Plumbing Services Dubai
Water is the one fault that gets worse while you decide what to do about it. A drip under a sink is a washer. The same drip found three weeks later is a swollen carcass, a stained ceiling below, and a conversation with somebody else’s insurance.
We cover leak detection, blocked drains, pipework, water heaters, pumps and every fitting in a bathroom or kitchen, for villas, apartments and commercial properties across Dubai.
- Emergency line answered 24 hours
- Leaks traced before anything is opened
- Villas, apartments and commercial
- Priced before the work starts
What we get called out for
Plumbing in Dubai has its own patterns. Hard water, high pressure, buildings with pumps and tanks, and bathrooms that were fitted fast during a construction boom.
A leak you cannot find
A damp patch, a bill that has climbed, or a meter that turns with every tap closed. We trace it with acoustic and thermal equipment before anything gets opened up, because guessing means cutting a wall that did not need cutting.
UsuallyTraced, then opened once
Blocked drains and slow water
Kitchen lines fill with grease, bathroom lines with hair and soap. Machine cleared rather than dosed with chemicals, which soften the blockage for a week and attack the pipe for years.
UsuallyCleared mechanically
No hot water
Usually the element or the thermostat, occasionally scale, and sometimes a heater that has simply reached the end. In Dubai a heater on hard water without a flush has a shorter life than the box promises.
UsuallyElement, thermostat or scale
Pressure that has dropped
In a villa this is usually the booster pump or its pressure switch. In a flat it can be a building matter, and knowing which before you spend anything is the useful part.
UsuallyPump, switch, or the building
A running or blocked toilet
A cistern that never stops filling wastes more water than any dripping tap and shows up on the bill quietly. Usually an inlet valve or a flush seal, and rarely a long job.
UsuallyValve or flush seal
Fittings that need replacing
Taps, mixers, showers, sinks, bidets, washing machine and dishwasher connections. Supplied and fitted, or fitted to something you have already bought.
UsuallySupply and fit, or fit only
Doing the whole bathroom instead
How a plumbing call runs
The order matters. Find the fault, agree the price, then open something up. Reversing the first two is how a small job turns into a large invoice.
For anything actively flooding, turn the water off at the isolator or the main and phone rather than message. The line is answered around the clock.
- 1
Stop the damage
On an emergency the first job is isolation. Water off at the nearest valve, and the immediate mess contained before anyone starts diagnosing.
- 2
Find the actual fault
Acoustic listening, thermal imaging and pressure testing for hidden leaks. Camera survey for a drain that keeps coming back after it has been cleared.
- 3
Quote what it needs
Scope, parts and labour, agreed with you before work starts. If opening a wall reveals something worse, you hear about it then, not on the invoice.
- 4
Repair, test and make good
The repair is pressure tested, the drain run under load, and any wall or tiling opened is made good rather than left for someone else.
Worth doing before you call
Two minutes on this list often shortens the visit, and occasionally means you do not need one.
- Turn the water off at the isolator under the fitting
- Check whether it is only hot water or both
- Look at the meter with every tap closed
- Find out if neighbours have the same problem
- Take a photograph of the damp patch and its spread
- Have the tank or heater model number to hand
The leak that is not yours
In an apartment, plenty of the water that reaches you belongs to somebody else. A stain on your ceiling is usually the flat above. A wet patch on a shared wall can be the riser, which is the building’s pipe and the building’s responsibility.
Finding out whose it is before you pay to fix it is worth the call on its own. We test, tell you what we find, and put it in writing if you need something to take to the management company.
The same applies in reverse. If the leak is genuinely yours and it is reaching a neighbour, the sooner it is documented and repaired the shorter that conversation gets.
What people book with this
Electrical
Tripping boards, sockets, lighting, wiring faults and new circuits.
Handyman
The small jobs. Shelves, doors, curtain rails, TV mounts, locks and hinges.
Renovation
Bathrooms, kitchens and whole flats, run by one team from strip-out to handover.
Tiling
Floor and wall tiling, regrouting, and replacing tiles that have lifted.
We also cover plumbing, electrical, handyman, painting, carpentry, tiling and renovation. An annual maintenance contract puts the lot on one schedule, or see everything we do.
Where our technicians go
Across the whole city, from the Marina and Downtown out to Mirdif, Al Barsha and the newer communities. If your building is not listed it does not mean we do not come.
New Dubai
- Dubai Marina
- Jumeirah Lakes Towers
- Palm Jumeirah
- Jumeirah Beach Residence
- Emirates Hills
- The Greens and The Views
- Discovery Gardens
- Dubai Media City
Central Dubai
- Downtown Dubai
- Business Bay
- DIFC
- Al Barsha
- Jumeirah
- Umm Suqeim
- Al Quoz
- Trade Centre
Old Dubai
- Deira
- Bur Dubai
- Al Karama
- Al Nahda
- Mirdif
- Al Qusais
- Oud Metha
- Garhoud
Outer communities
- Arabian Ranches
- Jumeirah Village Circle
- Dubai Silicon Oasis
- Dubai Sports City
- Damac Hills
- Motor City
- Dubai Hills Estate
- International City
Questions we get asked on the phone
Can you come out at night for a burst pipe?
Yes. The emergency line is answered around the clock and a plumber is dispatched on the call. Before we arrive, shut the water off at the main if you can reach it safely. Every hour of running water is more damage to a property, and in a tower it is more damage to somebody else’s as well.
How do you find a leak without breaking walls?
Acoustic listening equipment picks up the sound of water escaping under pressure through tiles and screed. Thermal imaging shows where a hot line is losing water. Pressure testing isolates which section of pipe is failing. Between them we can usually put the opening within a small area rather than chasing a pipe across a room.
Why does my drain keep blocking after it was cleared?
Because clearing a blockage and fixing the cause are different jobs. A line that blocks repeatedly usually has a fault: a section with no fall, a joint that has dropped, or damage. A camera survey shows which, and then it can actually be put right rather than cleared again every few months.
Is my water heater worth repairing?
Usually yes if it is an element or a thermostat, and usually not if the tank itself has corroded through, because the tank is the heater. Age matters too. Dubai water is hard and a heater that has never been flushed scales up, which shortens its life and is worth knowing before you spend on a repair.
Do you work on villa water tanks and pumps?
Yes, and in a villa they are the two things most likely to be neglected. Tanks need cleaning, pumps have a pressure switch and a diaphragm that wear, and low pressure at every tap in the house is nearly always one of the two rather than a problem with the pipework.
Can you install a fitting I bought myself?
Yes. Fit only is a normal request. Buy the fitting, keep the box and the paperwork, and we will install it and warranty our work on it.
Tell us what the water is doing
Where it is coming from, how long it has been happening, and whether it is hot, cold or both. That is enough to send the right plumber with the right kit.