Contact Lankershim Plumbing

The phone, email, hours and service areas are at the top of this page. Lankershim Plumbing is a mobile service with no shop and no counter, because a local plumber visits your home. This page covers what each way of reaching us suits best, what to have ready, and what follows. The fastest route to a price is the quote form.

How do I reach Lankershim Plumbing?

Phone during the weekday hours shown above, 9am to 5pm Monday through Friday, or write to [email protected] whenever you like. The phone works for a problem you can sum up in a minute. Email is better for photos, a long description or a question that can wait, and replies come in the weekday hours. The quote form is for anyone who wants a written price.

On reaching voicemail, or writing outside the hours, state the problem, where it is and how best to contact you. Whoever replies can then start from the facts. A mobile service has no walk-in premises, so please do not turn up at an address you find online.

What should I call or write about?

Any home or small business plumbing problem in our service areas is fair game: leaks, clogged drains and toilets, water heaters, low water pressure, faucets and fixtures, repiping, softeners, gas lines and backflow tests. You can also ask which guide on this site fits your problem, or whether a visit to your neighborhood can be set up.

Questions about the website itself are welcome too, for example a correction to a guide or how your details are used. What is kept is explained on the privacy page. To browse first, the guides hub sorts every answer by problem.

What if it is an emergency?

Do not hold out for a callback if water is pouring out, sewage is backing up or you smell gas. With water, close the main valve or the fixture valve. With gas, get out of the building immediately, phone SoCalGas (1-800-427-2200) from outside, and dial 911 if the situation is dangerous. Do not attempt gas piping repairs yourself. Once everyone is safe, contact us about the repair.

The phone line keeps set weekday hours, so this page cannot promise an emergency repair outside them. The emergency plumber guide covers what to shut off, what to photograph for an insurer and how to describe the problem. For a burst line, read what to do with a burst water pipe while you wait.

What is useful to have to hand?

Keep the address ready, with a short description of what you see and hear and when it began. Add the age and brand of any appliance involved, a photo or short video of the problem, and where your main water shutoff is. If a permit might be needed, mention earlier repairs or paperwork you hold.

A few more details speed up a visit. Say whether one fixture or the whole house is affected, since that points to different faults and changes what the plumber brings. Note whether anyone will be home and which days suit you. Mention parking, gate access, a dog or a narrow crawl space where they apply. For a water heater, a picture of the tank's label identifies it. For a pressure complaint, say whether hot, cold or both are weak. A recent water bill that looks wrong is worth keeping handy.

What happens after I call or write?

Three steps follow. First, a visit is arranged with a local plumber who covers your area, on a day and time that work for you. Second, that plumber inspects the problem and hands you a written price listing the scope of work and any permit. Third, you decide: accept, take time, or compare with another quote.

Nothing is booked until you agree to a written price. The longer version is on how the service works, which explains each step, and about us states what the service does and does not claim. Where the quote includes a permit item, the guide on water heater permits shows who normally pulls it.

Which areas do you cover?

We cover Burbank and the San Fernando Valley, including Glendale, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Tarzana, Woodland Hills, Northridge, Chatsworth, Van Nuys, North Hollywood and Calabasas. The areas page lists each place and explains why the water utility and permit office differ between them.

An address outside that list is still worth sending, and we will say plainly whether a visit is possible. The home page also gives an overview of costs and common questions.

How do replies work?

No response time is promised, because none has been agreed, and an invented figure would only disappoint you. What can be said is that questions are answered in the weekday hours shown above, and that a clear first message giving the address and the problem draws the fastest useful reply.

If you have not heard back and the problem is getting worse, treat it as an emergency, shut off the water or gas as described above, and use the phone during hours. If you only need information, the guides answer most questions without anyone needing to reply at all.