All five districts, plus the rest
Fremont is a big city made from five old towns: Niles, Centerville, Irvington, Mission San Jose and Warm Springs. We take emergency calls from all of them, and from Ardenwood, Glenmoor and the neighborhoods in between, across ZIPs 94536, 94538, 94539 and 94555. Our plumbers come down I-880 or Mission Boulevard from Hayward.
What fails in Fremont homes
Most of Fremont's houses were built between the 1950s and the 1980s, and a great many sit on concrete slabs. Copper water lines under a slab can wear thin and start to leak after a few decades. You might notice a warm floor, damp carpet or the sound of water when nothing is on. Finding the exact spot is a leak detection job, and the repair may be a spot fix or a new line run around the slab.
Niles and parts of Centerville and Irvington are older, with houses that still have cast iron drains and clay sewer lines. There, main line backups from roots and broken pipe are the more common emergency. And in every district, water heaters fail the same way: slowly for years, then all at once.
How we handle an emergency call
Call (510) 626-9773 and we answer the phone. Give us your address and nearest cross street, tell us what is happening and whether water is still running. We send a plumber and give you an arrival window.
The plumber's first job is to stop the leak or clear the blockage. Next comes a clear explanation: what broke, what it takes to fix it properly, and what it will cost. You get that before the repair starts, not after.
Public mains and private lines
In Fremont the Union Sanitary District runs the public sewers and the Alameda County Water District supplies the water. Their responsibility ends at the main and the meter. The sewer line across your lot and the water line into your house are yours. If a backup or leak is on your side, that is our work. Recurring clogs are covered on our Fremont drain cleaning page, and failed lines on our sewer repair page.
The company behind the truck
Friendly Services has been a Hayward company for over 20 years. Family-owned. CSLB #1156315, C-36 plumbing. $1M general liability and workers' comp. Five-year workmanship warranty on our own work. 100+ five-star reviews online. We speak Spanish.