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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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Prunedale is an unincorporated part of Monterey County, spread over 46 square miles of hills north of Salinas. About 5,900 homes sit on those hills, by Census Bureau estimates. Their water comes from dozens of small water systems and from private wells. A slow drain or a cold shower here starts with two questions. Where does the water come from, and where does the drain go?
ASC Plumbing is a plumbing company for homes and businesses in Salinas and the towns around it. Prunedale is part of our service area, about 10 miles north of downtown Salinas on US 101. Here we handle plumbing repair and water heaters, along with drains and repipes. When you need a plumber in Prunedale, 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.
Water reaches Prunedale homes through many small systems. State Water Board maps show more than 40 community water systems that sit mostly inside Prunedale. Most of them serve fewer than 50 hookups. Homes in Oak Hills are on a California Water Service system. Many other homes draw from private wells. State well records list more than a thousand domestic wells in and around Prunedale.
The groundwater here can run hard. A U.S. Geological Survey study of these hills found calcium and magnesium can make it too hard for home use. Hard water leaves deposits that settle in the bottom of a water heater tank. A rumbling tank is one sign, and draining the tank flushes out scale and sediment. We flush tanks as part of our water heater repair work.
The hills around Prunedale filled in fast in the 1970s. A U.S. Geological Survey report counted a 46 percent jump in North Monterey County's population from 1970 to 1979. Most of that growth went in along Highway 156 and off San Miguel Canyon Road and US 101.
Census Bureau estimates match that history. About a quarter of Prunedale's homes went up in the 1970s, and another fifth in the 1980s. The median home dates to 1977, and only about one in nine was built in 2000 or later. Nearly 8 in 10 are single-family houses.
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 pipes leak in more than one place, a whole-house repipe replaces the supply lines in one job.
Fewer than a third of Prunedale homes heat with gas from a utility line, by Census Bureau estimates. About one in five burns propane from a tank, and about two in five run on electricity. In a home with no gas line, the water heater usually runs on propane or electricity.
A gas water heater is built for one fuel. Manufacturers warn that a natural gas model will not run safely on propane, and the reverse. The rating plate on the tank names the gas it takes.
Mobile homes make up about one in eight Prunedale homes. Some standard gas water heaters carry a printed warning that they are not for manufactured homes. Our water heater installation work matches the new tank to the fuel and the home. Under California's plumbing code, replacing a water heater takes a permit.
A 1983 U.S. Geological Survey report on these hills found household wastewater going to septic drain fields. If your house drains to a septic tank, a clog in the main sewer line can back up the drains. So can a full tank. We clear a clogged main sewer line with our drain cleaning service. Pumping the tank is a septic company's job.
Digging a trench for a drain line or a yard water line brings in one more rule. California law has a contractor who digs call 811 at least two working days before the work starts. Utilities then mark their own buried lines. A private line, like a pipe from a well or a drain line to a septic tank, stays unmarked.
Prunedale has no city hall, so building permits come from the county. Monterey County Housing and Community Development handles permits for the unincorporated areas and runs an online permit portal. The county answers which plumbing jobs need one.
Communities and areas we serve around Prunedale: Oak Hills, Echo Valley, San Miguel Canyon, Langley Canyon, Vierra Canyon, Crazy Horse Canyon, Prunedale North Road, Prunedale South Road, Castroville Boulevard, Manzanita Park, Castroville, Aromas.
Prunedale ZIP codes served: 93907, 95076, 95004.
Prunedale 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 Prunedale. 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.