Why this call
What is going wrong in a Montebello house?
North Montebello, toward the hills, still has bungalows and Spanish houses. A leak there stains plaster, and runoff hits the foundation from the slope. The flat south side is slab houses where the heater is in the garage and the bath leak stays under the concrete. Hill water at a door and a garage hose can look alike in a photo and are not alike on the phone.
- Plaster stains in a north-side bungalow or Spanish house.
- Water at a foundation on the hill that is not from a pipe.
- A south-side garage heater or a warm slab.
Say hill house or flat slab, and whether a pipe failed or water came in from outside. The north side and the south side do not dry the same way.
The houses
What gets wet in Montebello?
Montebello has older bungalows and Spanish houses near the hills on the north side and slab houses on the flat south. The hill streets take runoff at the foundation. The flat streets show a classic garage-heater flood. Wood floors in the older houses stain the same day.
The water
How does water usually get into a Montebello house?
Standing water from plumbing is the scheduled call. Storm runoff down the north-side streets is outside water. Say which part of the city and that you own the house.
The map
Which parts of Montebello does this page cover?
The hills above Beverly Boulevard and the flat grid south of it. Monterey Park, Commerce, and Pico Rivera are adjacent. Monterey Park and Pico Rivera have pages.
ZIP codes
Codes covered on this Montebello page
- 90640
A shared ZIP can sit on a city line. Use the city the house is actually in, not only the number on the mail.