Why this call
What is going wrong in a South Pasadena house?
South Pasadena’s Craftsman and early Spanish houses sit on small lots with plaster and wood floors. A slow supply leak prints on a ceiling for days before the floor goes soft, and by then the plaster is wet past the stain you can see. There is not much house to spare. The wet room is usually next to the dry one, and the water does not stay on its side of the wall.
- A ceiling stain in a Craftsman that has started to sag.
- Soft wood flooring next to a bathroom on a small lot.
- Plaster that sounds hollow along the wet wall after the supply is shut.
Say whether you are looking at a ceiling stain, a soft floor, or both, and whether the supply is off. This page is South Pasadena proper, not Pasadena and not Alhambra. The crew is scheduled for the house you describe.
The houses
What gets wet in South Pasadena?
South Pasadena kept a large stock of Craftsman and early Spanish houses on small lots, with plaster walls and wood floors. A slow supply leak stains a ceiling and cups a floor before anyone calls it a flood. There is almost no slab-ranch fabric here compared with Hastings Ranch next door in Pasadena.
The water
How does water usually get into a South Pasadena house?
The indoor job is a failed angle stop, a washing-machine hose, or a water heater in a tight service porch. The Arroyo is the western edge. Water standing in the house from a pipe is the scheduled call. Water sheeting off the street into a garage during a storm needs to be described as outside water.
The map
Which parts of South Pasadena does this page cover?
The grid between Fair Oaks, Huntington, and the arroyo. Pasadena, Alhambra, and Los Angeles touch the borders. This page is only South Pasadena.
ZIP codes
Codes covered on this South Pasadena page
- 91030
- 91031
A shared ZIP can sit on a city line. Use the city the house is actually in, not only the number on the mail.