Emergency Plumber in Edgware
A tank overflowing in the loft, a burst outside tap or a drain backing up in an Edgware semi? Call 07861 933265. We answer at any hour, there is no call-out fee, and we usually get to HA8 within 60 minutes, from Station Road out to Canons Park and Edgwarebury.
Do this first: Close the stopcock, usually under the kitchen sink or the stairs, or in the garage. If the problem is a tank in the loft, an isolating valve on the pipe into the tank stops it refilling. Keep away from electrics near the water. If you smell gas, call 0800 111 999 before anything else.
A town built between the wars
Edgware was a small place on the old Watling Street until its tube station opened in 1924. The fields around it then filled with semis and detached houses, and that interwar housing is still most of the town. Many of these homes kept the original layout: a cold water tank in the loft, a copper cylinder in the airing cupboard, and clay drains running out to the road.
Tanks, cylinders and hard water
A sticking float valve in the loft tank sends water out of the overflow pipe on the wall, or, if the overflow is blocked, through the bedroom ceiling. Most water in the south-east is hard, and in these systems scale builds up on the cylinder’s coil and the immersion element, so hot water takes longer and runs out sooner. A dripping hot tap that will not stop is often scale on the washer seat.
Extensions, gardens and drains
Many Edgware houses have been extended at the back and into the loft, adding bathrooms to drains laid nearly a century ago. Where a new drain meets an old one is a common place for a blockage. Long back gardens also mean outside taps a long way from the house, and those freeze first in a cold snap: isolate them from inside before winter.
Rate and nearby
£110 for the first hour, £45 per half hour after that, plus parts, with no call-out fee at any hour. We also cover Burnt Oak and Canons Park, and nearby Mill Hill, Hendon and Harrow.
Edgware at a glance
- Postcodes we cover
- HA8
- Streets we often visit
- Station Road
- High Street
- Hale Lane
- Edgware Way
- Whitchurch Lane
- Manor Park Crescent
- Deansbrook Road
- Spring Villa Road
- Canons Drive
- Penshurst Gardens
- Edgwarebury Lane
- Glendale Avenue
- Mowbray Road
- Broadfields Avenue
- Purcells Avenue
- Local landmarks
- Broadwalk Shopping Centre
- Edgware station
- Canons Park
- Edgwarebury Park
- St Margaret's Church
- Railway Hotel
Questions people ask
Water is pouring from a small pipe high on the outside wall of my Edgware semi. What is it?
That is almost always the overflow from the cold water tank in the loft or the toilet cistern. It means a float valve is not shutting off. Turn off the water to the tank if there is an isolating valve, or at the stopcock, and call us. A worn float valve is a quick part to replace.
Why are our drains blocking more often than they used to?
Most of Edgware was built between the wars, so its clay drains are approaching a hundred years old. Joints shift, roots get in, and extensions add more water to the same pipes. A camera survey shows whether the drain is cracked or just needs clearing.
Where is the stopcock in an interwar Edgware house?
Usually under the kitchen sink, sometimes under the stairs or in the garage if the kitchen has been moved. There is also an outside stop valve under a small cover by your front boundary.
What do you charge for an emergency in Edgware?
No call-out fee. The first hour is £110, and each half hour after it is £45, plus parts, at the same rate day and night.
Sources
- Edgware, Wikipedia
- Hard water, Thames Water