Emergency Plumber in Crouch End
A bathroom leak through a ceiling in a red-brick conversion off Weston Park, or a drain backing up behind a house on Crouch Hill? Call 07861 933265. We answer at any hour, there is no call-out fee, and we usually reach N8 within 60 minutes.
Stop the water: Check under the kitchen sink, then under the floor just inside the front door. In a converted house there may be one valve for every flat, in the hall or the ground-floor flat. Turn off electrics near the leak if it is safe to. Smell gas? Ring 0800 111 999 first.
Red-brick houses, divided
Most of Crouch End went up in the thirty years after about 1880: long rows of red-brick terraces and semis, with shopping parades around the Clock Tower and Topsfield Parade. A large share of the bigger houses have since been split into two or three flats, each bathroom joining a stack and drain laid for one family. Water through the ceiling from the flat above, and a blocked stack backing up into the ground floor, are the everyday emergencies in these streets.
Hills and deep drains
The streets climb steeply towards Crouch Hill and Highgate. On a slope, drains at the back of a house can be long and deep, with manholes in gardens that are rarely opened. When one blocks, water stands in the manhole or backs up through the lowest gully. Knowing where your manholes are saves a lot of time.
Shared supplies and old pipes
Many terraces of this age share a supply pipe with a neighbour, so a leak on it can affect both houses. The pipe from the boundary to your house is yours to maintain. Under the London clay and the street trees, old clay drains crack and let roots in.
Above the parades
Flats over the shops and cafés on The Broadway and Park Road share drains with the businesses below, and a kitchen’s fat can end up blocking a flat’s toilet.
Rate and nearby
£110 for the first hour and £45 per half hour after, plus parts, with no call-out fee. We also cover Stroud Green and Hornsey Rise, and nearby Hornsey, Muswell Hill and Highgate.
Crouch End at a glance
- Postcodes we cover
- N8
- Streets we often visit
- The Broadway
- Park Road
- Tottenham Lane
- Crouch End Hill
- Crouch Hill
- Middle Lane
- Weston Park
- Elder Avenue
- Coleridge Road
- Crouch Hall Road
- Haringey Park
- Cecile Park
- Coolhurst Road
- Ferme Park Road
- Gladwell Road
- Local landmarks
- Crouch End Clock Tower
- Hornsey Town Hall
- The Broadway
- Parkland Walk
- Stationers' Park
- Topsfield Parade
Questions people ask
Our back garden manhole is full of water. Is it our drain or the sewer?
Lift the cover of the next manhole downstream if you can, usually at the front or in a neighbour's garden. If that one is clear and yours is full, the blockage is between them, often in your own drain. If both are full, it is further down, and once the drain is shared with other houses Thames Water says that section is its responsibility.
We share a supply pipe with next door. Who fixes it?
Thames Water says neighbours sharing a supply pipe are jointly responsible for the shared part and its costs. Many Crouch End terraces were built with shared supplies, so a leak on one can mean both houses losing water while it is repaired.
How do I find you a place to park near the Clock Tower?
You do not need to; we will find somewhere. It helps if you tell us about any controlled parking, a permit we could use, or a driveway, and which door to use if you are above a shop.
How much does a Crouch End emergency plumber cost?
No call-out fee. The first hour is £110, each half hour after it is £45, plus parts, at any hour.
Sources
- Sewer pipe responsibility, Thames Water
- Pipe responsibility, Thames Water