Emergency plumbing
What to shut off before we arrive, what counts as an emergency, and what a night call costs.
Read this one firstServices
Everything we handle.
Houses, not office parks. If it is a restaurant kitchen, a warehouse or a new subdivision, we are the wrong call and we will say so on the phone rather than after a site visit.
Emergencies
- Burst and split pipes
- Frozen and thawing pipes
- Sewage backing up indoors
- Water through a ceiling
- Total loss of water
- Leaking water heater tanks
- Failed main shut off valves
- Overflowing toilets that will not stop
Drains and sewers
- Kitchen, bath and laundry drains
- Main line blockages
- Root cutting and removal
- Hydro jetting
- Camera inspection
- Clean out installation
- Sewer repair and replacement
- Backwater valves
Water heaters
- Same day tank replacement
- Gas and electric repair
- Elements and thermocouples
- Anode rods and flushing
- Tankless installation
- Tankless descaling
- Expansion tanks
- Recirculation pumps
Fixtures and repairs
- Faucets and shower valves
- Toilets, fill valves and flanges
- Garbage disposals
- Sinks, tubs and vanities
- Outdoor spigots and hose bibs
- Washer and dishwasher hookups
- Fixture swaps during a remodel
- Water softener connections
Pipes and supply
- Leak location and repair
- Repiping galvanized supply lines
- Copper, PEX and CPVC work
- Water pressure problems
- Pressure reducing valves
- Shut off valve replacement
- Main water line repair
- Pipe insulation before winter
Basements and sumps
- Sump pump replacement
- Battery backup pumps
- Pit and discharge line work
- Floor drain clearing
- Ejector pumps
- Basement bathroom rough in
- Frozen discharge lines
- Leak alarms and drain pans
The three we get called about most
Each has its own page, because each has a different set of questions attached.
Drains and sewers
What a gurgle, a smell or a repeat backup usually means, and how we clear each one.
Drain and sewer workWater heaters
When a heater is worth fixing, when it is not, and what size you actually need.
Water heater workWhat we do not do
Commercial and industrial plumbing, restaurant kitchens, new construction on tract housing, septic tanks, well pumps, and anything on the utility side of the meter. We also do not do HVAC, which people ask about often enough to be worth saying.
For septic, wells and furnaces we can tell you who in Linn County actually does it well. That costs you nothing and saves you three phone calls.
Not sure what you are looking at?
Describe what the house is doing and we will work out what it is. Most of the time we can tell you on the phone whether it needs somebody today.