24/7 Emergency Plumbing · Silver Lake, Los Angeles Silver Lake Plumbers

24/7 Rooter Service is a top choice for a plumber in Silver Lake: a licensed, family-owned company (CA License #845109) with a 5.0 Google rating across 170+ reviews, a 5.0 Yelp rating and BBB accreditation with an A rating. Best Plumbers, the Internet's original plumbing directory, recommends us as the Best Plumber in Los Angeles, and homeowners from the Silver Lake Reservoir to Sunset Junction call us first for emergencies, drains, sewers and water heaters.

Yes. 24/7 Rooter Service answers calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including nights, weekends and holidays, for emergency plumbing in Silver Lake. Call (213) 281-4751 and a licensed plumber will be dispatched to Silver Lake.

Silver Lake is about a mile northeast of our dispatch base at 211 S Lafayette Park Pl, as the crow flies. We dispatch 24/7 and most Silver Lake calls are handled the same day. Because traffic and call volume change by the hour, we give you an honest arrival window on the phone rather than a guess. Meanwhile, shut off the water if anything is leaking.

It depends on what is wrong, how hard it is to reach and the parts involved, so we never quote blind. A licensed plumber diagnoses the problem at your Silver Lake property and gives you a free written estimate before any work starts. New customers get 10% off their first plumbing or drain service, and larger repairs can be financed.

Yes. California requires a state contractor license for plumbing work of any real size, and ours is License #845109, active, bonded and insured. Check it yourself on the Contractors State License Board site. We are also BBB accredited with an A rating.

Every street in Silver Lake: ZIP codes 90026 and 90039, from the Silver Lake Reservoir, Sunset Junction, and the Moreno Highlands. Neighbors such as Echo Park, East Hollywood, Los Feliz, and Westlake are covered too, and the full list is on our service areas page.

Yes. We serve restaurants, retail, offices, apartment buildings, landlords and property managers in Silver Lake with commercial plumbing, grease line cleaning, commercial hydro jetting, backflow testing, water heaters and after-hours emergency repairs.

We accept cash, credit and debit cards, checks, Venmo and Zelle, and financing is available for larger repairs. Sí, también hablamos español: our team can explain the problem, the estimate and the repair in English or Spanish.

First, stop the water: close the main shutoff, which on most Silver Lake homes is near the front hose bib, in the garage or where the line enters the building. Keep people away from water near outlets, stop running fixtures if a drain is backing up and move anything valuable. Then call (213) 281-4751. See burst pipe repair for more.

Most backups in Silver Lake come from tree roots, grease, wipes or a cracked or sagging sewer lateral. Stop using water, keep people away from the sewage and call (213) 281-4751. We clear the line through a cleanout and camera-inspect it. Clearing gets the sewer backup flowing again, but roots grow back and a damaged pipe keeps catching debris, so another blockage is likely until the defective section is repaired. The footage shows you which it is.

Get everyone out first. Do not flip switches, use phones or light anything indoors; call 911 or the gas utility from outside. After the utility clears the property, we can find and fix the problem with gas leak repair or gas line repair.

If your house sits below the street, and many Silver Lake homes on the downhill side of a hill do, its drains may be lower than the public sewer, so sewage has to be pumped up to it with an ejector pump. Homes above the street usually drain by gravity. If you have a pump and hear an alarm, see water around the basin or smell sewage, stop using water and call (213) 281-4751; we repair and replace ejector pumps and check valves.

Yes. Hydro jetting sends high-pressure water through drain and sewer lines to scour away grease, scale and roots, cleaning the full width of the pipe. It often helps drains that keep clogging, because snaking usually just punches a hole through the buildup. If roots or a damaged pipe are the cause, the line can clog again until that section is repaired. We camera-inspect first and match pressure to the pipe material, so it is safe for older lines as well as new ones.

Yes. A video pipe inspection, also called a CCTV sewer camera inspection, sends a waterproof camera through your drain or sewer line and streams live video. It shows cracks, roots, bellies, offset joints and buildup, and a locator marks the exact spot and depth from the surface so repairs target only the damaged section.

Yes, especially for an older home. A standard home inspection usually does not include the sewer lateral, and the private part of that line is generally the owner's responsibility. A pre-purchase sewer camera inspection in Silver Lake shows its condition before you close, when repairs can still be negotiated.

Based on the age and type of housing in Silver Lake, the most common issues we find are root intrusion through clay pipe joints and cast iron that has scaled, cracked or rotted through at the bottom and long downhill laterals and failing ejector pumps on lots below the street. Mature trees make root intrusion a leading cause of backups in Silver Lake. A camera inspection tells us which one you have before we recommend a repair.

Often, yes. After a camera inspection, many damaged lines can be repaired with trenchless sewer repair, using pipe lining or pipe bursting through small access points instead of a long trench. That protects landscaping, driveways and hardscape and usually finishes faster.

Usually the property owner, for the private lateral between the building and the public sewer, while the sewer agency maintains the main. The dividing point varies from one agency to another, so check the rule for your Silver Lake address with LA Sanitation. A camera inspection tells you what condition your section is in.

Yes. Whether you want a like-for-like tank replacement or an upgrade to a tankless water heater, we size it for your Silver Lake household, handle gas, venting and water connections and strap it for earthquakes. The estimate is free.

Yes. State law requires every water heater in California to be strapped or braced for earthquakes, because a tank that tips can break its gas line. We install code-compliant straps on every heater we put in in Silver Lake and check them on every service call.

Watch for a higher water bill, warm spots on the floor, the sound of water running when nothing is on, musty smells or new cracks in tile. Then try the meter test: shut off every fixture and see if the meter keeps turning. If it does, our leak detection uses acoustic and thermal tools to find the leak without opening the whole floor.

City water pressure rises the lower you are on a hill, so homes at the bottom of Silver Lake's steep streets can see pressure well above the roughly 80 psi that fixtures and water heaters are designed for. A working pressure regulator at the main line protects them. Banging pipes, running toilets and short-lived faucets are common signs it has failed.

Yes. Silver Lake has dozens of hillside streets and public stairways, including the Music Box Steps on Vendome Street. When a truck cannot park at the door, we carry portable equipment, run long hose and camera cable from the street and plan the job so access does not slow the repair.

When leaks keep coming back, the water runs rusty or pressure keeps dropping, patching stops making sense. Homes in Silver Lake with original galvanized lines are prime candidates for repiping with copper or PEX. We keep wall openings small and quote it free up front.

Larger jobs such as water heater replacements, repiping, new gas lines and sewer line replacement generally need a permit. Silver Lake permits are handled by the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS). As a licensed contractor, we pull the required permits and arrange inspections for you.