A burst or split pipe
Water from a broken supply pipe keeps flowing until the line is closed and repaired, and it soaks into floors, walls and ceilings as it goes. The plumber you hire finds the break and fixes it.
Emergency Plumbing in Tacoma
Some plumbing problems cannot sit until morning. Water spraying from a split line, sewage rising through a floor drain and a ceiling that has begun to drip are among them, and one call to us puts you in touch with a Tacoma plumber.
Below are the problems worth calling about straight away, what Tacoma asks of you when sewage backs up, and how the City handles permits for emergency repairs.
Plumbing problems that need a call now
Sewage coming back up
When dirty water climbs back up through the tub or a basement floor drain, everything leaving the house is stuck behind a blockage further down. Locating that blockage and clearing it is the job of the plumber you hire.
A toilet that keeps running over
A bowl that fills to the rim and spills over at each flush has a clog in the toilet or further down its drain. The plumber you hire frees it and looks along the line past the toilet.
Water pooling at the water heater
Wet concrete around a tank heater might come from a fitting that has worked loose, from the relief valve or from a tank rusted through at its base. Of those three, only the rusted tank means buying a new heater, and the plumber you hire works out which one you have.
Taps with little or no water
A sudden loss of water across the house can come from a break in the line or a fault on the supply side. The plumber you hire tracks down where the water stops.
When sewage backs up and no water is running
Sewage backing up inside your home while nobody is using water may mean a problem in the City’s part of the system. The City of Tacoma asks residents in that position to call its Sewer Transmission line right away.
Crews from the City inspect the sewer main and the street connection. The side sewer from your building out to that main is covered on our sewer line repair page.
Permits for emergency repairs
Paperwork does not hold up urgent repairs in Tacoma. If a piece of equipment needs swapping or fixing as an emergency, the City wants the permit application filed with its building official no later than the next working business day.
Freezing days in Tacoma
With a January low averaging 36°F, Tacoma still records roughly 30 days in a typical year at or below freezing. On those days, water lines running through a crawl space, a garage or an exterior wall can freeze and split.
Want a reading that fits your house? In the pipe freeze risk checker, say whether your pipes sit in heated walls, a crawl space or an outside wall, and see them scored against Tacoma’s winter weather.
Our leak detection page deals with water that appears from nowhere obvious, while repeated backups in the main line are covered under sewer repair. For the full set of seven services, use the homepage.
Call for a free plumbing estimate
Call us to discuss your current issue and how we can assist you. The call is free and you get a free, personalized estimate with no obligation. We're here to help.
Call (855) 321-3426