Emergency plumbing
A burst pipe or a hidden leak wastes water and damages the building every hour it runs. Plumbers X locates and repairs burst and leaking pipes throughout Fourways, Broadacres, Bryanston, Sandton, Randburg, Midrand and the surrounding northern Johannesburg suburbs, with emergency plumbing available 24 hours a day.
Copper, PVC, HDPE and old galvanised pipework all fail differently. We isolate the supply, expose the failure with the least disruption possible and repair or replace the affected section.
Where a pipe has failed because of age or corrosion, we tell you honestly whether a repair will hold or whether that run should be replaced.
A meter that turns with every tap closed, a damp patch on a wall, unexplained warm floor tiles or a water bill that jumped are the classic signs of a concealed leak.
We use acoustic and pressure-based leak detection to narrow the location down before opening anything, so we lift the minimum amount of tile, screed or paving.
Leaks between the municipal connection and the house are common on older erven and larger stands with long supply runs and mature trees. We trace the line, find the failure point and repair or re-route the section.
Sudden pressure loss often points to a leak; steady low pressure is more often a failed pressure valve, a partially closed main or scaled-up old pipework. We test rather than guess, then quote on the fix.
If water is running and you cannot stop it, close the main stopcock and call us. Emergency response is available day and night for burst pipes, flooding and geyser failures.
Tell us what is happening and we will let you know what the work involves and what it costs. No call out fee, free quotations, and emergency plumbing available around the clock across northern Johannesburg.
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