A burst or split pipe
Water from a split or burst pipe keeps spreading through floors, walls and ceilings until the supply is stopped. The plumber you hire stops the leak and replaces the damaged length of pipe.
Emergency Plumbing in Minneapolis
Water spraying from a split pipe, sewage rising through a basement floor drain, every tap in the house dry on a January morning. Those are the problems this page covers, and a call to us puts you in touch with a plumber.
Below you will find the problems that belong here, what the city does on its side and how the permit works when a repair cannot wait.
Problems to call about straight away
Sewage rising in the basement
When sewage comes up through a floor drain, the blockage can be in your own sewer lateral or in the city sewer. The city checks its side at no charge, and the drain cleaning page explains how that works.
No water anywhere in the house
In very cold weather, no water at any faucet while the supply and main shut-off valves are open points to a frozen water service line, according to the city.
Water around the water heater
Water spreading across the basement floor from the water heater might be escaping at a fitting, at the relief valve or through the tank wall. Once the plumber you hire has found the source, you hear whether a repair will hold or a replacement heater makes more sense.
A toilet that overflows
When the bowl rises to the rim with every flush, water is not getting past something lodged in the drain beyond the toilet. Clearing that line stops the overflow, and the plumber looks at the other drains on the same run.
Emergency repairs and the city permit
Minneapolis lets an emergency repair go ahead before anyone applies for a permit. The permit application then has to be made within the next working business day.
Frozen service lines in a Minneapolis winter
Winter here is long. Minneapolis averages a January low of 10°F and spends about 149 days of a typical year at or below freezing. According to the city, a service line freezes when frost gets down as deep as the pipe, or when the basement it enters has no heat.
An inspector from the city can come out and confirm the freeze, yet the thaw or repair is paid for by the owner, who hires the contractor. The city’s prevention tip is to let cold water run from a tap on the lowest level, a stream about as thin as a pencil, until the ground has thawed, and the pipe freeze risk checker rates your own pipes.
Use leak detection for water you can hear but not find, and sewer repair when the lateral itself has failed; the home page lists the other services we can help with.
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