Emergency Plumber
Burst pipes, sewage backing up, no water in the house. We answer the phone at 2am and roll a truck the same night.
Read moreDecatur · Iowa
Plumbing in Decatur runs the full range - century-old homes with galvanised supply lines and clay sewer tile, newer builds out toward the edges of the surrounding area, and businesses that cannot afford to close for a day. We work on all of it, with trucks stocked for the failures we see here most: water heaters, main line backups, frozen and split pipes, and leaks nobody can find.
Whether it is a clogged drain emergency, a water heater leaking into the pan, a sewer backup coming up a floor drain or a slab leak nobody can locate, it is work we do in Decatur every week.
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(833) 435-9778Answered 24 hours a day, including weekends and holidays.
Call (833) 435-9778Everything below is available in Decatur, day or night, at the same flat pricing we use everywhere else in the state.
Burst pipes, sewage backing up, no water in the house. We answer the phone at 2am and roll a truck the same night.
Read moreSlow sinks, gurgling tubs and clogged main lines cleared with a cable or a jetter, then camera-checked so it stays clear.
Read moreNo hot water, not enough of it, or a puddle under the tank. Diagnosed and repaired the same day where the tank is worth saving.
Read moreOld tank out, new tank in, usually inside a morning. Correct venting, new flex lines, expansion tank and a permit where the city wants one.
Read moreEndless hot water and a wall back in your basement, done with the gas line and venting sized properly rather than hoped at.
Read moreWater shut off, the split section cut out and replaced, and the line pressure-tested before we leave. Any hour, any day.
Read moreAcoustic and thermal leak detection that finds the pipe before we open the wall, then a proper repair rather than a patch.
Read moreRoot intrusion, collapsed clay and bellied lines repaired by trenchless lining where the pipe allows and open cut where it does not.
Read moreHigh-pressure water that scours grease, scale and roots back to bare pipe wall instead of drilling a hole through them.
Read moreA recorded look down the line before you buy a house, or before anyone quotes you for digging up the yard.
Read moreRunning, rocking, leaking or overflowing. Rebuilt in an hour or replaced with a new pan set on a fresh flange and wax.
Read moreThe one pump in the house that only matters on the worst night of the year. Tested, repaired, replaced and backed up.
Read moreGas smell, a leak on the meter side, or a new run for a range, dryer, grill or garage heater. Pressure-tested every time.
Read moreWhole-house repipes and main water line replacement when patching galvanised or polybutylene has stopped making sense.
Read moreIowa water is hard. A properly sized softener protects the water heater, the fixtures and everything you wash.
Read moreRestaurants, salons, clinics, offices and shops. Scheduled around your hours so a plumbing problem never closes your doors.
Read moreThawed safely, checked for splits as it comes back, and the run insulated or rerouted so next winter is quieter.
Read moreHumming, jammed, leaking or dead. Freed and repaired where it is worth it, swapped where the motor has gone.
Read moreDripping faucets, failing shower valves, dead shutoffs and new fixture installs done without wrecking the finish.
Read moreAnnual testing, repair and documentation for irrigation systems, commercial buildings and fire lines.
Read moreA sump pump in Decatur sits idle for months and then has one important night. That is usually also the night the power flickers. We check the float, the check valve and the discharge line, and we talk to most Decatur homeowners about a battery backup, because an unbacked pump and a storm outage is how basements flood here.
Plenty of Decatur homes still run their waste out to the street through clay tile with a joint every few feet, and roots find every one of them. Cast iron scales shut from the inside instead. Either way, a main line that backs up twice in a year is telling you something a camera can confirm in twenty minutes.
The runs that fail in Decatur are predictable: supply lines in exterior walls, anything crossing an unheated crawl space, and hose bibs left connected in November. Ice rarely bursts the pipe where it forms - it bursts it downstream where the pressure has nowhere to go, which is why the damage often shows up somewhere that never froze.
Billybob Plumbing covers Decatur and the surrounding communities. Call for service anywhere in the area.
You get a person, not a queue. Describe what is happening and we will tell you whether it needs someone now or can wait until morning.
We tell you when a truck will be there and we call you if that changes. No four-hour windows and no silence.
The job is quoted flat once we have seen it. You agree to that number first, and it does not move if the work runs long.
We test what we repaired under real conditions, tidy the area, and tell you plainly what failed and what to keep an eye on.
★★★★★
They came out to a rental I own after hours because the tenant had no water. Kept me updated by phone the whole time even though I was three hours away.
Constance A. · Decatur, IA
★★★★★
Third plumber we called about a main line that kept backing up. First two just cabled it and left. These guys ran a camera, showed me the cracked joint on the screen, and lined it. Two years and no problems since.
Priya N. · Decatur, IA
★★★★★
Our old cast iron stack was scaled almost shut. They jetted it and the difference was obvious immediately. Showed me before and after footage.
Wendell A. · Decatur, IA
We run statewide, so being outside a metro does not mean waiting longer or paying more.
Yes. Restaurants, salons, clinics, offices, churches and multi-tenant buildings across Decatur. We schedule outside trading hours at no extra cost so a repair does not cost you a day of business.
No. A call at 2am on a Sunday costs the same as the same job at 2pm on a Wednesday. No overtime rate, no holiday surcharge, no emergency premium.
Often we can narrow it down, and sometimes we can tell you it is something you can fix yourself in five minutes. We would rather do that than send a truck you did not need.
For anything involving running water, shut the main valve off and open the lowest faucet in the house to drain the pressure. For a gas smell, get everyone outside first and call from there. For a backup, stop using every fixture in the house, not just the one that is blocked.
Yes, most Decatur calls are handled the same day, and genuine emergencies - flooding, sewage backups, no water, gas smells - get moved to the front of the queue immediately.
Almost always. Our Decatur line is answered around the clock, including nights, weekends and holidays. Call (833) 435-9778 and we will tell you honestly how soon a truck can be at your address rather than giving you a vague window.
Call and talk to a plumber. You will get a real arrival window before you hang up, and a flat price before any work starts.
(833) 435-9778