Faucet Repair in California

Faucet Repair across California: the 1,921 ZIP codes and 726 cities we route calls in, and who licenses plumbers in the state.

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Free to homeowners in California — the contractor pays us for the introduction, you never do.

Repair or replace

Our faucet repair coverage in California runs to 1,921 ZIP codes in 726 cities. In large municipalities the housing stock behind a single ZIP code can span sixty years of plumbing fashion, so the question of whether a tap takes a cartridge, a ceramic disc or a washer is settled by the fitting rather than by the address.

Source: coverage area as published by our call partner; place and county names from the US Census Bureau.

We route faucet repair calls in 1,921 ZIP codes across 726 California cities, in 40 counties.

What this site is

FaucetMend is a referral service, not a contractor. We connect homeowners with independent contractors. Contractors are required to hold whatever credential their state or municipality demands. We carry out no work, we sell no fixtures, we do not set prices, and we never charge homeowners anything — the contractors in our network pay us when we route them a call. Nothing here is a statement about the water at any address; only a test of that water can tell you about it.

Checking a credential in California

California licenses are issued by the Contractors State License Board, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins. California licenses the C-36 plumbing contractor; there is no state journeyman license.

25 of the 40 California counties we cover, from the top of the alphabet

Alameda County 68 ZIP codes
Oakland, Berkeley, Hayward, Fremont, San Leandro, Alameda, Castro Valley, Emeryville, Livermore, Pleasanton and 6 more
Amador County 8 ZIP codes
Amador City, Drytown, Ione, Jackson, Pine Grove, Pioneer, Plymouth, Sutter Creek
Butte County 19 ZIP codes
Chico, Oroville, Paradise, Bangor, Biggs, Durham, Forest Ranch, Gridley, Magalia, Nelson and 2 more
Calaveras County 8 ZIP codes
Angels Camp, Burson, Campo Seco, Copperopolis, Mokelumne Hill, San Andreas, Valley Springs, Wallace
Colusa County 3 ZIP codes
Colusa, Maxwell, Princeton
Contra Costa County 52 ZIP codes
Concord, Richmond, Walnut Creek, Moraga, Antioch, Danville, El Sobrante, San Ramon, Alamo, Bethel Island and 20 more
El Dorado County 17 ZIP codes
Camino, Coloma, Cool, Diamond Springs, El Dorado, El Dorado Hills, Garden Valley, Georgetown, Greenwood, Lotus and 7 more
Fresno County 13 ZIP codes
Fresno, Clovis
Glenn County 6 ZIP codes
Artois, Butte City, Glenn, Hamilton City, Orland, Willows
Humboldt County 21 ZIP codes
Eureka, Arcata, Bayside, Blue Lake, Carlotta, Ferndale, Fields Landing, Fortuna, Hydesville, Kneeland and 8 more
Kern County 12 ZIP codes
Boron, California City, Cantil, Edwards, Inyokern, Keene, Maricopa, Mojave, Randsburg, Ridgecrest and 2 more
Los Angeles County 494 ZIP codes
Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pasadena, Glendale, Burbank, Van Nuys, Inglewood, North Hollywood, Santa Monica, Torrance and 116 more
Marin County 40 ZIP codes
Novato, San Rafael, Corte Madera, Fairfax, Larkspur, Mill Valley, San Anselmo, San Quentin, Sausalito, Belvedere Tiburon and 15 more
Merced County 13 ZIP codes
Merced, Atwater, Delhi, Gustine, Hilmar, Livingston, Los Banos, Snelling, Winton
Monterey County 21 ZIP codes
Salinas, Monterey, Carmel, Aromas, Carmel by the Sea, Castroville, Marina, Moss Landing, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach and 1 more
Napa County 12 ZIP codes
Napa, American Canyon, Angwin, Calistoga, Deer Park, Oakville, Pope Valley, Rutherford, Saint Helena, Yountville
Nevada County 1 ZIP code
Truckee
Orange County 144 ZIP codes
Anaheim, Irvine, Santa Ana, Orange, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Buena Park, Brea and 34 more
Placer County 20 ZIP codes
Auburn, Roseville, Rocklin, Carnelian Bay, Foresthill, Granite Bay, Kings Beach, Lincoln, Loomis, Meadow Vista and 5 more
Riverside County 84 ZIP codes
Riverside, Moreno Valley, Corona, Temecula, Hemet, Menifee, Perris, Lake Elsinore, Murrieta, Palm Springs and 26 more
Sacramento County 131 ZIP codes
Sacramento, Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, Carmichael, Folsom, Antelope, Courtland, Elverta, Fair Oaks and 13 more
San Benito County 1 ZIP code
San Juan Bautista
San Bernardino County 62 ZIP codes
San Bernardino, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Hesperia, Loma Linda, Redlands, Upland, Chino, Phelan and 15 more
San Diego County 178 ZIP codes
San Diego, Chula Vista, Escondido, Oceanside, Carlsbad, La Jolla, El Cajon, La Mesa, San Marcos, Spring Valley and 38 more
San Francisco County 51 ZIP codes
San Francisco

15 more California counties are inside the coverage area and are not listed here. If your ZIP code is in California, the call reaches a contractor.

What that coverage looks like

We cover 726 California cities, of which Sacramento is the largest at 100 ZIP codes. A tap repair is a short visit, so the practical question across a footprint this wide is not whether a contractor covers your ZIP code but how soon one can be there — which is why the call asks for the ZIP first.

How a faucet repair job goes

Most calls about a dripping tap end in a part, not a tap. A cartridge, a ceramic disc, a seat and spring or an O-ring will fix the great majority of drips, and the part is identified from the maker and model rather than from the symptom. A tap is replaced when the body itself is worn or the fixing is seized, which is a much smaller share of calls than the hardware aisle suggests.

What the call asks about faucet repair

Whether it drips from the spout or from the base, which points at two different parts.
One handle or two, and whether the handle is a lever, a cross or a knob.
The maker and model if it is on the tap, because that is what identifies the cartridge.

Every California city we route in

444 cities, ordered by the share of homes built before 2010. Tap and valve stock follows the age of the housing it was fitted into. Each page carries that city’s own numbers and the ZIP codes we route there.

Before you call

Most dripping taps are a seat, a cartridge or a washer and not a new tap. The pages above say how to tell which, before anyone is called.

Chrome single-handle mixer tap, close up

Chrome tap being assembled and fitted to a sink