Plumbing in Solano County from our Vallejo office

Calls from Solano County come in on the same number as calls from San Jose, and we answer them the same way, any hour. The difference is the schedule: work here is planned around our Vallejo head office, so we tell you honestly on the phone when we can arrive rather than promising a time we cannot keep.

Most calls here are the everyday ones: a water heater that has stopped, a slow main drain, a leak under a sink or a toilet that will not stop running. Older houses near the waterfront add repipes and sewer lateral work to that list.

The older parts of Vallejo and Benicia carry the pipe materials of their era, so galvanized supply lines and clay or cast iron drains turn up regularly. When those houses change hands, a sewer camera inspection is one of the most useful things a buyer can order.

Newer subdivisions around Fairfield and the edges of Vallejo have plastic supply and drain lines and fewer root problems, so the calls there lean toward water heaters, fixtures and the occasional slab leak.