Homes old enough to need it
San Leandro has some of the oldest housing near us. Estudillo Estates, Broadmoor and the streets near downtown were built before 1950, and Washington Manor in the years just after. Nearly all of it was plumbed in galvanized steel. A good deal of it still is, in whole or in part.
Half-repiped houses
What we find most in San Leandro is a house repiped in pieces. A kitchen remodel replaced the pipe to the kitchen. A leak replaced ten feet under the bathroom. The rest is original, and where new copper was joined straight to old steel the joint corrodes faster than either pipe alone. Pressure stays poor because the old sections still choke the flow.
We map what is new and what is old. Sound newer pipe stays. You pay only to replace what needs replacing.
How the work goes
Most of these homes have a crawl space, so we run new lines from below and come up at each fixture, with few openings in the walls. You get new shutoff valves and supply lines throughout. The written scope sets out materials, schedule and when the water will be off. Permits are pulled when the job needs one.
Copper or PEX
We install both. Copper is long proven. PEX has fewer joints and goes through a finished house with less opening up. We give you the price for each.
About Friendly Services
We are one town over in Hayward, family-owned, with over 20 years in business. We work in all three San Leandro ZIP codes: 94577, 94578 and 94579. License CSLB #1156315 (C-36 plumbing). $1M general liability cover and workers' comp. Five-year workmanship warranty on our own work. 100+ five-star reviews online. Se habla español.