Emergency Plumber in Rickmansworth

Rickmansworth is Metroland on a large scale, from 1930s semis in Croxley Green to the big houses of Moor Park, with river valleys running through it. Leaks, bursts and pumps that have stopped are what we are called for. Phone 07861 933265 at any hour; there is no call-out charge, and WD3 is usually reached within 60 minutes.

Get the water off: The stopcock is usually under the kitchen sink, in a utility room or in the garage. Larger plots may have separate valves for outbuildings and garden taps. If water is near a cellar consumer unit, only switch off if you can reach it safely. Gas smell? Ring 0800 111 999 first.

Metroland houses

Rickmansworth grew after the Metropolitan Railway arrived, and its 1920s and 1930s semis and detached houses through Croxley Green and Batchworth still often have a loft tank and a copper cylinder. On the Moor Park estate the houses are much larger, frequently with several bathrooms running from one cylinder.

Very hard water

The water here is very hard, as it is in much of the south-east. Scale builds up on cylinder coils and immersion elements, inside combi heat exchangers and in expansion vessels and valves, so hot water fades and parts wear out early.

Plots, drives and outbuildings

Large plots mean long supply pipes under drives and lawns, garages and garden buildings with their own pipes, and outside taps a long way from the house. They are the first to freeze and the hardest leaks to spot.

Rivers and cellars

Around the Aquadrome and the Chess and Colne valleys, some houses have low ground floors and cellars where a pump, not gravity, gets the water out. A pump that fails there is urgent.

Charges and nearby

£110 for the first hour and £45 per half hour after, plus parts; no call-out charge. We also cover Croxley Green, Moor Park and Batchworth, and nearby Watford, Amersham and Uxbridge.