Emergency Plumber in Hammersmith
A cracked soil pipe in a terrace off King Street, a leak in a Brook Green mansion block or a pump that has stopped by the river? Call 07861 933265. We pick up at any hour, there is no call-out charge, and we usually reach W6 within 60 minutes.
Stop the flow: In a terrace, look under the kitchen sink or lift the board inside the front door. In a block or estate flat, check the kitchen and hall cupboards; the riser valve is usually in a locked communal cupboard. Switch off power near the water if you can do it safely. Gas: 0800 111 999 first.
Terraces and iron stacks
Most Hammersmith homes are late-Victorian terraces, between King Street, Ravenscourt Park and Brook Green. Many still have their original cast-iron soil stacks, which rust from the inside and crack at the joints after a century or more. A drain smell on the stairs, a stain on a wall near the stack or water appearing when someone upstairs flushes are the signs. Kitchen extensions at the back often moved the sink a long way from the stack, and that long run is where slow drains start.
Mansion blocks and estates
Around Brook Green there are mansion blocks with shared risers, and near the Broadway large post-war estates such as the Queen Caroline Estate. In either, the valve that stops a leak from above may be in a cupboard only the porter, managing agent or estate office can open. Have their number ready.
Along the river
The houses on Lower Mall and Upper Mall sit right beside the Thames, and some lower-ground rooms depend on a pump to carry waste up to the sewer. A pump needs to be kept clear of wipes and fat, and checked regularly.
Hard water and drains
Thames Water says all the water in its region is hard, so pressurised cylinders and shower valves scale up here. Under the front gardens, a drain serving only your house is yours; once it joins the neighbours’, the shared length is Thames Water’s.
Rate and neighbours
£110 for the first hour, then £45 each half hour, plus parts. No call-out charge. We also cover Brackenbury Village and Ravenscourt Park, plus Chiswick, Fulham and Kensington.
Hammersmith at a glance
- Postcodes we cover
- W6
- Streets we often visit
- King Street
- Hammersmith Road
- Shepherd's Bush Road
- Fulham Palace Road
- Talgarth Road
- Brook Green
- Glenthorne Road
- Dalling Road
- Ravenscourt Road
- Hammersmith Grove
- Black Lion Lane
- Margravine Road
- Lower Mall
- Upper Mall
- Bute Gardens
- Local landmarks
- King Street
- Brook Green
- Ravenscourt Park
- Hammersmith Broadway
- Lower Mall
Questions people ask
There is a smell of drains on our stairs and a damp patch by the soil pipe. What is it?
Probably a crack or a failed joint in an old cast-iron soil stack. Iron stacks rust from the inside and split at the joints after many decades. A leaking stack lets out smells and, when toilets flush, dirty water, so it should be repaired quickly. A damaged section can usually be replaced without renewing the whole stack.
Nobody in my block knows where the stopcock key is. What do I do in a leak?
Turn off your own valve if you have one, usually under the kitchen sink or by the front door of the flat. If the leak is from the riser, call the managing agent or the estate's repairs line, who hold the keys. Then call us; we will isolate what we can while they get there.
Our lower-ground room by the river has a pump. How do I know it is working?
Most pumps have an alarm and you can usually hear them run after water drains. If a sink or shower drains slowly, the room smells, or the alarm sounds, stop using anything that drains to the pump and call us.
What is the cost of an emergency plumber in Hammersmith?
There is no call-out charge. The first hour is £110 and every half hour after it £45, with parts on top, at the same rate through the night.
Sources
- Sewer pipe responsibility, Thames Water
- Hard water, Thames Water