Merton · SW19, SW20

Emergency plumber in Wimbledon

A lot of the larger Wimbledon houses still run vented systems with a tank in the loft. When one of those lets go it floods from the top of the house downwards, which is why finding the tank stopcock matters as much as the mains one.

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Emergency plumber in Wimbledon

  • Loft tank and cylinder failures flooding from the top of the house down
  • Older vented systems where the mains stopcock alone will not stop the flow
  • Larger properties where the leak has spread before anyone notices

In one of the bigger Wimbledon houses, a burst on an upper floor can reach the ground floor through two ceilings before anyone downstairs notices. Once the mains and the loft tank are both off, switch off the immersion heater too, because heating an emptied cylinder can burn out the element. If the hot side is leaking, the airing cupboard is where the cylinder and its valves usually live. Nearer the station, the picture changes. Victorian terraces and flats there behave more like inner London, with shared pipework and sometimes a neighbour’s stopcock involved. For night visits to the larger houses, electric gates and alarm systems are the usual hold-ups. Tell us the gate code or leave it open, and let us know if the alarm covers the loft or the rooms we need to reach. On most roads here parking is not the problem; spotting a house number in the dark can be.

Everything emergency plumbing covers
  • Burst and leaking pipes
  • Water shut-off and damage limitation
  • Leaks coming through ceilings and walls
  • Overflowing toilets and failed stopcocks
  • No water, or a sudden loss of pressure
  • Out of hours, weekends and bank holidays

Wimbledon is in the London Borough of Merton, across SW19, SW20. What kind of buildings are around here tends to decide what goes wrong: read more about plumbing in Wimbledon →

Questions

Common questions

Do you cover Wimbledon?

We do. Wimbledon falls within Merton, covering the SW19, SW20 postcodes, and our engineers are out across Greater London from our Fulham office every day.

I turned the mains off and water is still coming. Why?

You almost certainly have a tank in the loft still emptying itself through the leak. There is usually a separate gate valve on the tank outlet — turning that off, and opening all the hot taps to drain it down, is what actually stops it.

Should I turn the boiler off as well as the water?

Yes, if the leak is anywhere on the heating or hot water side. On an older vented system the boiler can keep firing while the small tank that tops up the heating is cut off at the mains, and running it short of water risks damage. Turn it off at the switch or the programmer and leave it off. The engineer will refill and check the system before it runs again, rather than you guessing at the pressure.

What does it cost?

You will have a price for the work before an engineer starts. If something behind the wall changes the scope, we pause and talk it through with you rather than carrying on and billing you afterwards.

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