What affects the price
Emergency plumbing costs more than a booked daytime visit because a qualified plumber has to be on call and ready to leave immediately. Nights, weekends and bank holidays cost more than weekday daytime work. The type of job, access and parts make up the rest.
How AM PM prices
We explain the cost on the phone and agree it with you before any work starts, so there are no surprises when the plumber arrives. Larger jobs such as boiler replacements and bathrooms get a free written quote.
What makes a job cost more
Access (under floors, behind tiles), specialist parts for older boilers, and damage that needs a second visit after drying out. We tell you about any of these before we start.
Is it an emergency, or can it wait?
Call straight away for these. Anything else can usually be booked for the next working day, which costs less.
- Water coming through a ceiling or light fitting
- A burst pipe you can't isolate at the stopcock
- No heating or hot water with a baby, an older person or someone unwell at home
- A toilet or drain overflowing, or sewage backing up
- A leak near electrics
What to have ready when you ring
It helps us give you an accurate price and bring the right parts.
- What you can see: where the water is coming from, or what the boiler display says
- The make of boiler, if it's a heating fault
- Whether you've turned off the stopcock and electrics
- Your Eircode, so we can give you an arrival time
How to keep the cost down
Know where your stopcock is, get the boiler serviced every year, fix small drips early and keep wipes and grease out of the drains. A five-minute fix on a dripping valve costs far less than a ceiling repair.
Will insurance cover it?
Most Irish home policies cover the damage from escaping water, and some cover the cost of finding the leak. The repair to the pipe itself is often excluded. We give you photos and a written report, and we work with all the common insurers and loss adjusters.