Emergency Plumbers are Gas Safe Registered 24-hour plumbers and heating engineers offering emergency plumbing services.
We can be with you ASAP in the event of an emergency, whether it’s a blocked drain or a serious Boiler issue. We provide fast response times for all heating, plumbing and drainage problems.
The emergency situation will be assessed and resolved promptly. If the required parts are not immediately available, we will make your property safe. We’ll ensure no further damage or problems occur until the job is completed, which will be as soon as possible.
Call us immediately, and we can give you advice over the phone (to minimise potential damage) before we get to you.
When you have a leak or a burst pipe, the first thing to do is locate your mains stopcock and shut off your water supply. Keep turning the stopcock clockwise until it won’t turn any further. This will stop any more water from entering your plumbing system, though water already in the system may still leak out. If you have a radiator leak or burst central heating pipe, the water could continue flowing until the whole system is empty.
To minimise damage, place a bucket or towels around the area of the leak and change them as necessary.
If you have a standard boiler system with a cold water storage cistern (usually in the loft), water may continue leaking until the storage tank is empty. If you feel the storage cistern is still feeding, close the gate valve on the cold water pipe (usually located near the tank). If this doesn’t work, open all your hot taps to help empty the storage cistern.
If you smell gas or suspect a gas leak, shut off your gas supply with the emergency control valve at the meter, only if it’s safe to do so. Do not smoke, light matches, or use cigarette lighters. Avoid switching electrical appliances on and off, and extinguish any naked flames.
Open all windows and doors and evacuate the property. Call us immediately or another qualified Gas Safe Engineer.
Please do not turn the gas supply back on until a Gas Safe Registered Engineer has inspected it and given it the all-clear.
If your carbon monoxide alarm starts beeping, do not ignore it.
If you or any family members experience confusion, dizziness, headache, nausea, or vomiting, phone the emergency services and inform them of the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Go outside with everyone else in your home and do not re-enter until the emergency services have assessed the situation and given your property the all-clear.
All of our engineers at Essex Plumbers are fully qualified, accredited and gas safe registered
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One of our most popular brands of boiler that we use is BAXI. Baxi offers combi, system, and heat only boilers.
Callan provides a fast, high quality service at affordable prices. He's really responsive and genuinely helpful. As a first time home owner with a bunch of urgent plumbing problems, he's been great at getting my new home up and running.
Had Callan come and visit in such short notice, great chap! to unblock my sink due to it flooding my kitchen having the washing machine on... I can thankfully say that it was resolved in such quick time and now my sink drains super quick now 👍
Recently bought a house and had numerous problems including Gas leak and boiler breakdown. These guys did an amazing job fixed the leak quite quickly baring in mind it was just before xmas. Then a few weeks later came out same day to assess our old boiler and then came to fit a new one just a day or two later. Also fixed a clogged shower for free while they was here. Highly recommended, Great value and professional.