Emergency Plumber in Hertford
A leak above a shop on Fore Street, a drain backing up near Hartham Common or a cylinder failing in Bengeo? Call 07861 933265. There is no call-out fee, someone answers at any hour, and we usually reach Hertford within 60 minutes.
To stop the water: Close the stopcock, usually under the kitchen sink, under the stairs or, in older buildings, in a cellar. Above a shop, check the landing and the shop itself. Keep away from wet electrics. If you smell gas, ring 0800 111 999 first.
A historic town centre
Hertford’s centre, around Parliament Square, Fore Street, Maidenhead Street and the Castle grounds, has timber-framed and Georgian buildings, many of them listed. Repairs there need care: pipes are routed out of sight and nothing new is fixed to an outside wall without checking it is allowed. Many shops have flats above them, and the two often share supply and waste pipes.
Rivers and low ground
Several rivers, including the Lea and the Beane, meet in Hertford, and the ground near them around Hartham Common and the town centre is low. Ground floors there can be slow to drain after heavy rain, and any room drained by a pump depends on that pump and its non-return valve.
Bengeo and the estates
Bengeo and the estates towards Hertford East are more conventional: interwar and post-war houses, many with a loft tank and a cylinder. The water is hard, as most water in the south-east is, so cylinders scale up and immersion heaters fail sooner than they should.
Rate and nearby
£110 for the first hour and £45 per half hour after it, plus parts, with no call-out fee. We also cover Bengeo and Hertingfordbury, and nearby St Albans, Harlow and Enfield.
Hertford at a glance
- Postcodes we cover
- SG14
- SG13
- Streets we often visit
- Fore Street
- Maidenhead Street
- Castle Street
- Bull Plain
- St Andrew Street
- North Road
- Bengeo Street
- Port Vale
- Ware Road
- Hertingfordbury Road
- Mangrove Road
- Fanshawe Street
- Byde Street
- Railway Street
- Molewood Road
- Local landmarks
- Hertford Castle
- Parliament Square
- Fore Street
- Bengeo
- Hartham Common
- Hertford East station
Questions people ask
I have a flat over a shop in Fore Street and there is a leak. What should I do?
Turn off your stopcock if you can find it, often in your kitchen or on the landing, and warn the shop below. In older buildings the flat and the shop sometimes share a supply, so the shop's stopcock may be the one that stops it. Then call us with which door to use.
Our ground floor near Hartham Common gets slow drains after heavy rain. Why?
Hertford is where several rivers meet, and some ground floors near them sit low. After heavy rain the drains and sewers can be full, so water drains slowly or backs up through the lowest outlet. A non-return valve, or a pump with one, stops that; existing ones need regular checks.
Our interwar house in Bengeo has a cylinder. Why is the hot water running out?
In hard water areas, scale on the cylinder's coil and immersion element is the usual cause. It reduces how fast the water heats and how much usable hot water you get. A new element or descaling often brings it back.
What does an emergency plumber cost in Hertford?
No call-out fee. The first hour is £110, then £45 per half hour, plus parts, at the same rate day and night.
Sources
- Hard water, Thames Water