. We're about 25 minutes from our yard, working out of our yard at 773 W A Street in Hayward.
We're about 25 minutes from our yard, so same-day is often possible. We give you an honest window when you call rather than an optimistic one.
Yes, and there's no trip fee — including if we come out and can't get access.
Yes. Permitted work in Berkeley goes through City of Berkeley Permit Service Center, and we file it and meet the inspector.
Five years on our workmanship. Parts carry the manufacturer's warranty and we handle those claims. Drain clearing is the one exclusion.
Let's get it fixed
Free estimates, no trip fee, and someone answers the phone at any hour.