Older-home plumbing in and around Old Towne

Notes on the neighborhoods near Old Towne: the houses you find there, the pipe that usually comes with them and which utility to call. Housing ages change block by block, so use these as a starting point and confirm what your own house has.

Start here Plumbing in the Old Towne Orange Historic District The streets around the Plaza hold some of the oldest houses in Orange, many on raised foundations with original or partly replaced cast iron, galvanized and clay pipe.

Plumbing notes for the Cypress Street Barrio in Orange
The Cypress Street Barrio, west of the Plaza, is one of the older residential areas in Orange. Its modest early homes often carry layers of plumbing repairs from many decades.
Plumbing in El Modena, east Orange
El Modena combines an older community core with surrounding postwar tract housing. Plumbing questions differ depending on which kind of house you have.
Plumbing in Orange Park Acres
Orange Park Acres, east of central Orange, has larger semi-rural lots. Longer runs of pipe, mature trees and a mix of house ages shape its plumbing questions.
Plumbing notes for Villa Park
Villa Park is a small city bordering Orange. Much of its housing dates from the 1960s and 1970s, on larger lots with mature trees, which shapes the common plumbing questions.
Plumbing in Floral Park, Santa Ana
Floral Park, a few miles southwest of Old Towne in north Santa Ana, is known for period homes and large trees. Its plumbing questions closely mirror those of older Orange neighborhoods.