Reseda plumbing you can trust to find the real problem.

Most of Reseda was built out in the years after World War II, when the San Fernando Valley filled with affordable single family homes. Those houses commonly have clay sewer laterals and either galvanized or early copper water lines. After many decades in the ground, clay joints loosen and crack, and galvanized pipe corrodes from the inside, which shows up as slow drains and weak pressure.

Reseda also has a good number of apartment buildings and duplexes, especially along and near Reseda Blvd, Sherman Way and Victory Blvd. Older multi-unit buildings often share drain lines and water heaters, so one problem can touch several households. For landlords, regular drain cleaning and camera checks can prevent the kind of backup that leaves tenants without a working kitchen or bathroom.

As a City of Los Angeles neighborhood, Reseda gets its water from LADWP, and the city maintains the public sewer main under the street. The lateral running from each building to that main is generally the owner's responsibility. Small businesses on Sherman Way and Reseda Blvd, including restaurants and auto shops, face their own challenges with grease, sediment and older commercial piping that was never designed for today's level of use.