How Same Day Plumber Works

One call connects you with an independent, licensed plumbing company that works in your area. The plumber tells you when they can arrive and what any visit fee will be before they come out. You decide whether to go ahead.

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Step by step

From Your Call to the Repair in 4 Steps

Call the number on the page. Say what is wrong and where you are. The line is answered 24 hours a day.
Get connected to a local plumber. Your call is answered by, or forwarded to, an independent licensed plumbing company that serves your area.
Confirm the details. The plumber tells you when they can arrive and any service or after-hours fee before coming out. You decide whether to go ahead.
Get it fixed. The plumbing company does the work and bills you directly. Any warranty on the work comes from that company.

What to Have Ready When You Call

Your address, or at least your city and ZIP code.
What is happening: where the water is coming from, or which fixture or drain is the problem.
Whether you have shut off the water or the water heater.
Whether you own the home or rent it. Renters should tell the landlord too.
A phone number where the plumber can call you back.

While You Wait

If water is leaking, close the main water shutoff.
If a drain or toilet is backing up, stop using water.
Keep people and pets away from standing water near outlets.
If you smell gas, leave the building and call the gas utility or 911 from outside.

How to find your main water shutoff

Before they come out

What to Confirm With the Plumber

A few questions on the phone save surprises later.

When they can arrive
Ask for an arrival window, not just a day. If it is an emergency, say so.
Any visit fee
Ask about service, trip or after-hours fees, and whether they count toward the repair.
Their license
Ask for the license number and look it up with your state. Our state pages link to the right board, for example Texas, California and Florida.
Who pulls the permit
For jobs that need a permit, such as most water heater replacements, the plumber should handle it.

What Same Day Plumber Does

Connects your call to an independent plumbing company in your area.
Publishes plain guides to plumbing problems and local rules.
Tells you how we are paid, on every page.

What Same Day Plumber Does Not Do

Do, supervise or guarantee plumbing work.
Set prices or give quotes. The plumber does that.
Rate or rank plumbing companies.

Money

How Same Day Plumber Is Paid

Plumbing companies and call networks pay us for the calls we send them. You pay the plumbing company, and only for work you agree to. Hearing the fees or a quote does not commit you to anything. Our advertiser disclosure has the details.

Afterward

If Something Goes Wrong After the Repair

Call the plumbing company first. It did the work, billed you and holds any warranty.
If you cannot settle it, contact the board that licenses plumbers in your state.
If a page on this site has a wrong fact or an out-of-date rule, tell us and we will fix it.

How It Works: Common Questions

Who answers when I call?

Your call is answered by, or forwarded to, an independent plumbing company that serves your area. Same Day Plumber does not send its own plumbers.

Do I pay Same Day Plumber anything?

No. Plumbing companies and call networks pay us for referrals. You pay the plumbing company, and only for work you agree to.

Can I get a price before the plumber comes out?

Ask on the call. The plumber should tell you any service, trip or after-hours fee before coming out. The full price usually depends on what they find, so ask for it in writing before work starts.

Can I call at night or on a weekend?

Yes. The phone line is answered 24 hours a day. How soon a plumber can arrive depends on your area and the time of day, and the plumber will tell you.

What if I don't like the quote?

You can say no. Hearing the fees or the quote does not commit you to anything, and you can get another quote.

Who stands behind the work?

The plumbing company that does the job. It bills you directly, and any warranty on the work comes from that company.

Not sure we cover your area? Find your city for local water, permit and repair details.