Why this call
What is going wrong in a Alhambra house?
South of Main, Alhambra bungalows still have wood floors and plaster, so a supply leak is a stain and a soft board in one afternoon. The same city is full of small postwar apartments where the wet unit is the one under the stack, not the one with the broken angle stop. Tight lots mean a laundry leak crosses into the next room before anyone finishes mopping.
- Soft wood and stained plaster in a bungalow south of Main.
- A downstairs apartment wet from a stack above it.
- Laundry water that has already left the closet for the hall.
Say bungalow or apartment, and whether the water is on the floor you are standing on or coming from above. If you own the house, that is the dispatch. A renter needs the owner on the line.
The houses
What gets wet in Alhambra?
Alhambra is a tight grid of bungalows, small Spanish houses, and postwar apartments. Wood floors and plaster are common south of Main. A supply leak in a bungalow wets the unit and often the unit beside it, because the lots share walls or sit a few feet apart. Apartment breaks above garages show up as water in the parking row.
The water
How does water usually get into a Alhambra house?
Indoor plumbing failures are the job: angle stops, kitchen supplies, heaters in service porches. Alhambra is not a canyon town. If the water is standing in the house, say the street and that you own it.
The map
Which parts of Alhambra does this page cover?
The blocks off Main, Garfield, and Valley. South Pasadena, San Gabriel, and Monterey Park are the borders. Each has a page.
ZIP codes
Codes covered on this Alhambra page
- 91801
- 91802
- 91803
- 91804
- 91841
- 91896
- 91899
A shared ZIP can sit on a city line. Use the city the house is actually in, not only the number on the mail.