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What to know about plumbing in Stanton

Before 1911 the area was called Benedict, and the Pacific Electric ran through it from 1906. In May 1911 ranchers incorporated 16 square miles to block a planned Anaheim sewage farm and named the new city for Philip Stanton, a former Assembly Speaker. Voters chose to disincorporate in 1924 so the State would build the roads, and the present city was incorporated on June 4, 1956. Beach Boulevard (SR-39) runs through the middle of town with no freeway inside the city limits, and Katella, Western, Magnolia, Knott, Dale, Lampson, Chapman and Orangewood are among its other main streets. City Hall stands at 7800 Katella Avenue. Stanton Central Park covers about 12 acres on Western Avenue with a water play area, a skate park and tennis courts; Stanton Park and Veterans Memorial Park are on Cedar Street, Harry M. Dotson Park is on Fern Avenue, and the Rodeo 39 Public Market opened on Beach Boulevard in 2020. Anaheim lies to the north and east, Cypress to the west, and Garden Grove to the east and south.

The census mix is what sets Stanton apart. ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates give a median year built of 1975, with 65 percent of the housing older than 1980 and 29 percent from the 1970s alone. Only 27 percent of units are single-family detached; about 14 percent are mobile homes and about 31 percent are in buildings of five or more units. The City names no residential neighborhoods; instead, mobile home parks, apartment complexes and single-family streets sit side by side, each with its own weak spots. Under a mobile home the supply and drain lines run beneath the floor, out of sight, so a leak can keep going unnoticed. In an apartment building one stack or main often serves several units, so a backup is traced to where it starts, and the property owner hears about it when a shared pipe is the cause. Houses from the 1950s through the 1970s may still have their first supply pipe and cast iron drains.

Golden State Water's West Orange County System serves most of Stanton. In 2025 that system drew about 59 percent of its supply from basin groundwater and 41 percent from imported water, and its hardness averaged about 13.8 grains per gallon, reaching about 21.6 at the top of the range. Water like that leaves scale in tank heaters, tankless heat exchangers, aerators and shower heads. Gas comes from SoCalGas and electricity from Southern California Edison. On the sewer side, the City names grease as the most common cause of blockages, and it permits and inspects restaurants under its fats, oils and grease program. The advice at home is simple: scrape pans into the trash, let cooking grease cool in a can before it goes out with the garbage, and flush only the three P's (pee, poop and toilet paper), since even wipes labeled flushable cause clogs.

The City cleans and maintains about 40 miles of public sewer mains, and the Orange County Sanitation District treats the wastewater. The owner is responsible for the lateral all the way out to the main, the section beneath the street included. The City is not responsible when roots from a parkway tree work into a private lateral, and an owner whose line causes a spill must contain it, keep it out of gutters and storm drains, and clear the blockage. Permits come from the City of Stanton Building Division, in Community and Economic Development at City Hall. Inspections run Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and must be requested at least 48 hours ahead; pulling three or more permits takes an appointment, and a lateral repair in the street also needs a Public Works encroachment permit. Before a permit closes, a water heater has to show two earthquake straps and a relief valve whose line ends at a safe discharge point, and gas piping has to pass a pressure test. Stanton calls are handled from Fullerton, and our written workmanship warranty covers the work.

Stanton borders Anaheim, Cypress and Garden Grove. We take calls from each of those as well, and the plumber for any of them comes from our location nearest that address. Someone picks up the phone around the clock, the plumber hunts down the true starting point of a leak or clog before a wall or floor gets cut, and the work waits for your signature on the written estimate.