From Brea, the old oil town at the north edge of Orange County, we run plumbing help around the clock. Calls come from people who own or rent, from landlords, from HOA boards and from small businesses all over the county, and each one is picked up by a person.
What happens when you call at night
SoCal Emergency Plumbing Brea exists for nights like these: a washer hose splits in the laundry room, sewage climbs up a shower drain, or the tank heater in the garage starts dripping from the bottom. While we are still talking, you get help finding the valve that stops the water (usually the main shutoff where the line enters the house, or the curb valve beside the meter), and a plumber heads out from whichever of our 10 county locations is closest.
The city of Brea incorporated in 1917, and much of what stands today went up in tracts from the 1950s through the 1970s around downtown and the Brea Mall. The median home dates from 1978, and 55 percent were built before 1980. In those houses the copper is aging, the oldest still carry galvanized steel supply lines, and cast iron drains run out to clay sewer laterals, so corroded pipe, slab leaks and root-blocked laterals are everyday calls. Hillside and canyon-edge streets can get high pressure off the main, which wears out regulators. The newer homes in Olinda Ranch, Blackstone and La Floresta are plumbed in PEX with tankless heaters and recirculation pumps, and hard water leaves scale in all of it. Close to half of Brea's homes are condos, townhomes and apartments, where a leak behind a shared wall gets pinned to one unit and one pipe before any drywall is cut. That is why the line gets tested, or the pressure measured, before anyone talks about cost.
License and bond on the state record
Every job is done under CSLB #1131308 (C-36 Plumbing). The $25,000 contractor bond is filed with the state, and both turn up in a public CSLB lookup.
A person on the line
Phone at 1 a.m., on a Sunday afternoon or on Thanksgiving and someone who can help answers. No phone tree, no voicemail.
Based in Brea
Brea is home base, one of 10 company locations around Orange County. Whichever of them sits nearest your address is the one that sends help.
Clean when we leave
Floors get covered before the work begins, old parts go out with the plumber, and the only thing left behind is the repair.
What you have in writing
Plain explanations
You hear what broke and why in everyday words, and no one talks you into work your plumbing does not need.
Written estimate first
You see the estimate on paper and say yes to it before work begins, so the number is known before a wrench turns.
A warranty on the work
Every repair and installation carries our written workmanship warranty. When something we fixed does not hold up, we return and correct it.
Plumbing work we handle
In Brea most calls trace back to aging pipe and hard water: corroded copper weeping behind drywall, a slab leak below a 1970s kitchen floor, a tank heater packed with scale, a clay lateral choked with roots, a tankless unit flashing an error code in a newer hillside home. The services listed below each link to a page covering early warning signs and what the repair involves.
24/7 Emergency Plumbing
Split pipes, a toilet spilling over, and any leak too heavy to leave until sunrise.
Drain Cleaning & Hydro Jetting
Clogs cleared anywhere from a bathroom sink to the main line, followed by a camera check so you can see the line runs clear.
Water Heater Repair & Installation
Tank and tankless heaters repaired or replaced, with descaling where Brea's hard water has built up. A new tank gets the two seismic straps California code calls for, and its relief valve is piped to a safe place.
Sewer Repair & Repiping
Clay and cast iron laterals that are cracked or full of roots get repaired or replaced, by trenchless methods where the soil and the pipe allow it. Whole-house repipes in PEX or copper take the place of galvanized steel or copper that is wearing thin.
Leak & Gas Leak Detection
Hidden leaks under slabs and inside walls located before anything is opened, and gas line repairs pressure tested before SoCalGas restores service.
Where we work
Brea is home base. Out of 10 locations around Orange County, the one nearest you sends help, and 24-hour emergency response covers every call. This site has a page for Brea, Placentia, La Habra, Yorba Linda, Anaheim, Villa Park and Buena Park; all other cities and communities in the county get the same service, just without a page.
Look up the license
California license #1131308
SoCal Plumbing Co Inc holds it. Enter the number in the CSLB license lookup and the record appears, so you can check it before anyone comes to your door.
$25,000 contractor bond
On file with the CSLB, with Nationwide as surety, where a homeowner, a landlord or an HOA board can look it up beside the license.
Permits pulled and closed
At a Brea address, the City of Brea issues the permits for gas lines, sewer laterals, repipes and new water heaters. Placentia, La Habra, Yorba Linda, Anaheim, Villa Park, Buena Park and the other cities issue their own. Each permit we pull is closed once the inspection passes.
Written workmanship warranty
It applies to each repair and each installation, and the terms appear in writing twice: on the estimate you sign and on the final invoice. If a repair of ours fails, the plumber comes back and does it over.
Common questions about SoCal Emergency Plumbing Brea
License: CSLB #1131308, C-36 Plumbing, is held by SoCal Plumbing Co Inc. The state issued it January 6, 2025 and it stays valid through January 31, 2027; Nationwide writes the $25,000 bond. You can look up both.
Area: Brea, then Placentia, Yorba Linda and La Habra next door, and from there every city in Orange County. Being based in Brea means we travel to your address; you never bring anything to us.
Cost: a written estimate, approved by you before any work starts.
Who calls: people who own a house, condo or townhome, renters, property managers and landlords, HOA boards, and owners of small commercial buildings, about anything from one leaking shutoff valve to a full repipe.
Nights: (657) 655-4939 picks up around the clock, all year. Water spreading across a floor, sewage coming back up, the smell of gas, or a heater that has gone cold all get 24-hour emergency response.
Warranty: each repair and installation is backed by our written workmanship warranty, spelled out on the estimate and invoice you keep. A heater or fixture we install also keeps its manufacturer's warranty.
If water is spreading, call us now.
C-36 Plumbing license, contractor bond on the state record, and a phone answered at every hour for Brea and all of Orange County.