Need An Emergency Plumber?

When you’re faced with a plumbing emergency you need to make sure that you contact a professional to help. Whether you have burst pipes, your boiler has broken down or you have a flooded kitchen many companies will offers 24 hour emergency call out services, 365 days a year.

 

What you should look for

Plumbers should be Gas Safe Registered and members of the Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors, the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineers, NAPIT and CORGI Registered.

Find out how long they have been in business.

 

Ask them for references and find out whether you can view any similar work they may have done.

 

Find out whether they have insurance to cover your property

 

Ask whether their work is guaranteed, and if so, whether the guarantee is insurance-backed so that if they go out of business the work is still covered.

 

The average hourly rate for a Plumber is between £40 and £60 per hour. Call-out charges are usually fixed at twice the standard hourly rate however they include the first hour of labour in the price. For an emergency you should expect 2.5 to 3 times the standard hourly rate.