Why this call
What is going wrong in a Whittier house?
Uptown Whittier, on the hills above Greenleaf, has older houses with porches and wood floors. A leak there stains plaster and cups boards, and slope can carry it to a lower room. The flat south and west sides are slab ranches where the clue is a warm floor or a garage heater, not a stained porch ceiling. Uptown and the flats are both Whittier. They are not the same hour of work.
- Cupped wood and stained plaster in an Uptown house.
- A lower room on the hill wet from a bath above it.
- A warm slab or garage heater on the flat south or west side.
Say Uptown wood floor or flat-side slab. If the house is on the hill, say whether the wet room is below the fixture. That is the path the crew follows.
The houses
What gets wet in Whittier?
Uptown Whittier has older houses, porches, and wood floors on the hills above Greenleaf. The flat south and west sides are slab ranches. An Uptown leak stains plaster and cups oak. A south-side leak stays under the slab until the carpet is wet. The hills also send runoff at foundations.
The water
How does water usually get into a Whittier house?
A pipe or heater with water standing in the house is the crew call. Slope runoff in a storm is outside water. Say which side of town and whether the floor is wood or slab.
The map
Which parts of Whittier does this page cover?
Uptown, the streets off Whittier Boulevard, and Friendly Hills. La Habra Heights, Pico Rivera, and Santa Fe Springs are the edges. La Habra Heights and Pico Rivera have pages. La Habra is Orange County and is not listed.
ZIP codes
Codes covered on this Whittier page
- 90601
- 90602
- 90603
- 90604
- 90605
- 90606
- 90607
- 90608
- 90609
- 90610
- 90612
A shared ZIP can sit on a city line. Use the city the house is actually in, not only the number on the mail.