If you are a homeowner or business owner in Chino, we would be glad to help and to treat your home or business like our own. We answer the phone 24/7 at (909) 312-4516. Chino has a split personality plumbing-wise. ZIP 91710 includes the older homes near downtown. ZIP 91708 covers The Preserve, a newer master-planned community where most calls are upgrade work (tankless installs and salt-free water softeners). Chino's water is hard, so anode rod replacements and salt-free water softener installs are very common requests across the city.
Sweetwater Plumbing is a licensed, family-owned plumber (CSLB #889182) serving Chino and the Inland Empire, rated 4.8 stars across 588+ reviews. We take urgent calls in Chino 24/7, with same-day service for most non-urgent jobs booked before noon. Most of the city gets its water from the City of Chino water utility. Call (909) 312-4516 24/7.
From a slow-draining sink to a slab leak under the foundation, and from full repipes to gas line installations, we handle nearly every part of a residential or commercial plumbing system in Chino. Burst pipe or sewer backup after hours? Our emergency plumbers serve Chino around the clock.
Downtown Chino, The Preserve (master-planned community), Central Avenue corridor, Pine Avenue area.
91708 · 91710
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The work in Chino follows the city's split between its older town core and the new homes of The Preserve, built on former dairy land.
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What we see in each part of Chino:
Older homes near downtown, many still on original galvanized supply.
Built from the mid-2000s on. Besides upgrades, the repairs here mostly involve early PEX and builder-grade fixtures.
Mix of older homes and commercial buildings, including agricultural-equipment businesses we service.
1970s-1980s tract. Aging copper lines and water heater service are common.
Chino was the center of one of the country's biggest dairy regions, with dairies across the land south of town, so its housing splits two ways. The older core and the rural parcels near the former dairy belt include mid-century homes and properties that ran on wells and septic. South of town, The Preserve (the old Chino Agricultural Preserve, annexed by Chino in 2003) is now thousands of 2000s-and-newer master-planned homes on PEX and ABS. We work on both ends of that timeline.
Most of Chino is served by the City of Chino water utility. The groundwater under Chino is famously mineral-rich (a legacy of its farm and dairy past), so Chino's water tends to run harder than its neighbors'. That means faster water-heater sediment, more scale on fixtures and valves, and a real case for whole-house treatment. Backflow requirements vary by area.
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If you're near Chino Airport, Planes of Fame Air Museum or the Chino Fairgrounds, you're in our regular service area.
Chino Hills · Ontario · Montclair · Pomona
Our techs know Chino well: the neighborhoods, the lot layouts and the access routes.
Chino's housing includes older homes downtown and near the former dairy farms, so we arrive knowing what to look for and ready to diagnose what isn't typical.
We test backflow devices on the city's schedule and file the results with the city for you. We also know the paperwork the city requires.
In Chino specifically, the most common calls we get are for hard water buildup. But the full range of work we do in Chino includes:
Active leaks, no water, and sewer backups: we dispatch to Chino 24/7.
Tank, tankless, gas, electric, hybrid. As an A.O. Smith Authorized Service Contractor, we install and service the right heater for your home.
Electronic and acoustic detection in Chino. Pinpoint repairs with minimal demolition, or a reroute around the slab when that is the better fix.
Natural gas service across Chino, residential and commercial. Every job is pressure-tested and leak-checked before the gas goes back on.
In Chino's older homes, the sewer laterals are often cast iron or clay, with root intrusion. Cable for blockages, hydrojet to clear roots and grease. Camera inspection on every main line.
Older homes downtown still have galvanized supply lines that need replacing, and the Pine Avenue area's 1970s-1980s copper is reaching repipe age. In The Preserve's newer homes, we handle failures in early PEX fittings and original-builder pipe defects.
We work on cast-iron, clay, ABS and PVC sewer lines in Chino. Trenchless pipe bursting and pipe lining when the line allows, which can save the yard and the driveway.
Annual testing & certification for City of Chino requirements. We file the paperwork directly with the city on your behalf. We also install and repair backflow preventers.
We serve Chino restaurants, retail, warehouses, multi-unit and office properties, with flexible, after-hours scheduling around your operating hours.
Sweetwater Plumbing's service area extends across San Bernardino, Riverside and eastern Los Angeles counties.
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The company was responsive and professional. Jerry, their representative showed up on time, gave us a detailed quote and installation. I would recommend this company and this tech to others needing a water heater installed.
Matthew Perez did a good job accessing the potential problems. He snaked the drain, removed my 50 year old toilet and installed a new toilet, supply line and 1/4 angle stop. The work was accomplished professionally and to my satisfaction
Great experience with this Sweetwater plumbing. They were easy to schedule, arrived on time, and quickly fixed the issue. Everything was explained clearly and we're very professional. I highly recommend.
