JC Garcia - Licensed Master Plumber & Founder

Expertise Plumbing & Rooter | Arleta, CA | CSLB #1104324

JC Garcia is the founder of Expertise Plumbing & Rooter and one of the most experienced licensed plumbers in the San Fernando Valley. With 29 years of hands-on plumbing experience throughout Los Angeles, JC has built a reputation for honest diagnosis, clean workmanship, and deep knowledge of the specific underground infrastructure challenges that LA homeowners face.

He founded Expertise Plumbing & Rooter in Arleta, CA in 1997 — the same year he earned his California Contractor License. Since then, he and his team have served thousands of homeowners and businesses throughout the San Fernando Valley, Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, and all surrounding communities.

Credentials & Certifications

California Contractor License — CSLB #1104324, C-36 Plumbing Contractor (verify at cslb.ca.gov)
PEX certified installer
ProPress installation certified
CIPP (cured-in-place pipe lining) certified
Epoxy coating certified
Polyethylene fusion certified
Sewer bonded contractor — public right-of-way work
Confined space certification
OSHA competent person
Mold and lead certification
Hydro jetting operation certified
Backhoe operator certified
Featured in Pumpers & Cleaners magazine — one of the industry’s most respected trade publications

Areas of Expertise

JC specializes in the most technically demanding aspects of residential and commercial plumbing:

Trenchless sewer rehabilitation — CIPP pipe lining and pipe bursting for damaged sewer lines without excavation
Sewer camera inspection and diagnosis — identifying earthquake damage, root intrusion, pipe collapse, and misalignment in Los Angeles’s aging underground infrastructure
Hard water plumbing systems — understanding how the San Fernando Valley’s mineral-heavy water supply affects pipes, water heaters, and fixtures over time
Earthquake-damaged underground plumbing — diagnosing hidden pipe damage from the 1971 Sylmar and 1994 Northridge earthquakes that remains undetected in many Valley homes
Emergency plumbing response — 24/7 dispatch throughout Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley

Why JC Writes About Los Angeles Plumbing

Every article JC writes draws on nearly three decades of daily plumbing work in Los Angeles. He doesn’t write about plumbing theory — he writes about what he actually sees inside pipes across the San Fernando Valley every day. The pricing data, the local material conditions, the earthquake history, the hard water effects — all of it comes from direct first-hand experience.

“I’ve been in more crawl spaces and sewer lines in the San Fernando Valley than I can count. When I write about what sewer repair costs in LA or why Sylmar homes have more pipe damage than anywhere else in the Valley, I’m telling you what I’ve seen with my own eyes for 29 years.” — JC Garcia, Founder