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A burst pipe or a sewer backup needs a plumber at any hour. ASC Plumbing takes emergency calls 24/7, nights and weekends included.
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Carmel Valley runs inland from Carmel-by-the-Sea, up the Carmel River along Carmel Valley Road. At the village end of the valley, about four in five homes went up before 1980, by Census Bureau estimates. Much of the land there is steep hillside, and some homes in the valley still drain to a septic tank. A slow drain or a weak shower can trace back to original pipes from the 1950s or 1970s.
ASC Plumbing works on homes and businesses in Salinas and the towns around it, Carmel Valley included. Here we handle plumbing repair, drains, water heaters and repipes. When you need a plumber in Carmel Valley, call or text (831) 262-9943. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the leak, clog, water heater or repipe and where the property is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Carmel Valley Village is the Census Bureau's name for the village end of the valley. It holds about 2,300 homes, and three in four are single-family houses. The 1970s were its biggest building decade, followed by the 1950s. The median home there dates to 1968.
New building is rare here: only about one home in eleven in the village went up in 2000 or later. A 2020 wastewater district study points to the Carmel Valley Master Plan's cap of 190 new subdivision homes. It says most of those are already built and names water supply as a major limit on growth.
A house that age may still have its original water pipes. A plumbing inspection shows what they are made of and how they are holding up. When old pipe leaks in more than one place, a whole-house repipe replaces the supply lines in one job.
Carmel Valley homes drain two ways. Some connect to a public sewer, and some still drain to a septic tank and a leach field. In 2020 the Carmel Area Wastewater District planned a new sewer main along Carmel Valley Road and Valley Greens Drive. Its study says homes beside the line may have to connect if their septic systems fail.
On a septic home, a backup can start in the drain line or at a full tank. Our drain cleaning service clears clogged drains and the main sewer line. We also repair a failed section of drain line. Pumping the tank is a septic company's job.
The ground matters when a buried line needs work. Federal soil survey maps put more than half of the village area on slopes of 30 percent or steeper. The same survey rates most of that land very limited for trenches up to 5 or 6 feet deep. It cites steep slopes and trench walls that can cave in.
About half of the homes in Carmel Valley Village heat with gas from a utility line, by Census Bureau estimates. About three in ten use electricity, and about one in nine burns propane from a tank. A gas water heater is built for one fuel. A water heater maker's guide warns that a natural gas model will not run safely on propane, and the reverse.
California's plumbing code requires a permit to install or replace a water heater. In Carmel Valley, Monterey County issues that permit. The code also calls for earthquake straps in the upper and lower thirds of the tank. Our water heater installation work matches the new tank to the fuel your home runs on.
NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals for its Carmel Valley station show about 12 nights a year that drop to freezing. Most of them come between December and February. Water that freezes in an outdoor pipe or a hose bib can split it. Wrapping exposed pipes before a cold night helps.
The Carmel River and the aquifer under this valley are a major water source for the Monterey Peninsula. The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District lists Carmel Valley among the places it serves. If your home is inside the district, two of its rules touch plumbing work.
The first is the water permit. Adding water use, like a second bathroom, can take a district water permit along with the county building permit. The second comes with a home sale, when the district's fixture rules apply.
At a sale, toilets must be high efficiency models, and showerheads can use no more than 2.0 gallons per minute. Bathroom faucets top out at 1.2 gallons per minute, and kitchen faucets at 1.8, both at 60 psi. The district's inspector checks every water fixture on the site. Swapping an old toilet or faucet is part of our plumbing installation work.
Communities and areas we serve around Carmel Valley: Carmel Valley Village, Robles del Rio, Carmel Valley Road, Laureles Grade Road, Hitchcock Canyon, Esquiline Road, Ford Road, Holman Road, Valley Greens Drive, Garland Ranch Regional Park, Carmel River.
Carmel Valley ZIP codes served: 93924.
Carmel Valley is part of our service area. We look at the job first, then put the quote in writing.
(831) 262-9943 A burst pipe or a sewer backup needs a plumber at any hour. ASC Plumbing takes emergency calls 24/7, nights and weekends included.
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We clear clogged kitchen sinks, bathroom sinks, tubs, showers, toilets and floor drains, plus main sewer line stoppages. When a drain keeps backing up, we find out why and put any repair in a written quote.
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We repair leaking pipes, slab leaks, running toilets, dripping faucets and jammed garbage disposals. We look at the job first and put the quote in writing.
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We repair gas and electric tank water heaters for homes and businesses. We find the part that failed and put the quote in writing.
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We replace failed or aging tank water heaters and install new ones, gas or electric. Each new tank is sized for the home and strapped the way California law requires.
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We install tankless water heaters, conversions from a tank included. We also repair and flush the tankless units already in place.
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We replace the water pipe in a house or building when old galvanized steel or copper starts to fail. Whole house and partial repipes go in as PEX or copper, with the quote in writing.
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We install toilets, faucets, sinks and garbage disposals, plus the rough-in plumbing for remodels and new builds. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
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We handle plumbing repairs, drains, water heaters and fixtures for shops, offices, restaurants and rental buildings. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Carmel Valley. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Tell us what is going on with the plumbing and the town the building is in. Call or text (831) 262-9943 or use the form, and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the leak, clog, water heater or repipe and where the property is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.