Emergency Plumber in Greenwich
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A leak in a Georgian house on Crooms Hill, or no hot water in a tower on the Peninsula? Call 07861 933265. Someone answers whatever the time, there is no call-out fee, and we usually reach SE10 within 60 minutes.
Find the valve: In the older houses near the park the stopcock is usually in the basement by the front wall, or under the kitchen sink. On the Peninsula, look in the utility or airing cupboard, often beside the heat interface unit. Switch off power to any wet area if it is safe to. Gas: 0800 111 999 first.
Period houses around the park
The streets around Greenwich Park, Crooms Hill, Royal Hill, Gloucester Circus and Maze Hill are Georgian and early Victorian, and many sit in conservation areas next to the World Heritage Site. Lots of these houses have basements, and anything below the sewer, a toilet, a shower or a utility sink, depends on a pump. When a pump fails, the basement is the first place to flood. Keep fat and wipes out of those drains, and have the pump serviced.
Under the older streets towards the market the drains are clay, and roots and settlement crack them. The pipe serving only your house is yours; once it joins the neighbours’, Thames Water looks after the shared section.
The Peninsula
On Greenwich Peninsula the plumbing is a different world: pressurised systems, communal risers and flats heated by a shared network rather than their own boiler. A fault can sit inside your flat, in the heat interface unit or a valve, or in plant that only the building’s managers can reach. Tell us your block, floor and any concierge or fob arrangements when you call, and let building management know too.
Hard water
Thames Water says all the water in its region is hard. In SE10 that means scaled plate heat exchangers in Peninsula flats and furred cylinders and showers in the older houses.
Rate and nearby
No call-out fee. £110 for the first hour, £45 for each half hour after, plus parts. We also cover Blackheath, East Greenwich and Deptford, and nearby Lewisham and South London.
Greenwich at a glance
- Postcodes we cover
- SE10
- Streets we often visit
- Greenwich High Road
- Greenwich Church Street
- King William Walk
- Nelson Road
- Trafalgar Road
- Royal Hill
- Crooms Hill
- Hyde Vale
- Gloucester Circus
- Park Row
- Maze Hill
- Burney Street
- Blackheath Road
- Christchurch Way
- John Harrison Way
- Local landmarks
- Greenwich Park
- Royal Naval College
- Greenwich Market
- Maze Hill
- Greenwich Peninsula
- Blackheath
Questions people ask
I have no hot water in my Greenwich Peninsula flat. Is it the boiler?
Most Peninsula flats have no boiler. Hot water and heating come from a shared heat network through a heat interface unit, usually in a utility or hall cupboard. If only your flat is cold, the unit is the likely fault; if the whole block is, contact the building management or heat supplier.
The basement toilet in our house near the park will not flush away. What is happening?
A basement toilet that sits below the level of the sewer needs a pump or macerator to lift the waste. If that has failed, the toilet will not empty, and using it again can flood the basement. Stop using it and any basement shower or sink until it is checked.
Can I have new pipework run up the outside of my Greenwich house?
Possibly not without permission. Much of central Greenwich is in conservation areas, and listed houses have stricter rules, so external pipes visible from the street are usually avoided. We look for an internal route first and tell you if a fix would change the outside.
Do you charge more on Sundays in Greenwich?
No. The first hour is £110, then £45 per half hour, plus parts, on any day and at any hour, with no call-out fee.
Sources
- Sewer pipe responsibility, Thames Water
- Hard water, Thames Water