A licensed plumber answers the phone at 3am the same way we answer it at 3pm. Plumbing and septic, residential and commercial, every day of the year.
From the bathroom floor they look identical. You shouldn't have to work out which one it is before you can ask for help, and in Tampa guessing wrong costs you a day waiting on the other trade. We're licensed for both. Whatever it turns out to be, the crew that shows up finishes the job.
Call (727) 626-0889Burst pipes, blocked drains, failed water heaters, leaks you can hear but cannot find, and full repipes on older Tampa homes.
Tank pumping, alarms going off at night, soggy ground over the drain field, and full system replacement when a tank has reached the end of its life.
These are the problems Tampa homeowners and property managers call us about most often, and what is usually going on underneath them.
A pipe that is leaking inside a wall or under a slab rarely announces itself until the damage is done. The US Environmental Protection Agency estimates that household leaks waste nearly 10,000 gallons of water per home each year, and in Tampa that water often tracks along a slab before it ever reaches a surface you can see. We locate it before opening anything up.
Easy to ignore, expensive to leave. The EPA calculates that a single drip per second adds up to roughly 3,000 gallons a year, and a toilet with a failed flapper can quietly run through far more than that. These are small repairs that pay for themselves on the next bill.
Water heating is one of the largest energy loads in a home, around 17 percent of household energy use according to the US Department of Energy. When a unit fails it is worth knowing whether you are looking at a heating element, a thermostat, sediment build up or a tank that has corroded through, because only one of those means replacement.
Sewage coming back up into a shower or tub is the one problem that genuinely cannot wait. Drain and sewer blockages are the single most common emergency call we take, based on our own job records, and in older Tampa neighborhoods the cause is frequently root intrusion or a collapsed section rather than anything you put down the drain.
If your alarm is sounding, something in the system has stopped keeping up. Florida relies on onsite systems more than most states, with roughly 2.5 million Florida households on septic according to state environmental data. An alarm can mean a full tank, a failed pump, or a drain field that is no longer accepting water, and those are three very different repairs.
Two specific pipe problems dominate older Tampa housing. Cast iron drain lines, standard in homes built before roughly 1975, corrode from the inside out in Florida's humidity and soil. Polybutylene supply lines, common in homes built between about 1978 and 1995, are now a routine flag during insurance inspections. Both are replaceable, and both are better handled before they fail.
Residential and commercial, from a single blocked toilet to a full drain field replacement.
Available every hour of every day, including holidays, for problems that are actively causing damage.
Learn moreBlocked sinks, showers, toilets and main lines, cleared mechanically or with high pressure water.
Learn moreHigh pressure scouring for grease, scale and root mass that a cable machine will not fully clear.
Learn moreDiagnosis, element and thermostat work, tank flushing, and replacement when repair is not economic.
Learn moreInstallation, descaling and repair of on demand units, including gas line and venting work.
Learn moreAcoustic and thermal location of hidden leaks so we open up one spot rather than guessing.
Learn moreIsolating the break, stopping the water, and repairing or replacing the failed section.
Learn moreRoot intrusion, bellied lines, collapsed sections and full lateral replacement.
Learn moreLining and pipe bursting that replaces a line without trenching the whole yard.
Learn moreReplacing failing supply lines throughout a property, including polybutylene and galvanized.
Learn moreReplacing corroded cast iron drain lines in homes built before the mid 1970s.
Learn moreRemoving poly B supply pipe that insurers increasingly flag during inspection.
Learn moreScheduled and emergency pump outs for residential and commercial tanks.
Learn moreDiagnosing why the alarm is sounding, from float switches to failed pumps.
Learn moreRestoration and full replacement when a field stops accepting effluent.
Learn moreRestaurants, retail, offices and multi unit properties, including grease traps and lift stations.
Learn moreSee the full list of services and the areas of Tampa we cover
4.7 out of 5 across 1,179 Google reviews. A few of them, in full.
★★★★★
We had to replace our main water line on rather quick notice, which was no easy feat with a 300 plus stretch of various tree roots, sprinkler lines, and pool lines in the way. Tampa Bay Plumbers, Mike Benson and crew did a fantastic job of avoiding breaking all obstacles and laying a new line quickly and professionally.Gina Shannon
★★★★★
I live in a townhouse and was never able to find a clean out. Michael had to go on the roof to scope it and found my pipe and clean out in my neighbor's yard. He came back and had to remove my neighbor's palm tree and many roots from an Oak to replace the pipe and clean out, which he replaced with an extended pipe so it can be easily found in the future.Victoria D. Karr
★★★★★
I needed to have the water heater in my house replaced urgently. I called TB Plumbers, and they dispatched a tech (Jason) immediately. He gave me a quote, which was reasonable. TB Plumbers (David) improved on their initial quote, and I went with them. Jason did a superb job with the replacement.Mark Mekki
Volume matters more than a rating on its own. A perfect score from twenty reviews tells you very little; 4.7 out of 5 across 1,179 Google reviews reflects thousands of jobs over many years, including the ones that went wrong and how we handled them. Every review is public, unfiltered and attached to a real Google profile, and you can read the critical ones alongside the good.
We hold Florida Certified Plumbing Contractor license CFC1425985 and run septic work as a full service line, not a sideline. That combination is rare here. It means a sewage backup gets diagnosed properly the first time, whether the cause turns out to be a blocked lateral, a full tank or a saturated drain field, without a second company and a second diagnostic charge.
Plenty of companies advertise emergency service while publishing office hours that stop at six. Our line is staffed every hour of every day, weekends and holidays included. When you call at two in the morning you reach somebody who can take the details and get a licensed plumber moving, rather than an answering service that logs a message for the morning.
Photos from our own jobs around Tampa, sorted by the kind of work rather than by customer. Nothing here is stock and nothing is borrowed from a catalogue.
We work out of Johns Road in Tampa, covering the city and the surrounding Hillsborough County area for residential and commercial customers. The work runs from a single blocked toilet through to replacing a drain field or repiping an entire house.
The approach is straightforward. We tell you what is actually wrong, what it will take to fix, and what it will cost before we start. If a repair will hold and a replacement is not necessary yet, we say so. If we are not the right company for a job, we say that too.
More about the company and our license or look through photos of our work.
We cover the city of Tampa and the immediately surrounding Hillsborough County area. If you are not sure whether you are inside it, call and ask.
Yes. Our phone line is staffed around the clock, every day of the year, including weekends and holidays. When you call at 3am you reach a person who can take the details of your problem and get a licensed plumber moving, not a voicemail box or an overflow answering service.
Yes, and that combination is unusual in this market. Most Tampa plumbing companies do not touch septic systems, and most septic companies do not do general plumbing. We run both, so a single call covers a blocked drain, a failing water heater, a septic alarm or a drain field problem.
Anything actively causing damage or making the property unsafe or unusable. Burst or leaking pipes, sewage backing up into the house, no water at all, a gas smell near a line or appliance, a septic alarm sounding, or a water heater leaking onto the floor. If you are unsure, call and describe it. We will tell you honestly whether it needs attention now or can wait.
It depends on the time of day, where you are in Tampa, traffic and how many emergencies are already in progress. Rather than quote you a number that may not hold, we will tell you honestly when we can be there when you call, and we will tell you if another company could get to you sooner.
Yes. Tampa Bay Plumbers LLC holds Florida Certified Plumbing Contractor license CFC1425985 and carries insurance. You are welcome to verify the license through the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation before any work begins.
Yes, financing is available. Repipes, drain field replacements and sewer line work can be significant jobs, so we offer options to spread the cost. Terms depend on the job, its size and your circumstances, so ask when you call and we will walk you through what applies to your situation.
Describe what is happening and we will tell you straight away whether it needs a plumber now or can wait until morning.
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