Emergency Plumber in Tempe, We Answer at 2 AM
Water doesn't wait for business hours. We pick up live when you call, day or night.
Tempe stopped spreading outward in the 1970s, so most of what needs fixing here is original to a house that already existed. Census figures put 24.2 percent of Tempe's housing in the 1970s and another 21.9 percent in the 1980s. Pipe that age does not wait for business hours.
Why Tempe Homes Need an After-Hours Number
Tempe runs flat. The city floor sits around 1,163 feet downtown, and apart from Hayden Butte at 1,495 feet and the buttes along the west edge, there is no slope anywhere to carry water off a lot. Water that gets loose indoors stays where it lands until somebody closes a valve. The good news is that closing it and stopping the leak is work Tempe's Building Safety Division does not require a permit for, so the first hour of an emergency belongs to the repair rather than to a counter at City Hall. There is no septic anywhere inside the city limits either, so whatever leaves the house at 2 AM is heading into the municipal system and the problem is almost always in the short run between the house and the main. One more thing that shapes these calls: 57.7 percent of Tempe's occupied homes are rented, so the person standing in the water is often not the person who owns the house. We work with whoever is on the phone and price it for whoever is paying.
Tempe is one of the shorter drives on our map, about 15 to 30 minutes from our Phoenix office depending on the hour and the route. Same-day service on most jobs.
You pay for the diagnosis and the repair. The price is set before we start any work. We're licensed, bonded, and insured in Arizona.
Not sure whether what you're dealing with counts as an emergency, or what to do while you wait? Our full emergency plumber guide lists exactly what qualifies and the steps to take right now, and they apply the same way in Tempe as anywhere else in the Phoenix metro.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our Phoenix office is on Thomas Road, and the run from there into Tempe takes roughly 15 minutes in a quiet hour and closer to 30 in a bad one. Same-day service on most jobs is the policy, and a line that lets go at night is exactly the call it was written for.
Not for stopping the leak. Tempe's Building Safety Division lists minor work like stopping a leak or clearing a stoppage as work that needs no permit, so the repair can start when we get there. The line gets crossed when the job becomes a repipe, a water heater changeout, a fixture replacement or a sewer connection, and those have to be pulled by a licensed plumbing contractor.