A burst pipe does damage by the minute. SWW is a local plumbing and heating firm covering Exeter and Devon — call us, we'll talk you through shutting the water off, and get to you fast.
When a pipe lets go, the order of jobs is simple: stop the water, make it safe, repair the pipe, then work out why it happened. First thing we'll do on the phone is help you find your stop tap — most Exeter homes have it under the kitchen sink or where the mains comes in. That one move can save you a ceiling.
Once we're there, we repair the burst properly rather than patching it to fail again. Older Devon homes often have a mix of copper, lead and plastic pipework, and bursts have causes — frozen runs in lofts, corroded joints, pressure problems. We fix what's burst and tell you straight if something else is waiting to go.
If water's coming out of somewhere it shouldn't, call us.
Loft and outside runs that froze and split. Repaired and lagged properly so it doesn't happen again.
Water coming through a ceiling traced back to the source and stopped before more comes down.
Pipes buried in floors and screed located and repaired with as little opening-up as possible.
Old compression and soldered joints that have finally let go, cut out and remade.
Garden taps and external runs that burst over winter, repaired and isolated for next time.
We'll talk you through isolating the water on the phone before we arrive. Every minute counts.
Turn the water off at the stop tap — usually under the kitchen sink or where the mains enters the house. Open cold taps to drain the system down, and move anything valuable out of the way. Then call us.
Burst pipes go to the front of the queue. Ring us and you'll get a straight answer on how soon we can be with you.
We repair it properly. A patch that fails a week later costs you twice. If the surrounding pipework is on its way out, we'll tell you honestly rather than leave you waiting for the next burst.
We cover Exeter and the surrounding towns across Devon — Exmouth, Crediton, Tiverton, Topsham, Newton Abbot and more.
Other plumbing and heating work we handle across Exeter and Devon.
Water getting somewhere it shouldn't but you can't see where from? We find leaks with minimal disruption.
Boiler breakdowns, no hot water and everything else that can't wait until Monday.
Corroded, sludged-up systems put strain on pipework and joints. A flush protects the lot.
Based in Exeter and covering the surrounding towns and villages across Devon.
Call, or send a few details and we'll get back to you with an honest, no-pressure quote.
Exeter · Topsham · Exmouth · Crediton · Cullompton · Tiverton · Newton Abbot · Honiton · Dawlish · Teignmouth
