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Alvarez Plumbing has served Salinas and the Monterey Bay area for 35+ years. From emergency repairs to water heater installation, we're the team your neighbors call.

Serving Salinas, Monterey, Carmel, Watsonville, Seaside, and surrounding communities.

Welcome to Alvarez Plumbing

Since 1988, Alvarez Plumbing has been the plumber Salinas homeowners and businesses call when something goes wrong — and when they want it done right the first time. We’re a local, family-run company with more than 35 years of experience serving Salinas and the surrounding Monterey Bay communities.

Whether you’re dealing with a leaking water heater at midnight, a backed-up drain before a holiday weekend, or a repiping project that’s been on your list for months, our licensed team handles it all — without the runaround.

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Why Salinas Calls Alvarez First

We’re fully licensed, insured, and bonded — and we’ve been pulling permits and passing inspections in Salinas since before most of our competitors opened their doors. That track record matters when you’re letting someone work on your home or your business.

We handle the full range of residential and commercial plumbing: emergency repairs, water heater installation and repair, drain cleaning, hydro jetting, repiping, backflow services, and camera inspections. One call covers it all, any time of day.

Plumbing Emergency in Salinas or Monterey? We Answer the Phone.

Burst pipe. Sewage backup. Water heater flooding your garage at 11pm. These aren’t situations where you want to leave a voicemail or wait for a callback form.

Alvarez Plumbing answers emergency calls around the clock — real people, not an answering service. We serve Salinas, Monterey, Carmel, Watsonville, Seaside, and the surrounding Monterey Bay area, and we arrive with fully stocked trucks so most repairs get handled on the first visit.

Before we start any work, we’ll tell you what we found, what it will take to fix it, and what it will cost. No surprises.

Water Heater Repairs & Installation

A water heater problem doesn’t always mean a new water heater. Sediment buildup, a failing anode rod, a faulty thermostat, or a bad heating element are all repairable — and often cost a fraction of a full replacement.

Alvarez Plumbing has handled water heater repairs and installations in Salinas and Monterey since 1988, including permitted changeouts that pass City of Salinas inspection. We work on tank and tankless systems, and we’ll give you an honest repair-vs-replace assessment before any work begins.

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Backflow Testing & Certification

Backflow prevention protects your drinking water from contamination when pressure changes cause water to flow in the wrong direction. In Salinas and Monterey County, annual backflow testing is required for most commercial properties — and Alvarez Plumbing is certified to perform the testing, file the required reports, and repair or replace devices that don’t pass.

If you manage a commercial property, an HOA, or an irrigation system, we’ll handle the compliance paperwork so you don’t have to track it yourself.

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