Emergency Plumber in West London
West London runs from stucco terraces and mansion blocks in the inner boroughs to big Edwardian houses in Chiswick and Ealing, and each brings its own kind of emergency. Call 07861 933265 at any hour. We charge no call-out fee and usually reach you within 60 minutes.
Do this now: Turn off the stopcock: under the kitchen sink in most houses, or in the cellar by the front wall in older terraces. Mansion flats usually have a valve in the kitchen or hall, with the building valve in a riser. Switch off electrics near the water if you can do so safely.
Stucco, cornices and basements
In Kensington, Notting Hill and Chelsea, pipes run behind lime plaster, cornices and panelling that are expensive and slow to repair. We find the leak before opening anything up. Many of these houses have dug-out basements whose waste is pumped up to the sewer, so a pump that has gone quiet, or an alarm going off, needs dealing with before the next shower or wash goes down the drain.
Victorian terraces split into flats
Through Fulham and Hammersmith, terraces converted into flats share one soil stack. When it blocks low down the ground-floor flat floods first, and when a bath seal fails upstairs the water travels along the joists before it shows. Old clay drains under the front gardens break at the joints, and street trees push roots through them.
Bigger houses further west
Chiswick and Ealing have more Edwardian and interwar houses, with loft tanks, airing-cupboard cylinders and long back gardens. Pipes are easier to get at here, but there is more of everything: more bathrooms, longer runs and more to scale up. All the water Thames Water supplies is hard, and cylinders, showers and taps show it.
Rate and the rest of the west
£110 for the first hour, £45 per half hour after, plus parts, at any hour. We also cover Richmond, Twickenham, Wembley and Uxbridge.
West London at a glance
- Postcodes we cover
- W9
- SW7
- SW10
- HA9
- Streets we often visit
- Kensington High Street
- King's Road
- Fulham Road
- New King's Road
- North End Road
- King Street
- Hammersmith Road
- Goldhawk Road
- Uxbridge Road
- Chiswick High Road
- Portobello Road
- Notting Hill Gate
- Westbourne Grove
- Holland Park Avenue
- Cromwell Road
- Local landmarks
- Fulham
- Chiswick
- Ealing
- Hammersmith
- Kensington
- Notting Hill
Questions people ask
Water is leaking through a plaster cornice in my west London flat. Should I make a hole to let it out?
If the ceiling is bulging with water, put a bucket underneath and make a small hole with a screwdriver at the lowest point of the bulge, standing to one side. That lets the water out in one place instead of bringing the ceiling down. Turn off the water and the electrics to that area first, then call us.
Who is responsible for a blocked drain under my front garden?
If the drain serves only your property, it is yours. Thames Water says it is responsible for sewers you share with neighbours, even when they run under your garden or driveway. In a terrace split into flats, the pipes inside the building usually fall to the freeholder or are shared under the leases.
Can you get past the porter in a Kensington or Hammersmith mansion block?
Yes, but it saves time if you warn the porter or managing agent we are coming, and tell us the block name, the flat and any access instructions when you call. If the leak is coming from a riser or another flat, the porter may hold the key to the valve that stops it.
How much does an emergency plumber cost in west London?
The first hour is £110, then £45 for each half hour, plus parts. No call-out fee, and no extra charge at night or at weekends.
Sources
- Sewer pipe responsibility, Thames Water
- Hard water, Thames Water