Burst Pipes
Water pouring from a split pipe, a ceiling sagging after a flexi hose let go upstairs, or a damp patch spreading down a weatherboard wall. We isolate, find and repair.
Emergency Plumbing Scarborough
Plumbing Scarborough takes the calls that cannot sit until next week. Burst pipes, overflowing loos, cold tanks and gas smells, right across Scarborough and the peninsula around it, with a fixed quote before any work starts.
If we're late, $100 comes off your bill
- $0 Call-Out FeesNo extra charge for nights, weekends or public holidays
- Available 24/77 days a week, and same-day where we can
- Lifetime Labour WarrantyBacked by our Fix-It-or-It's-Free guarantee (T&Cs apply)
- Licensed and InsuredEvery job done by a licensed plumber. QBCC No: 15024607
You get licensed plumbing and gasfitting under QBCC No: 15024607, and same-day where we can. For the full picture of what we do, start on the Plumbing Scarborough home page.
When to Ring Right Now
Some jobs can wait for a booked visit and some cannot. Work out which one you have before anything else:
Water flowing out of control
close the main valve at the meter and call (07) 3067 4119 straight away.
A gas smell
leave the house and make the call from outside. Don't touch light switches or use a flame.
A slow drip or a drain that's slow to clear
it's usually fine to book in. Call (07) 3067 4119 and we'll find a time.
Night, weekend or public holiday
we're available 24/7, and there's no added charge for nights, weekends or public holidays.
If your problem sits in the first two bullets, this is the right part of the site. If it is the third, our general plumbing and drainage pages will serve you better.
Salt, Tide and Old Pipes
Scarborough occupies the northern end of the Redcliffe Peninsula with salt water on three sides, and that shapes every emergency call we take here. Three local factors do most of the work:
Salt on the fittings
Salt carried inland on the onshore breeze lands on garden taps, heater fittings and meter boxes streets away from the water, so they fail early.
Tide meeting storm
Council mapping puts the pressure on the low land near the boat harbour and behind the beach rather than on any creek, so a summer storm arriving on a rising tide is the combination that fills pits and yards.
Old earthenware drains
Cottages that went up after the Hornibrook Highway opened in 1935 carry earthenware drains that split at the joints and let roots in.
The Four Emergency Calls We Answer
Every urgent job in Scarborough falls under one of these headings, and each has its own page with the detail:
Toilet Overflowing
A loo filling past the bowl, sewage rising in a yard gully or water crossing a bathroom floor. It is usually a blockage or a failed inlet valve, and both need attention fast.
No Hot Water
A tank running cold when the household wakes up, a weeping relief valve or a system at the end of its life, in a suburb whose median age was 53.
Gas Leaks
A smell of gas inside or near the property. Leave first, call from outside, and never go hunting for the leak yourself. Our gasfitting work sits under the same QBCC licence.
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What Counts as an Emergency
The honest test is damage and danger, not inconvenience. Here is how the common calls sort:
A dripping tap
Annoying, and it can wait a day or two for a booked tap repair.
A burst pipe under a floor
Cannot wait, because every hour pushes more water into timber and plaster.
Gas
Its own category entirely. If you can smell it, that is an emergency whether the fault turns out big or small.
The safe move with gas is always the same. Get everyone out, make the call from the street, and let a licensed gasfitter find it.
Make Safe First, Then Call
There are three isolation moves worth knowing before anything goes wrong, and each one buys you time:
The water meter
Know where yours is. Turning it off stops a burst pipe or split hose dead, and the box usually sits at the front boundary, though salt can make the tap stiff.
The gas
Do not touch anything if you can smell gas. Leave the property, skip the light switches, and ring from outside.
The hot water unit
An isolating tap on the cold inlet stops a leaking tank emptying itself through the failure point.
Once the situation is contained, ring (07) 3067 4119 and tell us what you have done. A caller who has already shut the water off gives us a head start on the repair.
What Scarborough Conditions Do to an Emergency
The urgent jobs we attend here follow the suburb's geography, and two patterns stand out:
Flats stacked on the foreshore
One flexi hose rupturing upstairs can send water through the units below, so those calls carry a second urgency that a detached house on Oxley Avenue does not. Census figures put 29 per cent of local homes in flats or apartments.
Trade at the harbour
The cafes on Landsborough Avenue and the seafood businesses around the boat harbour run their waste through shared lines, so when one of those mains blocks after hours, a business is losing trade by the hour.
Our Process
- 1
Call us first
Call (07) 3067 4119 and explain what's happening in Scarborough. A few quick questions let us load the right parts for the first visit.
- 2
A flat-rate quote you approve
Flat-rate pricing with no hidden fees, agreed before any work starts. Once you approve it, we get going.
- 3
We contain the emergency
Water off, gas isolated or the overflow stopped, then the repair itself, from a split hose to a cracked earthenware branch line on one of the older streets.
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Pay your way
Use card or EFTPOS on site when the job is finished, or ask us about Fix now, pay later.
Why Choose Plumbing Scarborough
An emergency is the worst time to be guessing about who is coming, so the licence number and the price-before-work promise are on this page for exactly that reason.
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No Call-Out Fee, Day or Night
Jobs in Scarborough come with zero call-out fees, and there's no extra fee for nights, weekends or public holidays.
Fix It or It's Free
The work is backed by our Fix-It-or-It's-Free guarantee (T&Cs apply), and if we're late, $100 comes off your bill.
Lifetime Labour Warranty
Every job is handled by a licensed plumber under QBCC No: 15024607, with a lifetime labour warranty on the labour.
Licensed and Insured
Locally owned and operated, licensed and insured, with flat-rate pricing.
Emergency Help Across Scarborough
We cover Scarborough from the boat harbour to the Newport side, plus Redcliffe down the peninsula and Deception Bay on the mainland. If you are not sure whether your street is in the run, ring and ask.
Scarborough Emergency Questions
Call (07) 3067 4119What counts as a plumbing emergency in Scarborough?
Water you cannot switch off, a gas smell, a sewer backing up into the house or a flooded unit below are emergencies, and no hot water on a chilly morning usually feels like one too.
Who fixes the pipes if the problem is out on the street?
Unitywater looks after the public water mains and sewers under Scarborough's streets, while the pipes on your side of the connection belong to you and are ours to fix.
Should I turn the water off at the meter before calling?
Yes, if water is pouring in and will not stop, shut it off at the meter first, then ring (07) 3067 4119 so the plumber arrives to a dry house instead of a flooded one.
Why do burst flexi hoses happen so often in the flats near the beach?
Salt air off Moreton Bay rusts braided stainless and brass fittings sooner than inland conditions would, which makes a burst hose in a beachside unit one of our most common foreshore call-outs.
Do the low streets behind the foreshore flood from rain alone?
Not usually, because the mapping shows the risk there is tidal and storm driven, so a summer downpour arriving together with a king tide is what pushes the pits and yards past their limit.
How do I book an emergency plumber in Scarborough?
Ring (07) 3067 4119, tell us what is happening and where, and we will talk you through any make-safe steps while we get a plumber on the way, same-day where we can.
Call Now for Emergency PlumbingLet's sort it today.
Pick up the phone and call (07) 3067 4119. We're available 24/7, there are $0 call-out fees and flat-rate pricing on Scarborough jobs, and we work under QBCC No: 15024607, same-day if we can.
Current offers:
- $80 off a tap replacement. T&Cs apply. Mention this offer when booking.
- $60 off your first service. T&Cs apply. Mention this offer when booking.
- $99 off blocked drains. T&Cs apply. Mention this offer when booking.
- $220 cashback on hot water installs. T&Cs apply. Mention this offer when booking.
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To claim your $0 call-out fee, call (07) 3067 4119 today.