Published by Orem 24/7 Plumbing, a call-only dispatch service for Orem, UT. Page published November 6, 2026.
The City of Orem plans for Sharon together with Hillcrest, and the plan describes the two as holding some of Orem's oldest residential and commercial properties. If you own an older house here, you probably wonder what that means for the pipes inside it.
The honest answer is that the plan does not say. It gives housing facts for the combined area and says nothing about pipe materials, sewer capacity or flooding. This page keeps to that line. Each row below is marked Verified, General or Unknown so you can see which is which.
What we can and cannot say about Sharon.
Most numbers in the city plan cover Sharon and Hillcrest combined, and the rows say so.
| Topic | Status | What this means. |
|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood name | Verified | Sharon is a named neighborhood in an adopted City of Orem plan, shared with Hillcrest. |
| Street boundaries | Unknown | The plan relies on a map for boundaries, so this page lists no boundary streets. |
| Age of the area | Verified | The plan says the neighborhoods still contain some of Orem's oldest residential and commercial properties, and that many older houses began as farmhouses on large plots of farmland. |
| Main building period | Verified | For the combined area the plan says most houses were built between 1970 and 1980, and that much residential development came before 1980. |
| Housing mix | Verified | About 3,651 housing units across the combined area, 62 percent single-family detached and 14 percent large multifamily. |
| Park | Verified | SCERA Park is shown in the plan as a Sharon park. |
| City water work | Verified | The plan says Orem Public Works flushes the water system about once every four years in the neighborhoods and adds water pipes as needed. |
| Pipe materials, sewer capacity, flooding | Unknown | The plan does not discuss sewer lines or flooding by name, so none are claimed here. |
| Your own pipes | General | A house from the 1970s may still have some original plumbing. Whether yours does is a question for an inspection of that house. |
Why older areas get plumbing questions.
In any older part of a city, the pipes in a given house are a record of every owner who touched them. One bathroom may have been redone while the kitchen still runs on its first drain. This is General knowledge, and it explains why one Sharon address can differ sharply from the house next door.
The sensible approach is to look rather than assume. A sewer camera inspection shows the condition of the line between the house and the street. If your supply pipes are the worry, repiping explains what replacing them involves and what usually prompts it.
The city's flushing of neighborhood water systems every few years is a public maintenance task. It is mentioned in the plan as a routine service, not as a sign of a problem. If your water runs cloudy or rusty for a short time after city work, that is a question to ask the city, and then a plumber if it does not clear.
Describe the problem and your street when you call.
Call (385) 488-1892Signs worth a call in an older house.
This list is General and applies to houses of any age.
- A kitchen or bathroom drain that slows again within days of being cleared.
- More than one fixture gurgling or backing up at the same time.
- Water stains, soft spots or a musty smell on a ceiling or wall below a bathroom.
- Low flow at several faucets that used to run strongly.
- A water bill that rises with no change in how the household uses water.
Services that fit these calls.
Repeated slow drains point to drain cleaning or, when the whole house is affected, sewer line cleaning. A pipe that has already split is a job for burst pipe repair. Return to the Orem service area page for nearby towns, or read about Lakeridge, another Orem neighborhood with older mixed housing.
Questions about plumbing in Sharon, Orem
No. The plan says the area has some of Orem's oldest properties and gives building periods, but it does not describe pipe materials or their condition. This page does not claim either.
Not entirely. The plan reports most figures for Sharon and Hillcrest together, and this page labels them that way.
According to the neighborhood plan, Orem Public Works provides water access, storm water management and water reclamation, and flushes neighborhood water systems about once every four years.
No. Calls are answered by phone, and timing depends on the day and who is available. Ask what to expect for your address when you call.
Sources and references
- City of Orem, Sharon and Hillcrest Neighborhood Plan, https://orem.us/sharon/orem_sharon_hillcrest_neighborhood_plan-2/.
- City of Orem neighborhoods list, https://orem.gov/neighborhoods/.