Aliso Viejo Emergency Plumber, 24/7
Fitting let go under the vanity? A water heater dumping across the garage slab? Sewage rising in a bath with a neighbor on the far side of the wall? All Star Plumbing is your Aliso Viejo emergency plumber, run from an office in town on Enterprise, so the truck starts local. We kill the water first, trace the failure second, and hand you a written price before anything is cut open. On your driveway inside 60 minutes, any hour, any night, any holiday.
- 60-minute response, 24/7
- $0 service call
- Free written estimate before any work
- Licensed, family-owned since 2008
Heads up: we’re an emergency crew for water and drains. Pool and spa equipment and irrigation systems aren’t our scope. Burst pipes, sewage backups, no hot water, and severe clogs? That’s exactly us.
Why a young, planned city still has emergencies
Aliso Viejo is one of the county’s youngest cities, built as a single master plan on the hills above Aliso Creek and made a city in 2001. The homes are new by county standards, mostly 1990s and 2000s, so failures skew to builder-grade parts, angle stops, supply lines, and hose bibs, plus water heaters from the original build now aging out together.
The terrain adds a twist. Homes step up the hillsides in pressure zones, and the higher ones can carry high static pressure that’s hard on fittings, regulators, and heaters. And with so many attached homes and condos here, a leak in one unit can reach a neighbor, so shutting the water down quickly matters even more.
Because our office is here in Aliso Viejo on Enterprise, the truck answering a 2am burst starts in town, loaded for these homes: PEX and fittings, angle stops, pressure regulators, heater parts, and a drain machine. A local tech reaches an Aliso Viejo address inside the hour, not driving down from somewhere else, with the parts these houses actually need.
No Service Call Fee
The service call and a visual assessment cost nothing. You get a free written estimate before any work, day or night.
Truck Rolls Day or Night
Burst pipes don't keep business hours. We isolate the line, cap the water, and stop the damage before it spreads.
Same-Trip Repair
Common emergency parts ride on the truck. Most burst-pipe, heater, and angle-stop calls are fixed before we leave.
The plumbing emergencies we answer across Aliso Viejo.
It comes down to water loose where it shouldn't be, or none arriving where you need it. We contain it, then quote the real repair in writing before anything larger opens. In a newer, hillside city, the culprit is usually a part at its age or a pressure problem, not a corroded system.
Burst Pipe & Failed Supply Line
A builder-grade stop valve that splits, a supply line failed at the connection, a copper pinhole, a burst laundry hose. We shut the run, pull the failed length, and tie fresh PEX in on the spot.
- Shut at the meter or the fixture valve
- Bad length pulled, PEX tied in and tested
- Wall opened only where the fix lands
Sewage & Sewer Backup
A toilet that overflows and keeps going, a low drain bubbling waste, tubs gurgling together through the unit. The main line is the source, not one fixture. We open it up and scope it the same visit.
- Cabled or jetted to match the line
- Camera down when the cause is unseen
- Cleanout traced and opened
No Hot Water & Heater Failure
A cold shower before work, a tank weeping across the slab, a tankless stalled on a code. Original-build heaters are timing out together here. We read the unit, and a spent tank is installed that day.
- Spent tanks installed same day
- Tankless igniter and sensor fixes
- Straps and expansion tank to code
Severe Clog & Overflow
A grease-packed kitchen branch, the home's lowest drain rising, a tub that won't drain. We fit the tool to the pipe, cable or jet, and put a camera in when the cause stays hidden.
- Tool fit to the pipe
- Cable on one blocked branch
- Jet on grease and root buildup
High Pressure, PRV & Main Shutoff
Up in the hillside zones the pressure climbs: a regulator jammed past 100 psi, a main that spins without sealing, a stop weeping at the meter. High pressure wears the house, and its guard valve gives out first. We swap it right away.
- PRV or ball-valve replacement
- Static pressure read after
- Meter-side shutoff coordinated when needed
Toilet, Faucet & Fixture Failure
A toilet running over a spent wax ring, a faucet stuck open, a shower cartridge jammed hot. The everyday parts ride with us, so most finish in one stop.
- Wax rings, fill valves, supply lines
- Cartridges, stems, and trim
- Toilet, faucet, and stop-valve swaps
What we do between your call and a dry home.
The worst of the damage happens before the water is off, and in an attached or two-story home the shutoff can be hard to find. So the work opens on the phone: dispatch guides you to a valve while a local truck rolls from Enterprise.
On site the order is fixed: make it safe, find the fault, write the price, repair. Nothing gets opened until you've okayed the number.
To the valve, by phone
As the truck heads out, dispatch guides you to whatever stops the water soonest: a fixture stop, the heater inlet, or your unit or house main at the garage or meter.
Electricity handled
Water near a panel, outlets, or a light fixture means a breaker off before we arrive. If the heater's the source, its gas to pilot or its breaker down.
Loaded before we leave
Angle stops, PEX, regulators, heater fittings, wax rings, cartridges, a drain machine, the parts a newer home breaks, all aboard, so a midnight call rarely turns into a supply run.
Make sure it's stopped, then trace
Off the truck we confirm the water's genuinely off and nothing's still spreading, which in an attached home also spares the neighbor. Then we chase the exact failure down.
The number on paper first
Before any cutting or snaking, you see an itemized estimate. The visit and the look are $0, and the work waits on your go-ahead.
Repair it, test it, clean up
Supply work gets pressure-tested, drains flow-tested, a heater swap a T&P and gas check. We show you the fix holding, tidy up, and explain what went wrong.
When the emergency is in an attached home.
A lot of Aliso Viejo is condos, townhomes, and attached houses, and a plumbing emergency plays out differently when a wall, a floor, or a line is shared. A few things are worth knowing before it happens.
When in doubt, stop the water and call: protecting the neighbor is part of protecting yourself.
Shut the water fast to protect the neighbor.
In an attached home, your leak can become their ceiling. Knowing your unit shutoff, and closing it quickly, is the single best way to keep one problem from becoming two.
Whose line is it? Stop first, sort later.
Lines inside your unit are usually yours; shared stacks and common piping are usually the association's. Every HOA draws it differently. We contain it now and document what failed for the paperwork.
Upstairs leaks land downstairs.
In a stacked unit or a two-story, a supply line or an overflowing fixture above drains into the ceiling below. Shut the water, and if drywall is sagging, a small drain hole beats a collapse.
Shared walls hide a slow leak.
A pinhole inside a party wall can run a while before it shows. A musty smell, a warm spot on the floor, or a jump in the water bill is worth a look before it becomes a claim.
Know your own shutoff, not just the main.
Many attached homes have a unit shutoff separate from the building main. Find yours on a calm afternoon so you're not hunting for it at 2am with water spreading.
We document for the HOA.
After we contain and diagnose, you get a written record of what failed and where. That's exactly what an association or a management company asks for, and it saves you a second trip.
Our thanks to the people who keep Aliso Viejo running.
A 5% discount, up to $200 off, for first responders, military, healthcare workers, teachers, seniors, and nonprofit staff across Aliso Viejo. Mention "Community Heroes" when you call, and we'll take care of the rest.
- First Responders
- Military
- Healthcare Workers
- Seniors
- Teachers
- Nonprofit Employees
Applies to repairs over $500. Cannot be combined with other promotions. Proof of eligibility may be requested at the time of service.
Based in Aliso Viejo, covering the whole city.
This isn't a city we drive down to, it's where our office is. From Enterprise, no Aliso Viejo neighborhood is far, which is what you want at 2am with water on the floor, whether you're in Glenwood or up in Westridge.
Aliso Viejo Office
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Aliso Viejo neighborhoods we cover for emergencies
From the condos and townhomes to the single-family tracts up the hills, every corner of Aliso Viejo is home turf. Not listed? If you're in Aliso Viejo, you're covered.
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What stands behind every Aliso Viejo emergency call.
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Family-owned and serving Aliso Viejo since 2008, dispatched from our office on Enterprise.
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What homeowners say after the emergency is over.
Real reviews from urgent and after-hours calls, verified through Google Business Profile.
Customer Service was excellent, I had an emergency plumbing issue on an early Saturday night. My kitchen was flooding and I was panicking. Everyone from answering my call to getting a plumber to my house was so helpful and communicating with me throughout the ordeal. Sergio was the plumber that came to the rescue. He explained everything and even answered some other questions. Thank you to all involved;)
We had to call an emergency plumber today. This company was very nice, professional, and responsive. They didn't even charge us for coming out, since we didn't need any repairs right now. Looks like we may need some repairs soon though, and we plan to call this company.
Had an emergency and John was very responsive and fixed the problem.
What will an Aliso Viejo emergency run?
Straight answer: a failure can't be priced from a website. A late call might be a quick stop-valve swap or a full heater replacement with code work. What we can lay out is what moves the figure, so the written estimate reads clearly when the tech turns the tablet. The service call and a visual assessment are always $0.
What moves the figure
The part that failed
A stop valve or supply line is the low end, a burst run of wall copper the middle, a dead heater the top. The first minutes on site set where you land.
When the call comes in
A night or holiday visit can carry its own rate. If it applies, it's a separate line on the estimate you sign, never added quietly later.
How hidden the leak is
A valve in the open is minutes. A leak inside a two-story or party wall means opening and patching, priced up front, and coordinated with the neighbor when it's shared.
On the truck, or a run
Most parts come aboard from Enterprise. A rare oddity, an unusual heater or a specific regulator, may want a daytime run, which adds time, not labor.
It is 2am and water is running. What do we do before the truck arrives?
Shut the water off if you can reach the valve safely, kill power to anything the water is near, and move what you can off the floor. If you cannot find the shutoff, say so when you call and we will talk you to it. Everything after that is ours.
The leak started in our unit and the neighbor is now involved. Who decides what gets done?
We stop the water first and sort responsibility second, because in attached housing the damage travels while that is being worked out. Once it is stopped, whether the failed part is yours or shared depends on where it sits relative to your walls. We tell you plainly which it is so the conversation with your association starts from a fact.
The house is barely twenty years old. What is there to fail?
The parts that were never built to last as long as the house. Angle stops, flexible supply lines and hose bibs are the usual culprits, and in a development built in one stretch they were all fitted in the same year. New construction changes what breaks, not whether anything does.
Can pressure on its own make a line let go?
It can, and it is one of the more common causes here. Pressure above what fittings were designed for puts a constant load on every joint and connector in the house, so the weakest one goes first, usually a flexible supply line under a sink or behind a toilet. After we have stopped the water we read the pressure, because otherwise the next one goes too.
Does calling at 3am cost more than calling at 3pm?
The service call is $0 either way, and the visual assessment with it. What the hour does not change is that the repair itself is quoted before we start, in writing, and you can decline it. There is no after-hours surcharge on the callout and no charge for being told it can wait until morning.
Our heater failed in the night. Do you replace it now or make it safe until morning?
Either, and it is your call once you have the price. Making it safe means isolating the unit so nothing worsens overnight, which costs less and buys you daylight. Replacing it now gets hot water back sooner. We carry the common sizes, so both are genuinely on the table at 3am.
Water is coming through a ceiling and there is a unit above us. Whose line is it?
Unknown until it is traced, which is why the first move is to stop the water rather than to guess. It can be a supply line, a failed shower pan, a waste connection or a heater above you. In attached housing it frequently is not the ceiling’s own unit at all, and that changes who arranges the repair.
A drain keeps blocking again a few weeks after it is cleared. What are we missing?
A clog that returns on a schedule is a symptom rather than the problem. Something is holding waste: a partly collapsed section, a joint that has dropped, or a run that no longer falls the way it should. Clearing it treats the blockage and leaves the cause. Where the cause is hidden a camera finds it, and that is billable and quoted first.
A local Aliso Viejo emergency plumber, minutes from your door.
A local tech and a stocked truck from Enterprise, with a written estimate before we touch a thing. If it's not ours to fix, we'll point you to who can.
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