Plumbing Services in Aiea 96701 — Locally Owned & Operated

When to call a professional

Not sure if it is time to get help? If any of these sound familiar, it is worth a call.

• Water pressure drops noticeably over six months — what used to be a strong shower becomes a trickle — often means scale buildup inside old galvanized pipe or a failing pressure-reducing valve.
• Brown or rust-colored water when you first turn on a tap in the morning, common in Aiea homes with original 1950s-60s galvanized supply lines that are corroding from the inside out.
• Damp or soft spots on the floor near the water heater or under sinks, especially in homes on concrete slabs — a pinhole slab leak can run for weeks before it surfaces.
• Sewage smell in the yard or slow drains throughout the house during Aiea's rainy season (November-March) — likely roots invading the clay sewer lateral, common under big monkeypods and banyans.
• Water heater makes popping or rumbling noises when it heats — sediment buildup from Aiea's hard municipal water; left alone, it cracks the tank from the inside within a year.
• Toilet runs constantly or you hear water trickling long after a flush — a $6 flapper that fails costs you 50-100 gallons a day and shows up as a spike on your water bill.
• Mold or mildew smell under the house (pier-and-post homes) after heavy rain, especially in Halawa Heights and Waimalu — often a slow leak dripping into the crawlspace that you can't see from above.
• Green corrosion (verdigris) on copper pipe joints near the water heater or under sinks — pinhole leaks forming in the solder; they start as slow weeps and become full drips within months.