Given the sprawling nature of this city, Los Angeles barely allows the right kind of plumbing service to appear. Yet, in a city overflowing with people and sheer number of plumbing issues, it's almost impossible to avoid finding a truly terrible plumbing service here. That said, you can find some good ones too—the hard part is knowing which is which.
Lots of people pay lots of money to get half-baked plumbing that does not work and to get when work needs doing. When they do, the problem almost always brackets back and returns to the absence of a really good plumbing service in the city. Plumbers in LA are, for the most part, a sad lot. And the plumbing scene in LA is a sad, half-pipe world to enter.
The importance of having plumbing work done by licensed and certified individuals cannot be emphasized enough. The City of Los Angeles has laws to regulate plumbing work strictly. That is a good thing. Those laws exist to ensure safe and long-lasting plumbing work that is also up to code. When you hire a plumbing company, you want to be sure that the actual workers doing the tasks have the licenses and certifications necessary to perform the work legally and safely. You also want the plumbing company to be using locals. A person can only become a licensed plumber in Los Angeles by knowing the local plumbing rules and the City of Los Angeles itself. Both pieces of knowledge are necessary if you, as a resident, want your plumbing to work well and to not have it fail or spring a dangerous leak.
When you choose a local plumber in Los Angeles, consider experience and customer service. Plumbers who have worked in the area for a long time probably know the hard-to-diagnose plumbing problems that many different neighborhoods experience. Los Angeles is an enormous and diverse place, and we're all exposed to different local plumbing issues, some of which are actually quite peculiar to our part of the city. Online reviews and customer testimonials can provide insights into a local plumber's history and the satisfaction level of their customer base. Another thing to consider is the quality of customer service a local plumbing company provides. Excellent communication, prompt service, and a dedication to customer satisfaction can make your experience with an otherwise painful situation—water gushing from a cracked pipe, for instance—much more bearable.