Emergency Plumber in Camden
A flat over a Camden High Street shop with water coming through the floor, or a basement by the canal that will not drain? Call 07861 933265. We answer at any hour, charge no call-out fee, and usually reach NW1 within 60 minutes.
Make it safe now: In a Georgian or Victorian terrace the stopcock is often in the basement or the front vault. In a block, try under the kitchen sink or a cupboard by the front door. Switch off electrics near the water if you can reach them safely. Smell gas? Ring 0800 111 999 first.
Above the shops
Camden Town’s high streets are lined with flats over shops, bars and restaurants. The upstairs bathrooms and kitchens often share a soil stack with the business below, and a commercial kitchen sends a lot of fat into it. That is why so many Camden blockages show up as a toilet or sink backing up in a flat, even though the cause is downstairs. Access can be awkward too: street doors tucked between shopfronts, steep stairs, and stopcocks hidden in the shop.
Georgian terraces and front vaults
Towards Regent’s Park, Primrose Hill and Camden Square the houses are older and taller, and most have been divided into flats. The supply often enters through a vault under the pavement, and that is where the stopcock and the oldest pipe usually are. Thames Water says homes built before 1970 may have lead supply pipes, and in these streets that covers almost every house.
By the canal
Along the Regent’s Canal and around Camden Lock, some lower-ground and basement flats need pumps to lift their waste to the sewer. A pump that has stopped, or an alarm going off, means anything that drains to it should not be used until it is fixed.
Estates and communal heating
Camden also has many council and housing association blocks on communal heating and hot water. When only your flat is cold the fault may be yours; when the whole block is, the plant room is the place to look, and the landlord needs to know.
Rate and nearby
The first hour is £110, then £45 per half hour, plus parts, with no call-out fee. We also cover Chalk Farm, Mornington Crescent and Somers Town, and nearby Kentish Town, Islington and Highgate.
Camden at a glance
- Postcodes we cover
- NW1
- Streets we often visit
- Camden High Street
- Parkway
- Camden Road
- Arlington Road
- Albert Street
- Delancey Street
- Oval Road
- Gloucester Avenue
- Chalcot Square
- Royal College Street
- Pratt Street
- Inverness Street
- Chalk Farm Road
- Castlehaven Road
- Camden Square
- Local landmarks
- Camden Town
- Kentish Town
- Primrose Hill
- Camden Lock
- Chalk Farm
- Regent's Canal
Questions people ask
My flat is above a restaurant and the toilet keeps blocking. Who sorts it out?
The soil stack inside the building is private pipework, so it is usually the freeholder's or shared under the leases, and a business pouring fat down its sinks may be asked to deal with it. Once the drain leaves the building and joins other properties' pipes, Thames Water says the shared section is its responsibility.
How do I get you into a flat above a Camden High Street shop?
Tell us which street door serves the flats, as it is often a narrow door between two shopfronts, plus your floor and any entry code. If the leak is coming through into the shop, the shopkeeper may need to let us in too.
Where is the stopcock in a Camden terrace?
In Georgian and early Victorian houses it is often in the basement or the front vault under the pavement. In a council or mansion block flat, look under the kitchen sink or in a cupboard by the front door.
Do you charge extra for nights and weekends in Camden?
No. There is no call-out fee, and the rate is £110 for the first hour and £45 for each half hour after, plus parts, at any time.
Sources
- Sewer pipe responsibility, Thames Water
- Lead pipe replacement, Thames Water