24/7 Emergency Plumber in Riverview, NB

A burst pipe does not check the clock. In Riverview we answer around the clock, take the details and book your appointment, whether the call comes from West Riverview in January or from Point Park on a holiday weekend. Call +1 (506) 306-2963.

Riverview in a cold snap

The Moncton A normals show a January daily average of -8.4 C and about 170 days a year with a minimum at or below 0 C (Canadian Climate Normals, Moncton A). That is a long season for pipes on outside walls, in crawl spaces and in garages nobody heats.

What By-law 400-25-02 says about frost

Section 6.3 says sewer mains and lateral sewers shall be deep enough to be protected from frost and traffic under normal conditions, to the satisfaction of the Director (Riverview by-law 400-25-02). Section 16 says no person is entitled to damages or a refund for a water supply stoppage caused by accident or frost (same by-law).

Section 6.3 speaks to sewer lines and section 16 to the supply. A freeze on the pipes inside your home is a plumbing job, and it is the one we do.

A leak in a multi-unit building

If you live in a townhouse, condo or apartment, shut off your own unit's valve first, then tell the property manager. Water from a split pipe runs through floors into the unit below, and the sooner the manager knows, the less there is to dry out.

Tell us when you call that it is a multi-unit building and whether the water is coming into your unit or out of it. That tells us whether we are fixing a pipe in your wall or in a shared one.

Burst and frozen pipe work, done in one visit

Not every after-hours call needs the same response. A pinhole at a fixture can be held with the shut-off closed until the plumber arrives. Water coming through a ceiling, or a split pipe in a wall, cannot wait, and we tell you which one you have as soon as we hear the details.

We do burst and frozen pipes, leaks and sewer line repair ourselves. The plumber stops the water, finds the cause, and explains your options. You hear the price before work starts.

A frozen pipe can look intact until it thaws, so we check for a split before we turn the water back on. Our emergency plumber page has the general first-ten-minutes advice, and the plumber in Riverview page lists what else we do in town. On the other side of the river, see the Dieppe emergency page.

What to tell us when you call

Give us the street and the nearest cross street, or a landmark such as Caseley Park at Riverview Town Hall (Wikipedia, Riverview), and say what you can see. Where is the water coming from, how fast is it moving, is it clear or brown, and is it near the electrical panel or the ceiling light? Those four answers shape what the plumber brings.

If you can reach the main shut-off, close it before you call. If you cannot find it, tell us and we will talk you through where it usually is. For a unit in a larger building, say that it is shared.

After the repair

Once the pipe is fixed, we explain what failed and why. If the pipe froze, we point to the cause, such as a cold wall, a draft or an unheated space. If it burst for another reason, we say so.

Keep a record of what happened for your insurer, including photos and the invoice, since the damage to the house is a separate matter from the repair itself.