Postwar homes, postwar pipe
San Lorenzo Village was built in the 1940s and 50s, thousands of homes in a few years. Their water lines are now around seventy years old where they have not been replaced. Many houses have been updated in pieces: a new kitchen here, a new bath there. The pipe between those updates is often still original.
That is where leaks start. Old steel pipe rusts thin from the inside. Old fittings give out where new pipe was joined to old.
How a leak shows itself
Sometimes it is plain: a stain spreading on a ceiling or wall. More often it is quiet. The water bill goes up. Pressure at the shower drops. A cabinet floor swells. A room smells damp. A patch of floor feels warm underfoot. If something like this has been nagging at you, it is worth having it checked before the damage grows.
What we do
We listen to what you have noticed, then test the water lines to confirm a leak and narrow down where it is. Nothing gets opened until we know. Once we have found it, you get a plain explanation and your choices:
- repair the one bad section,
- run a new line around it,
- or, if the old pipe is failing in several places, repipe so you are done with leaks.
We give you the cost of each. Estimates are free.
Close by
San Lorenzo is in the 94580 ZIP, a few minutes from our Hayward base. If a leak turns urgent, our San Lorenzo emergency line is answered 24/7, with a 60–90 minute emergency arrival.
Who we are
Friendly Services is family-owned and has been in Hayward for over 20 years. We hold license CSLB #1156315 (C-36 plumbing) and carry $1M general liability cover and workers' comp. Our own work has a five-year workmanship warranty. 100+ five-star reviews online. Hablamos español.