Emergency Plumber in Palmers Green
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A drain backing up in an Edwardian terrace off Fox Lane, a leak between converted flats near Broomfield Park, or water through a shop ceiling on Green Lanes? Call 07861 933265. There is no call-out fee, someone answers at any hour, and we usually reach N13 within 60 minutes.
Stop the water: Look under the kitchen sink or below the boards just inside the front door. In a converted house there may be one valve for all the flats. Above a shop, check the landing and the shop. Keep clear of wet electrics. If you smell gas, ring 0800 111 999 straight away.
An Edwardian suburb
Palmers Green had a station from 1871 but stayed mostly farmland until the early 1900s, when estates such as Old Park, between Fox Lane and Aldermans Hill, and Hazelwood Park were built up with Edwardian terraces and semis in little more than a decade. Shops with flats above lined Green Lanes. Because so much was built at once, much of N13 now has pipework and drains of the same age, more than a hundred years old.
Conversions and shared drains
Many of the bigger houses are now flats, so extra kitchens and bathrooms feed drains built for one family. Under the gardens, the original clay drains crack and let in roots from Broomfield Park and the street trees. The drain serving only your house is yours; Thames Water says sewers shared with neighbours are its responsibility, even under gardens.
Over the Green Lanes shops
Flats above the shops, cafés and restaurants on Green Lanes share drains with the businesses below. Fat from a commercial kitchen is a common reason a flat’s toilet or sink backs up.
Old supply pipes
Houses that have never been replumbed can still have their original lead supply pipe coming in under the front path.
Rate and nearby
£110 for the first hour, £45 per half hour after, plus parts, with no call-out fee. We also cover Winchmore Hill and Bowes Park, and nearby Southgate, Wood Green and Edmonton.
Palmers Green at a glance
- Postcodes we cover
- N13
- Streets we often visit
- Green Lanes
- Aldermans Hill
- Hazelwood Lane
- Fox Lane
- Lodge Drive
- Broomfield Lane
- Broomfield Avenue
- Elmdale Road
- Hedge Lane
- Derwent Road
- Old Park Road
- Grovelands Road
- Ecclesbourne Gardens
- Osborne Road
- Oakthorpe Road
- Local landmarks
- Broomfield Park
- Broomfield House
- Palmers Green Triangle
- Palmers Green station
- Intimate Theatre
- New River
Questions people ask
Our drain has blocked three times this year. Is something wrong with it?
Probably. Most Palmers Green drains were laid in the 1900s and 1910s in clay pipe, and after more than a hundred years joints shift and roots from street trees and gardens grow in. A camera survey shows whether a section is cracked or displaced, and whether it is your drain or a shared one.
There is a soft grey pipe by our stopcock. Is that lead?
Very likely. Lead is dull grey, soft enough to scratch with a key, and joined with rounded swollen joints. Thames Water says homes built before 1970 may have lead supply pipes. It is the homeowner's pipe from the boundary in, and replacing it is a planned job, not usually an emergency.
My flat above a Green Lanes shop smells of drains. Why?
A dried-out trap, a cracked old stack or a drain shared with a café or restaurant below can all bring smells into a flat. Run water in every sink and the bath to refill the traps first; if the smell stays, it needs looking at.
What do you charge in Palmers Green?
No call-out fee. It is £110 for the first hour and £45 per half hour after, plus parts, at any time.
Sources
- Lead pipe replacement, Thames Water
- Sewer pipe responsibility, Thames Water