This is an around-the-clock emergency plumbing service, based in Laguna Niguel at the south end of Orange County. Callers range from hillside houses and HOA townhomes to condos, rentals and small commercial buildings anywhere in the county, and each call reaches a person.
Set up for the call you never schedule
SoCal Emergency Plumbing Laguna Niguel exists for the hours nobody books. A heater tank floods the garage, a toilet overflows twice, a stain blooms on the ceiling under the kids' bathroom. Before you hang up, we walk you to the shutoff and get it closed; after that, a plumber leaves Laguna Niguel for your address.
Laguna Niguel was laid out from 1959 as one of California's first master planned communities, on a plan drawn by Victor Gruen and Associates, and its busiest building decade was the 1980s (the Census median year built is 1986). The tap water is all imported and hard, treated at the Diemer and Baker plants, and Moulton Niguel Water District's sewers lean on 17 lift stations to push sewage over the ridgelines. Those are the conditions we plan around, so a line gets tested or a gauge read before anyone mentions a price.
License and bond
Our CSLB license, #1131308, is a C-36 Plumbing license, and a $25,000 contractor bond stands behind every job done under it.
A person on the phone
At 2 a.m., on a Sunday or on Thanksgiving, your call reaches someone who can help, never a voicemail menu.
Based in Laguna Niguel
Laguna Niguel is where we are based. We do the job at your property, anywhere from Laguna Woods down to the county line, and a single phone number reaches us from all of Orange County.
Clean work areas
Floors and carpet get covered before the first tool comes out, the old parts go away with us, and we wipe the area down before we leave.
What you get in writing
Plain answers
We say what failed and what caused it in everyday words, and we leave alone any work your home does not need.
Price agreed first
Before a single fitting is loosened, the figure sits on paper in your hands and you have agreed to it. A number said aloud at the door is never what a job runs on.
Workmanship warranty
Repairs and installations alike leave with a written workmanship warranty. Should something we did give out, we come back and redo it.
The work we do
Most calls will not wait: a tank that died before the morning showers, a main line pushing water up into a ground-floor tub, a brown ring spreading on a ceiling, gas you can smell near the meter. Every service on this site gets its own write-up, warning signs first, then how we handle the job.
24/7 Emergency Plumbing
Burst pipes, toilets that will not stop and leaks that cannot be left until daylight.
Drain Cleaning & Hydro Jetting
Stoppages cleared, then a camera sent down the pipe so you can watch the water run.
Water Heater Repair & Installation
A tank or tankless heater is repaired or replaced, descaled where hard imported water has left buildup, braced with a pair of seismic straps as state code requires, and fitted with a relief valve line that drains somewhere harmless.
Sewer Repair & Repiping
Laterals cracked by roots or nudged by hillside ground, fixed or replaced (trenchless if the soil and slope permit), plus whole-house repipes.
Leak & Gas Leak Detection
Hidden water leaks pinned to the spot. Gas piping repaired, then pressure tested, so SoCalGas can restore service to a sound line.
Where we work
Based in Laguna Niguel, we go to every city and community in Orange County, and each one gets 24-hour emergency response. A page of their own exists for seven places: Laguna Niguel, San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Beach, Ladera Ranch, Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills and Laguna Woods. Places without one, from San Clemente to Rancho Mission Viejo, get exactly the same service.
License, bond and permits
California license #1131308
Its holder is SoCal Plumbing Co Inc, and the class is C-36 Plumbing. The CSLB website shows it to anyone, so check it before a plumber steps inside.
$25,000 contractor bond
Written by Nationwide and filed with the CSLB, where any owner, landlord or association board can read it beside the license number.
Permits pulled and closed
Water heater, gas line, repipe and sewer jobs are permitted with the City of Laguna Niguel's Building & Safety Division, whose Online Permit Center takes every application, with any other city that requires one, and with Orange County Public Works in Ladera Ranch and the county's other unincorporated communities. We close out each permit once the inspector signs it off.
Written workmanship warranty
Its terms are printed twice, on the estimate and on the invoice, and they cover each repair and installation. Work of ours that fails gets corrected by us, at our expense.
Common questions about SoCal Emergency Plumbing Laguna Niguel
License: every job falls under CSLB #1131308 (C-36 Plumbing). The holder is SoCal Plumbing Co Inc, the bond is $25,000, and anyone can pull up both records on the CSLB site before booking.
Area: Laguna Niguel comes first, then San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Beach, Ladera Ranch, Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills, Laguna Woods and every other part of Orange County. Because we are based in Laguna Niguel and come to your address, you never need to drive anywhere.
Price: on paper, with your signature, before anyone starts, even when the job is one leaking supply line under a sink.
Who we work for: homeowners, condo and townhome owners, HOA boards and the managers who run them, landlords, and small commercial buildings. Jobs run from a single dripping angle stop to a full repipe.
After hours: there are none. (949) 519-2300 is answered all night, and a flood, a sewage backup, a gas smell or a water heater that died all get 24-hour emergency response.
Warranty: yes, in writing, on our workmanship, for each repair and installation; the terms sit on your paperwork. Anything we supply, from a heater to a faucet cartridge, also keeps its maker's coverage.
If water is spreading across the floor, call now.
C-36 license, contractor bond, and a phone line that stays open through the night, from Laguna Niguel to every corner of Orange County.