Emergency Plumber in Romford
A cylinder leaking into the airing cupboard in Collier Row, a burst outside pipe in Rush Green or a blocked drain near the Market? Call 07861 933265. We answer at any hour, there is no call-out fee, and we usually reach Romford and Gidea Park within 60 minutes.
First steps: Close the stopcock, usually under the kitchen sink or the stairs. If the leak is at the cylinder, also switch off the immersion heater. Keep away from electrics near the water. Gas smell: ring 0800 111 999 before anything else.
Interwar houses with gravity hot water
Collier Row, Gidea Park and much of the rest of Romford are interwar semis and detached houses. Many keep the original arrangement of a loft tank feeding a copper cylinder. Hard water coats the cylinder’s coil and immersion element with scale, so hot water fades, and older cylinders eventually weep at their joints or bosses.
Gidea Park’s garden suburb
The early garden-suburb houses in Gidea Park are a conservation area. They are often larger and more individual than the streets around them, with pipe runs that have been altered many times. We keep repairs inside where we can and tell you before anything would change the outside.
Older Romford
Near the Market and Raphael Park the streets are Victorian and Edwardian terraces, with clay drains approaching a century or more in age. Mature trees push roots into the joints, and drains that block repeatedly are often cracked rather than just blocked. Longer gardens and outside taps around Rush Green freeze before anything inside the house.
Rate and nearby
£110 for the first hour, then £45 per half hour, plus parts, with no call-out fee. We also cover Collier Row, Gidea Park and Harold Wood, and nearby Upminster, Ilford and Brentwood.
Romford at a glance
- Postcodes we cover
- RM1
- RM2
- RM7
- RM5
- RM3
- Streets we often visit
- South Street
- North Street
- Market Place
- Main Road
- Victoria Road
- Eastern Road
- Western Road
- Brentwood Road
- Mawney Road
- Collier Row Lane
- Balgores Lane
- Heath Drive
- Rush Green Road
- Pettits Lane
- Junction Road
- Local landmarks
- Romford Market
- Gidea Park
- Collier Row
- Raphael Park
- Rush Green
Questions people ask
Our airing cupboard floor is wet. Is the cylinder leaking?
Possibly. Check the joints and valves around the cylinder first, as those leak more often than the cylinder itself. Water seeping from the copper or from under its insulation is more serious. Turn off the cold supply to the cylinder or the stopcock, switch off the immersion heater, and call us.
Can I change the outside of my Gidea Park house for new pipework?
Gidea Park's garden suburb is a conservation area, so changes to the outside of a house can need the council's agreement. For emergency repairs that put things back as they were it is rarely an issue, and we look for an internal route first for anything new.
The drain at the front keeps blocking. Is it mine or the water company's?
The part that serves only your house is yours, including under the front garden. Thames Water says sewers shared with neighbours are its responsibility, even under gardens and driveways, and it looks after the sewers here even where another company supplies the water.
How much does an emergency plumber in Romford cost?
No call-out fee. It is £110 for the first hour and £45 per half hour after, plus parts, at any hour.
Sources
- Sewer pipe responsibility, Thames Water
- Hard water, Thames Water