Emergency Plumber Romford

Boiler Repairs, Heating, Water Leaks – All Done Ono the Same Day

“The thing about emergencies,” said Eeyore in A.A. Milne’s Winnie The Pooh stories, “is that you never have them until you’re having them.” Right now, if you’re staring at something in your Romford home or workplace that’s looking rather boggy and sad thanks to a water mains leak or if problems with the sewers have led to the word “poo” being only too appropriate, Eeyore’s words may be going through your mind… as well as a few words that have the same meaning as “poo”.

Plumbing emergencies happen to anyone and they never happen when you’re expecting them. OK, maybe you can expect the pipes to freeze during a very, very cold winter. However, they happen. When they happen, you need to get them dealt with quickly. In other words, you need a good emergency plumber right there on the spot in Romford who will take care of everything.

RAS Plumbers’ Romford Emergency Plumbing Services

Plumbing emergencies can strike at any time and on any day of the week, which is why RAS Plumbers’ team of emergency plumbers Romford are on call and available whenever you need them, whether your problems with burst pipes or backed up toilets happens in the middle of a busy workday in your office or whether it happens at home on a Saturday evening.

Because we’re local Romford emergency boiler repair engineers, we know the area well and we can get over to your home or business to fix your plumbing problems without having to plough through Essex’s notorious traffic from the other side of the county (if only we could fix the congestion on the roads as easily as we can unblock your drains!). We provide our emergency plumbing services in Romford itself as well as all the surrounding areas such as Gidea Park, Hornchurch, Upminster, Collier Row, Chadwell Heath, Rush Green, Becontree Heath, Becontree and Dagenham.

The RAS Plumbers team is made up of highly trained master plumbing expert with plenty of experience in fixing all kinds of domestic and commercial problems, so you can trust us to do the job right.

When To Call An Emergency Engineer

How do you know if a situation is a plumbing emergency? Well, if you’ve got water pouring out of a burst pipe under the kitchen sink and soaking the carpets, it’s pretty obvious that you’ve got an emergency on your hand! Here are a few other typical emergency situations that the master plumbers from RAS Plumbers have to deal with:

Backed Up Toilets

These happen when something further down the system has caused a blockage, meaning that when you flush, everything doesn’t go down the drain into the sewers where it ought to go. Instead, the level of water in the toilet bowl rises and, in the worst case, overflows onto the toilet floor. This is a particularly foul emergency for anybody and it’s bad enough when it happens at home. In the case of a business, it’s even worse. In an office situation, it means that you have to haul out the out of order signs so that everybody has to queue up for the other toilets and waste valuable working time. In the case of a retail outlet or other business where members of the public can just walk in, it can even mean that the business has to shut down until the emergency has been dealt with.

Burst Water Mains

Sometimes, the process of freezing and thawing can weaken the walls of a water mains and break it, meaning that water gushes out everywhere once the water thaws and flows freely again. At other times, time, the process of chaos and deterioration and vibrations from heavy traffic and/or fluctuations in the water pressure can wear at the joins or the pipe carrying the water to your taps. If a water mains bursts, you need to act quickly. First, switch off the water at the mains, then call RAS Plumbers to fix the problem as soon as possible.

Blocked Drains

All kinds of debris can build up in drains over time. Sometimes, this is because people flush or pour away things that really don’t belong in the wastewater system, such as hot fat from cooking, cotton buds and paper towels. Sometimes, it’s just general debris that forms thanks to the combination of minerals in the water, algae, soap scum, hairs and the bits and pieces from your dishwasher. However they happen, blocked drains are a real nuisance. You need to be able to wash your hands, your hair and the dishes in that sink, and you can’t do that properly if the water won’t drain away! Blocked shower drains are even worse, as these can easily overflow and flood the bathroom and beyond unless they’re dealt with promptly.

Other Broken Pipes

Pipes in and out of your plumbing system can break for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes, it’s just age and time that breaks them down. Sometimes, accidents can take the pipes out – overenthusiastic gardeners hitting a pipe they weren’t aware of with a spade or the cat chasing a mouse into a weird spot. Sometimes, pipes are damaged wilfully by the louts you’ll find in any location, even in a nice place like Romford. Broken pipes mean that water can’t flow where it’s supposed to go, so you’ll need an experienced plumber to remove and replace the broken pipe.

No Hot or Cold Water

You turn on the tap, expecting hot or cold water to flow out so you can wash your hands, water the plants, wash the dishes, wash your hair, wash the dog, etc. However, instead of the rush and gurgle of flowing water, you get nothing. The local council hasn’t planned an outage and there’s no obvious signs of a council water main bursting. Something’s gone wrong and it takes an experienced master plumber to find out what the problem is and to fix it – and to do the job quickly!

What To Do In A Plumbing Emergency

Although you need to contact RAS Plumbers’ emergency plumbers as soon as you can, you probably should turn the water off at the mains if water is gushing everywhere – and if you know where the water mains tap is. You should also ensure that electric cables are well away from the flooding and puddles – switch the electricity off at the mains if you need to go in and remove any cords that are close to the flooded areas. After these safety precautions have been carried out, it’s time to get in touch with us, tell us about your problem and wait for us to come. We know that you want us to get there as quickly as we can, and promise you that we will do our best to respond within an hour, even if your plumbing emergency happens in the middle of the night.

While you’re waiting for our Romford emergency plumbing services expert to arrive, some other things that are useful to do to minimise damage include:

• Use towels and other absorbent material to soak up water from the burst pipe and to “sandbag” areas off and prevent the flooding or overflow from spreading.
  
• In the case of businesses, put up warning signs and Out of Order signs to warn people away from the area.
  
• Take photos of any damage before you clean anything up and before the plumber arrives to make things straightforward for insurance claims.
  
• In the case of a rental property, contact the landlord so he or she can take additional action – and let the landlord know that you’ve already contacted an emergency plumber to fix the problem. Technically, the landlord is responsible for fixtures including plumbing, so you may need to sort out with him/her about what happens with the bill.
  
• Keep small children and animals away from anything hazardous.

Don’t worry – we’ll be there soon and we’ll fix your plumbing emergency.