Supply line let go behind the washer at 11pm. Dispatcher gave me a real arrival window, not a shrug, and told me where my shutoff was over the phone. Van showed up in 38 minutes.
Two vans staffed overnight, every night. Flat-rate pricing quoted in writing before any tool comes out of the truck, so the number you hear on the phone is the number on the invoice — no hourly clock, no after-hours surprise, no “while we were in there”.
Live board is illustrative demo content. Wire it to your own scheduling system, or delete the panel and drop a photo of the van in here instead.
Half the calls we take at 2am could safely wait until 8am, and the other half needed the water off five minutes ago. Here is how to tell which one you have.
Water still moving means damage still spreading. Do this first, before you look for a phone.
Anything on this list gets a van tonight. Do not wait for morning and do not wait for the water to stop on its own.
Book these for a normal weekday slot and you skip the after-hours dispatch fee entirely. We will say so on the call rather than take the overtime.
Every price below is the price on the invoice. Parts, labour, permits and haul-away are already inside it. If the job turns out to be something else once we open it up, you get a new number in writing and the choice to walk away.
| Job | Typical duration | Flat rate |
|---|---|---|
| After-hours callout & diagnosisArrival, isolation of the leak and a written flat quote before any work starts.30–45 min | 30–45 min | $89 |
| Burst supply line repairCut out the failed section, sweat or crimp in new pipe, pressure test the run.1–2 hrs | 1–2 hrs | $385 |
| Frozen pipe thaw & testControlled thaw, split inspection on every exposed run, full-house pressure test.2 hrs | 2 hrs | $310 |
| Main shutoff valve replacementQuarter-turn ball valve on the house side, curb stop operated by us, not the city.2–3 hrs | 2–3 hrs | $465 |
| Slab leak locate & rerouteAcoustic locate, then an overhead reroute rather than breaking the whole slab.1–2 days | 1–2 days | $2,375 |
| Kitchen or bath drain clearingCabled from the closest accessible cleanout, camera confirmation included.45 min | 45 min | $175 |
| Main line auger through cleanoutUp to 100 ft of cable, root cutting head, flow test before we pack up.1–2 hrs | 1–2 hrs | $295 |
| Hydro-jetting, up to 100 ft4,000 psi scour for grease and scale that cabling only punches a hole through.2–3 hrs | 2–3 hrs | $525 |
| Sewer camera inspectionRecorded run with footage marks, sent to you as a file you can keep.1 hr | 1 hr | $199 |
| Tank heater, 40–50 gal, installedPermit, new flex connectors, expansion tank and haul-away of the old unit.3–4 hrs | 3–4 hrs | $1,685 |
| Tankless conversionIncludes gas resize where required, stainless venting and a condensate run.6–8 hrs | 6–8 hrs | $3,940 |
| Element or thermostat swapDiagnosis, part, and a recovery test so you know it actually holds temperature.1 hr | 1 hr | $245 |
| Whole-home PEX repipe, 2 bathManifold, home-run lines, drywall patched and textured in the same fixed price.2–3 days | 2–3 days | $6,850 |
| Copper repipe, 2 bathType L copper throughout, pressure tested at 100 psi and held overnight.3–4 days | 3–4 days | $9,400 |
After-hours dispatch fee $145 · quoted before we send a van, never added afterwards
Hourly billing pays a plumber to work slowly and pays you to watch him do it. We would rather be judged on whether the leak stopped.
Our technicians are paid the same whether a job runs ninety minutes or four hours, so nobody has a reason to stretch it. You get the number before the work, the number does not move unless the scope does, and the scope only moves with your signature on it.
Hourly figures are a blended average of three local competitors’ published rates plus a two-hour minimum. Replace with your own market numbers before launch.
Supply line let go behind the washer at 11pm. Dispatcher gave me a real arrival window, not a shrug, and told me where my shutoff was over the phone. Van showed up in 38 minutes.
Water heater died on a Saturday. Quoted $1,685 flat on the phone, charged $1,685, hauled the old tank out and swept up. Nobody tried to sell me a tankless I did not ask about.
Third company to look at the same main line. The first two cabled it and left. These guys ran a camera first, found the root intrusion at 42 feet, and jetted it properly.
Full PEX repipe on a 1961 house. Five days quoted, four days done, and the drywall patches were textured so well I cannot find them now.
Slab leak. They rerouted overhead instead of jackhammering the living room, which is what the previous quote wanted to do for twice the money.
Supply line let go behind the washer at 11pm. Dispatcher gave me a real arrival window, not a shrug, and told me where my shutoff was over the phone. Van showed up in 38 minutes.
Water heater died on a Saturday. Quoted $1,685 flat on the phone, charged $1,685, hauled the old tank out and swept up. Nobody tried to sell me a tankless I did not ask about.
Third company to look at the same main line. The first two cabled it and left. These guys ran a camera first, found the root intrusion at 42 feet, and jetted it properly.
Full PEX repipe on a 1961 house. Five days quoted, four days done, and the drywall patches were textured so well I cannot find them now.
Slab leak. They rerouted overhead instead of jackhammering the living room, which is what the previous quote wanted to do for twice the money.
The flat rate is the whole reason I called back. My last plumber billed hourly and somehow every job took four hours. This one was ninety minutes and the price was the price.
Camera inspection before a home purchase. Got the recording emailed the same evening with footage marks. Saved me from buying a $14k sewer problem.
Pipe froze in the crawl space during the January snap. They thawed it slowly and checked every other exposed run instead of just fixing the one that split.
Old gate valve would not close. Replaced it with a quarter-turn ball valve and then made me operate it myself before they left so I would know how.
Called at 6am about no hot water. They talked me through the reset button first, it worked, and they did not charge me for the call. Then I hired them for the real job in March.
The flat rate is the whole reason I called back. My last plumber billed hourly and somehow every job took four hours. This one was ninety minutes and the price was the price.
Camera inspection before a home purchase. Got the recording emailed the same evening with footage marks. Saved me from buying a $14k sewer problem.
Pipe froze in the crawl space during the January snap. They thawed it slowly and checked every other exposed run instead of just fixing the one that split.
Old gate valve would not close. Replaced it with a quarter-turn ball valve and then made me operate it myself before they left so I would know how.
Called at 6am about no hot water. They talked me through the reset button first, it worked, and they did not charge me for the call. Then I hired them for the real job in March.
A map tells you we exist. A response band tells you when somebody will be at the door, which is the only thing worth knowing while a ceiling is dripping. There is no travel surcharge anywhere on this diagram, and if you are outside it we say so on the call.
None of this needs a tool and all of it saves money. Work down the list while the van is en route — most of the difference between a $400 repair and a $4,000 restoration job happens in the twenty minutes before anybody gets there.