Emergency Plumber in Fulham
A burst under the floor of a terrace off Munster Road, or water coming through a mansion flat ceiling near Parsons Green? Call 07861 933265. A real person answers at any hour, there is no call-out fee, and we normally reach SW6 within 60 minutes.
Turn the water off: In most Fulham terraces the stopcock is under the kitchen sink, or under a board just inside the front door. In a mansion flat, try the kitchen or hall cupboard; the valve on the shared riser is usually the freeholder’s or porter’s. Keep away from wet electrics. Gas smell: ring 0800 111 999 first.
Terraces built for one bathroom
Fulham is mostly late-Victorian terraces, packed tightly around Munster Village, the Peterborough Estate and the streets off Dawes Road and Lillie Road. They were built with one modest bathroom, and most now have two or three, plus a loft conversion and a kitchen extension. That puts a lot through pipes and drains that were never sized for it. The extensions towards Bishops Park and Hurlingham often moved the kitchen to the back, so its waste runs a long way to the drain and blocks more easily.
Mansion blocks and shared risers
Around Fulham Broadway and Parsons Green the mansion blocks share risers and stacks between flats. A failed washing machine hose on the top floor can come out several ceilings down. Before we arrive, let the porter or managing agent know, and tell us the block name, the flat and who holds the riser key.
Hard water everywhere
Thames Water says all the water in its region is hard. In Fulham that shows up as scaled thermostatic shower valves, slow-filling baths and cylinders that run out of hot water sooner than they used to. When a shower suddenly runs hot and cold, scale in the cartridge is the usual cause, and it is normally a repair rather than a replacement.
Under the front gardens the drains are mostly the original clay. The section that serves only your house is yours to clear; once it joins your neighbours’, the shared length belongs to Thames Water.
Rate and nearby areas
The first hour is £110, then £45 per half hour, plus parts, with no call-out fee at any hour. We also cover Parsons Green, Sands End and Walham Green, and nearby Chelsea, Hammersmith and Putney.
Fulham at a glance
- Postcodes we cover
- SW6
- Streets we often visit
- Fulham Road
- Fulham High Street
- New King's Road
- Munster Road
- Lillie Road
- North End Road
- Wandsworth Bridge Road
- Dawes Road
- Parsons Green Lane
- Hurlingham Road
- Harwood Road
- Waterford Road
- Bishop's Road
- Peterborough Road
- Stephendale Road
- Local landmarks
- Fulham Broadway
- Parsons Green
- Bishops Park
- Munster Village
- Fulham Palace
Questions people ask
My kitchen sink in a Fulham extension keeps blocking. Why?
When a side-return or rear extension moves the kitchen to the back of the house, the waste often has to travel a long way, almost level, to reach the drain. Fat and food settle in a long, shallow run like that much faster than in a short drop to the stack. Clearing it fixes today's blockage; keeping fat out of the sink stops the next one.
Who stops a leak coming from the flat above in a Fulham mansion block?
If you cannot reach the people upstairs, call the porter or managing agent: the valves on the shared riser are often in a locked cupboard. Your own stopcock only stops water in your flat, so it will not help if the leak is above you.
Can I find the stopcock in a Fulham terrace in the dark?
Try the cupboard under the kitchen sink first, then lift the floorboard or hatch just inside the front door, where the supply pipe comes in from the street. A torch on your phone and a pair of gloves make it quicker.
What will an emergency plumber in Fulham cost me?
No call-out fee. £110 covers the first hour and £45 each half hour after that, plus parts, at the same rate whatever the time.
Sources
- Hard water, Thames Water
- Sewer pipe responsibility, Thames Water