This is a 24-hour emergency plumbing service with its base in Mission Viejo, in South Orange County. Calls come from houses, condos, rentals and small commercial buildings all over the county, and a person picks up each one.
Built for the call nobody plans
SoCal Emergency Plumbing Mission Viejo is set up for the night a water heater empties across the garage floor, a toilet will not quit overflowing, or a warm patch of tile gives away a slab leak. On the phone you get help closing the right valve, and a plumber heads out to you from the nearest of the 10 locations we keep in Orange County.
Mission Viejo went up as one planned city from the late 1960s into the 1980s, and most of its tract homes sit on concrete slabs with copper water lines under the floor. Hillside streets can push the pressure high enough to wear out a regulator, the imported water is hard on heaters, and mature trees send roots into older sewer laterals. That is the plumbing we open up week after week, so we test the line or read the gauge before anyone talks about a price.
License and bond
Every job runs under license #1131308 from the California CSLB, classification C-36 Plumbing, and a $25,000 contractor bond backs it.
A person on the phone
Nights, weekends and holidays, the call reaches someone who can help, not a recording.
Based in Mission Viejo
Mission Viejo is home base, and 10 locations spread around the county keep a plumber within reach of your street.
Clean work areas
Drop cloths go down first, old parts leave with us, and the space is wiped down when the job is done.
What we put in writing
Plain answers
You hear what broke and why it broke, without jargon, and nobody sells you work your house can do without.
Price agreed first
The price goes on paper and you approve it before any work starts. A repair that runs longer than planned still costs the number you signed.
Workmanship warranty
Each repair and installation carries a written workmanship warranty. When something we did fails, we come back and set it right.
Plumbing services we provide
Most calls are urgent ones: a tank that gave out overnight, a main line that backs up again once the roots grow back, a pinhole leak in copper under the slab, or a worn pressure regulator that let the house pressure climb. Every service has a page of its own with the warning signs and the way we handle the job.
24/7 Emergency Plumbing
Burst lines, overflowing fixtures and leaks that cannot sit until morning.
Drain Cleaning & Hydro Jetting
Clogs cleared, then a camera sent through the line so you can see it is open.
Water Heater Repair & Installation
Tank and tankless units repaired or replaced, flushed where hard water has left scale, and strapped to California code.
Sewer Repair & Repiping
Laterals cracked by roots or shifted on a slope, repaired or replaced (trenchless where it fits), and whole-house repipes of aging copper.
Leak & Gas Leak Detection
Slab leaks traced to the spot, gas lines pressure tested and repaired, and the line made ready for SoCalGas to restore service.
Where we work
Mission Viejo is where we are based. With 10 locations around Orange County, the plumber who comes out is the one closest to your address, and every call gets 24-hour emergency response. Seven places have a page on this site: Mission Viejo, Laguna Hills, Lake Forest, Coto de Caza, Ladera Ranch, Laguna Woods and Aliso Viejo. The rest of the county gets the same service, page or no page.
Our license, bond and permits
California license #1131308
SoCal Plumbing Co Inc holds it, in the C-36 Plumbing category. Check it on the CSLB website before anyone sets foot in your home.
$25,000 contractor bond
On record with the CSLB, where a homeowner, a property manager or an HOA board can confirm it next to the license.
Permits pulled and closed
We permit each gas line, repipe, sewer lateral and water heater job through the City of Mission Viejo, through any other city that requires it, and through the County of Orange in Coto de Caza, Ladera Ranch and the other unincorporated communities. Each permit is closed once it passes inspection.
Written workmanship warranty
It comes with every repair and installation. You will find its terms printed on both the estimate and the invoice, and should our work let you down, we return and correct it at our own expense.
Questions people ask about SoCal Emergency Plumbing Mission Viejo
License: every job is done under CSLB license #1131308 (C-36 Plumbing), issued to SoCal Plumbing Co Inc, and a $25,000 bond backs it. Both are public records you can look up before you book.
Area: Mission Viejo first, then Laguna Hills, Lake Forest, Coto de Caza, Ladera Ranch, Laguna Woods, Aliso Viejo and the rest of Orange County. We are based in Mission Viejo and we come to your address, so there is nowhere you need to drive.
Price: a written quote comes before the work, so a job that runs long still costs the amount you agreed to.
Who we work for: owners of houses and condos, landlords, HOA boards, property managers and small commercial buildings, on jobs as small as one dripping angle stop or as big as a whole-house repipe.
After hours: (949) 951-1277 is answered at every hour. Flooding, a sewer backup, a gas smell or a dead water heater all get 24-hour emergency response.
Warranty: a written workmanship warranty comes with each repair and installation (the terms are on your paperwork). A heater, fixture or part we supply also carries whatever coverage its manufacturer gives.
Water on the floor right now? Call us.
C-36 licensed, bonded, and answering for all of Orange County day and night.