Shower Valve Replacement in California
Shower Valve Replacement across California: the 1,921 ZIP codes and 726 cities we route calls in, and who licenses plumbers in the state.
Free to homeowners in California — the contractor pays us for the introduction, you never do.
Behind the wall
Our shower valve replacement coverage in California runs to 1,921 ZIP codes in 726 cities. Large municipalities have decades of bathroom refits inside one ZIP code, and the valve body behind the tiles is rarely the one the trim suggests — which is the single thing that decides whether the wall has to come off.
Source: coverage area as published by our call partner; place and county names from the US Census Bureau.
We route shower valve replacement calls in 1,921 ZIP codes across 726 California cities, in 40 counties.
What this site is
ShowerValve is a referral service, not a contractor. We connect homeowners with independent contractors. Contractors are required to hold whatever credential their state or municipality demands, and valve work opening a wall is often a permitted alteration — ask to see the permit. We carry out no work, we sell no valves, we do not set prices, and we never charge homeowners anything — the contractors in our network pay us when we route them a call. The maximum water temperature is set by your local code, not by this website.Checking a credential in California
California licenses are issued by the Contractors State License Board, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins. California licenses the C-36 plumbing contractor; there is no state journeyman license.
23 of the 40 California counties we cover, a cross-section, largest to smallest
- Alameda County 68 ZIP codes
Oakland, Berkeley, Hayward, Fremont, San Leandro, Alameda, Castro Valley, Emeryville, Livermore, Pleasanton, Albany, Dublin, Newark, San Lorenzo, Sunol and 1 more - Amador County 8 ZIP codes
Amador City, Drytown, Ione, Jackson, Pine Grove, Pioneer, Plymouth, Sutter Creek - Colusa County 3 ZIP codes
Colusa, Maxwell, Princeton - Contra Costa County 52 ZIP codes
Concord, Richmond, Walnut Creek, Moraga, Antioch, Danville, El Sobrante, San Ramon, Alamo, Bethel Island, Brentwood, Byron, Canyon, Clayton, Crockett and 15 more - El Dorado County 17 ZIP codes
Camino, Coloma, Cool, Diamond Springs, El Dorado, El Dorado Hills, Garden Valley, Georgetown, Greenwood, Lotus, Pilot Hill, Placerville, Pollock Pines, Rescue, Shingle Springs and 2 more - Fresno County 13 ZIP codes
Fresno, Clovis - Glenn County 6 ZIP codes
Artois, Butte City, Glenn, Hamilton City, Orland, Willows - Los Angeles County 494 ZIP codes
Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pasadena, Glendale, Burbank, Van Nuys, Inglewood, North Hollywood, Santa Monica, Torrance, Whittier, Alhambra, Northridge, Beverly Hills, Carson and 111 more - Merced County 13 ZIP codes
Merced, Atwater, Delhi, Gustine, Hilmar, Livingston, Los Banos, Snelling, Winton - Monterey County 21 ZIP codes
Salinas, Monterey, Carmel, Aromas, Carmel by the Sea, Castroville, Marina, Moss Landing, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Seaside - Napa County 12 ZIP codes
Napa, American Canyon, Angwin, Calistoga, Deer Park, Oakville, Pope Valley, Rutherford, Saint Helena, Yountville - Nevada County 1 ZIP code
Truckee - Placer County 20 ZIP codes
Auburn, Roseville, Rocklin, Carnelian Bay, Foresthill, Granite Bay, Kings Beach, Lincoln, Loomis, Meadow Vista, Newcastle, Olympic Valley, Penryn, Sheridan, Tahoe City - Riverside County 84 ZIP codes
Riverside, Moreno Valley, Corona, Temecula, Hemet, Menifee, Perris, Lake Elsinore, Murrieta, Palm Springs, San Jacinto, Indio, Palm Desert, Aguanga, Banning and 21 more - Sacramento County 131 ZIP codes
Sacramento, Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, Carmichael, Folsom, Antelope, Courtland, Elverta, Fair Oaks, Galt, Herald, Hood, Isleton, Mather and 8 more - San Diego County 178 ZIP codes
San Diego, Chula Vista, Escondido, Oceanside, Carlsbad, La Jolla, El Cajon, La Mesa, San Marcos, Spring Valley, Vista, Alpine, Bonita, Coronado, Encinitas and 33 more - San Joaquin County 41 ZIP codes
Stockton, Tracy, Lodi, Manteca, Acampo, Clements, Escalon, French Camp, Lathrop, Linden, Lockeford, Ripon, Thornton, Victor, Woodbridge - San Luis Obispo County 34 ZIP codes
San Luis Obispo, Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Grover Beach, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Oceano, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach, Avila Beach, Cambria, Cayucos, Creston, Nipomo, San Miguel and 4 more - San Mateo County 36 ZIP codes
Redwood City, San Mateo, Daly City, Burlingame, Menlo Park, South San Francisco, Atherton, Belmont, Brisbane, El Granada, Half Moon Bay, La Honda, Loma Mar, Millbrae, Montara and 7 more - Santa Barbara County 24 ZIP codes
Santa Barbara, Lompoc, Santa Maria, Buellton, Carpinteria, Goleta, Guadalupe, Los Alamos, New Cuyama, Santa Ynez, Solvang, Summerland - Sonoma County 38 ZIP codes
Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Sebastopol, Bodega, Bodega Bay, Cloverdale, Cotati, Eldridge, Forestville, Fulton, Geyserville, Glen Ellen, Graton, Guerneville and 8 more - Tehama County 7 ZIP codes
Corning, Gerber, Los Molinos, Proberta, Red Bluff, Tehama, Vina - Yolo County 20 ZIP codes
West Sacramento, Davis, Woodland, Brooks, Capay, Clarksburg, Dunnigan, Esparto, Guinda, Knights Landing, Madison, Winters, Yolo, Zamora
17 more California counties are inside the coverage area and are not listed here. If your ZIP code is in California, the call reaches a contractor.
What that coverage looks like
Sacramento, at 100 ZIP codes, is the largest part of our California footprint, and Los Angeles County holds 494 of the 1,921 we cover. A valve job needs the right cartridge in the van, so the call asks what the trim looks like and how many handles it has before anyone is sent.
How a shower valve replacement job goes
A shower that will not hold temperature is a cartridge far more often than it is a valve. The cartridge sits inside the valve body behind the tiles and can usually be drawn out through the trim plate without opening the wall. The wall comes off when the body itself is cracked, seized into the pipework, or no longer made in a form that fits.
What the call asks about shower valve replacement
- How many handles the shower has, and whether the trim plate is round or square.
- Whether the fault is temperature, pressure, or a drip that will not stop.
- The maker if it is stamped on the trim, because that identifies the cartridge.
Every California city we route in
426 cities, ordered by size. Valve stock follows the age of the bathroom, which follows the age of the house. Each page carries that city’s own numbers and the ZIP codes we route there.
- Laguna Woods 95%
- Lakewood 94%
- Fairfax 94%
- Whittier 94%
- San Marino 93%
- Altadena 93%
- Maywood 93%
- South Pasadena 93%
- Sausalito 93%
- Lynwood 93%
- Hacienda Heights 93%
- Seal Beach 93%
- Montebello 92%
- Pacific Grove 92%
- Bonita 92%
- Rancho Palos Verdes 92%
- Diamond Bar 92%
- Cerritos 92%
- Fountain Valley 92%
- Covina 92%
- San Anselmo 92%
- Los Osos 91%
- Pico Rivera 91%
- Norwalk 91%
- La Puente 91%
- La Crescenta 91%
- Mission Hills 91%
- Downey 91%
- La Palma 91%
- Granada Hills 91%
- San Lorenzo 91%
- Huntington Park 90%
- West Hollywood 90%
- Greenbrae 90%
- South Gate 90%
- Sunland 90%
- Orinda 90%
- Torrance 90%
- Mill Valley 90%
- Winnetka 89%
- Long Beach 89%
- Pacifica 89%
- Palos Verdes Peninsula 89%
- Baldwin Park 89%
- Monterey Park 89%
- Moraga 89%
- Inglewood 89%
- West Hills 89%
- Lomita 89%
- El Cerrito 89%
- Glendora 89%
- Pacoima 89%
- Garden Grove 88%
- North Highlands 88%
- Lawndale 88%
- San Pedro 88%
- Culver City 88%
- Belmont 88%
- San Carlos 88%
- Beverly Hills 88%
- San Leandro 88%
- Artesia 88%
- Duarte 88%
- Rosemead 88%
- La Mesa 88%
- San Bruno 88%
- El Sobrante 88%
- Sun Valley 87%
- West Covina 87%
- Daly City 87%
- Compton 87%
- Walnut 87%
- Corte Madera 87%
- San Gabriel 87%
- Concord 87%
- El Segundo 87%
- Alhambra 87%
- Sierra Madre 87%
- Valley Village 87%
- Tarzana 87%
- Chatsworth 87%
- Hawaiian Gardens 87%
- Santa Ana 87%
- Carson 87%
- La Habra 87%
- San Fernando 86%
- Millbrae 86%
- Boulder Creek 86%
- Claremont 86%
- Albany 86%
- San Dimas 86%
- San Rafael 86%
- Playa del Rey 86%
- Port Hueneme 86%
- Bellflower 86%
- Burbank 86%
- Encino 86%
- La Mirada 86%
- Saratoga 86%
- Glendale 86%
- Solana Beach 85%
- Burlingame 85%
- Gardena 85%
- Alameda 85%
- Orangevale 85%
- Berkeley 85%
- Los Alamitos 85%
- Bell Gardens 85%
- Carmichael 85%
- Santa Paula 85%
- La Canada Flintridge 85%
- Buena Park 85%
- Laguna Hills 85%
- Laguna Beach 85%
- Lafayette 85%
- Agoura Hills 85%
- Grand Terrace 85%
- Monrovia 84%
- Del Mar 84%
- Panorama City 84%
- Reseda 84%
- Azusa 84%
- Belvedere Tiburon 84%
- Santa Barbara 84%
- Wilmington 84%
- Cypress 84%
- Westminster 84%
- Westlake Village 84%
- Sherman Oaks 84%
- Pomona 84%
- Pleasant Hill 84%
- Ojai 84%
- Oakland 84%
- Aptos 84%
- Sebastopol 84%
- Hawthorne 84%
- La Verne 84%
- Pinole 84%
- Citrus Heights 83%
- Redondo Beach 83%
- Pasadena 83%
- Lemon Grove 83%
- Monterey 83%
- Eureka 83%
- Carpinteria 83%
- Fullerton 83%
- Santa Monica 83%
- San Mateo 83%
- Los Angeles 83%
- Van Nuys 83%
- Huntington Beach 83%
- Venice 83%
- Imperial Beach 83%
- San Francisco 82%
- Soquel 82%
- Richmond 82%
- Rowland Heights 82%
- Carmel 82%
- Littlerock 82%
- Benicia 82%
- Costa Mesa 82%
- La Jolla 82%
- National City 82%
- Dana Point 81%
- South El Monte 81%
- Temple City 81%
- North Hills 81%
- Martinez 81%
- Campbell 81%
- Tujunga 81%
- El Monte 81%
- South Lake Tahoe 81%
- North Hollywood 81%
- South San Francisco 81%
- Ridgecrest 81%
- Spring Valley 81%
- Los Gatos 81%
- Vallejo 80%
- El Cajon 80%
- Stanton 80%
- Hermosa Beach 80%
- Paramount 80%
- Palm Springs 80%
- Walnut Creek 80%
- Cardiff by the Sea 80%
- Montrose 80%
- Thousand Oaks 80%
- Arcadia 80%
- Lakeside 80%
- Lake Forest 80%
- Harbor City 80%
- Northridge 80%
- Woodland Hills 80%
- Fair Oaks 79%
- Menlo Park 79%
- Santa Cruz 79%
- Castro Valley 79%
- Montclair 79%
- Novato 79%
- Coronado 79%
- Orange 79%
- Watsonville 79%
- Bloomington 79%
- Seaside 79%
- Rialto 78%
- San Ysidro 78%
- Rio Linda 78%
- Norco 78%
- Pacific Palisades 78%
- Grover Beach 78%
- Sonoma 78%
- Hayward 78%
- Ventura 78%
- Anaheim 78%
- Gridley 78%
- Palo Alto 77%
- Redwood City 77%
- Lompoc 77%
- San Bernardino 77%
- Colton 77%
- Poway 77%
- Willows 77%
- Fremont 77%
- Los Altos 77%
- Santa Fe Springs 77%
- Corona del Mar 77%
- Upland 77%
- Redlands 77%
- Cupertino 77%
- Sylmar 76%
- Mission Viejo 76%
- Capitola 76%
- Canoga Park 76%
- Oroville 76%
- Newark 76%
- Modesto 76%
- San Pablo 76%
- Saint Helena 75%
- Studio City 75%
- Pollock Pines 75%
- Goleta 75%
- Encinitas 75%
- Napa 75%
- Lodi 75%
- Malibu 75%
- Newhall 75%
- Santee 75%
- Simi Valley 74%
- Larkspur 74%
- Fortuna 74%
- Healdsburg 74%
- Sonora 74%
- Sacramento 74%
- San Jose 73%
- Newport Beach 73%
- Signal Hill 73%
- Arcata 73%
- Placentia 73%
- Fillmore 73%
- Morro Bay 73%
- Mountain View 72%
- Manhattan Beach 72%
- Rohnert Park 72%
- Salinas 72%
- Red Bluff 72%
- Cotati 72%
- Auburn 72%
- Escondido 72%
- Magalia 72%
- Oxnard 72%
- Alamo 71%
- Jurupa Valley 71%
- Emeryville 71%
- Ontario 71%
- Brea 71%
- Winters 71%
- San Luis Obispo 71%
- Solvang 71%
- San Juan Capistrano 71%
- Sunnyvale 70%
- Yorba Linda 70%
- San Diego 70%
- Petaluma 70%
- Union City 70%
- Santa Clara 70%
- Riverside 69%
- Vista 69%
- Placerville 69%
- Suisun City 69%
- Santa Maria 69%
- Stockton 69%
- Loma Linda 69%
- Marina 69%
- Highland 69%
- Jackson 68%
- Santa Rosa 68%
- Atascadero 68%
- Calabasas 68%
- Marysville 68%
- Woodland 68%
- Hemet 68%
- Camarillo 67%
- Laguna Niguel 67%
- Oak Park 67%
- Loomis 67%
- Atwater 67%
- Half Moon Bay 67%
- Pittsburg 67%
- Corning 66%
- Mentone 66%
- Cloverdale 65%
- Livermore 65%
- Lancaster 65%
- Winton 65%
- Turlock 64%
- Stanford 64%
- Banning 64%
- Scotts Valley 64%
- Yuba City 64%
- Pleasanton 64%
- Fresno 64%
- San Clemente 64%
- Newbury Park 63%
- Moorpark 63%
- Oceanside 63%
- Shingle Springs 63%
- Arroyo Grande 63%
- Tustin 63%
- Chico 62%
- Vacaville 62%
- Yucaipa 62%
- Merced 61%
- Escalon 61%
- Hercules 61%
- Porter Ranch 61%
- Ramona 61%
- Pismo Beach 61%
- Canyon Country 61%
- Danville 61%
- Valley Center 60%
- Orland 60%
- Davis 60%
- Ceres 60%
- Fairfield 59%
- Rancho Cordova 59%
- Antioch 59%
- Moreno Valley 59%
- Clayton 59%
- Marina del Rey 58%
- Fallbrook 58%
- Palm Desert 58%
- Paso Robles 58%
- Chino 58%
- Calimesa 58%
- Cathedral City 58%
- Oakdale 57%
- Hughson 57%
- Rancho Cucamonga 56%
- Palmdale 56%
- Alpine 56%
- Dixon 56%
- Tehachapi 55%
- Hesperia 55%
- Morgan Hill 55%
- Gustine 55%
- Rancho Santa Fe 55%
- Rancho Mirage 54%
- Santa Clarita 54%
- Milpitas 54%
- Chula Vista 54%
- Carlsbad 54%
- Fontana 54%
- Gilroy 53%
- West Sacramento 52%
- Live Oak 52%
- Truckee 51%
- Desert Hot Springs 51%
- Victorville 51%
- Phelan 51%
- Livingston 49%
- Granite Bay 49%
- Paradise 49%
- Chino Hills 49%
- Ripon 48%
- Mira Loma 48%
- McKinleyville 48%
- Valencia 48%
- Manteca 47%
- Olivehurst 45%
- Corona 45%
- Nipomo 45%
- San Marcos 45%
- Delhi 45%
- San Ramon 44%
- Perris 43%
- Clovis 43%
- American Canyon 42%
- Windsor 42%
- Wildomar 42%
- Galt 42%
- Los Banos 41%
- Indio 41%
- California City 41%
- Newman 41%
- Coachella 40%
- Menifee 40%
- Antelope 40%
- Rosamond 39%
- Patterson 39%
- Valley Springs 39%
- Oakley 39%
- San Jacinto 38%
- Discovery Bay 38%
- Ione 38%
- Lake Elsinore 37%
- Irvine 36%
- Riverbank 36%
- Tracy 35%
- Rancho Santa Margarita 34%
- Salida 34%
- Trabuco Canyon 33%
- Templeton 33%
- Roseville 33%
- Folsom 32%
- Dublin 32%
- Beaumont 31%
Before you call
A valve that will not hold temperature is a cartridge far more often than it is a valve. The pages above say how to tell before the tiles are touched.
