Every home needs a plumber eventually, usually at the most awkward moment. MK Heating's plumbers cover general domestic plumbing across East London: leaks found and fixed, taps and mixers, toilets, showers, water pressure problems and burst pipes. We work in homes and businesses, quotes are free and written before work starts, and emergency call-outs run 24/7 when water is going somewhere it should not.
Plumbing jobs we handle
Leaks under sinks and behind appliances. Dripping taps and mixer tap repairs. Toilet cisterns that run constantly, leak at the base or refuse to flush properly. Shower faults, from failed valves to pumps that have given up. Low or uneven water pressure, and frozen or burst pipes in cold weather. Overflowing tanks and blocked waste pipes.
In short, if water arrives, leaves or gets heated somewhere in the building, we work on it.
Leaks and burst pipes
A leak you can see is a nuisance. A leak you cannot see is the expensive one. We trace hidden leaks, under floors, inside walls or on buried pipework, before opening anything up, so the repair stays small. Ourleak detection page explains how that works.
Burst pipes are a 24/7 job. Turn the water off at the stopcock first, then call us. Our burst pipes page lists the immediate steps that limit the damage before we arrive.
Taps, toilets and showers
Most tap problems come down to worn washers, cartridges or seals, and are fixed quickly once the right part is in hand. A toilet that keeps running wastes a surprising amount of water and usually needs a fill valve or flush valve rather than a whole new toilet. Shower work covers failed thermostatic cartridges, mixer valves and shower pumps. If you are refreshing a bathroom, we can quote the plumbing side of that too.
Water pressure too low or all over the place
Poor pressure has a short list of usual causes: a partially closed stopcock, limescale narrowing old pipework, a failing pressure reducing valve, or a system never designed to feed as many outlets as it now does. We measure what you actually have, find the cause, and fix that. Some pressure problems need a pump; some just need the right valve set correctly, so it pays to diagnose before buying anything.
Old pipework and awkward little jobs
East London has plenty of Victorian and Edwardian houses, and their plumbing shows it: shared supply pipes, tanks in odd corners, stopcocks that have not turned in years. We take on that kind of work too, from freeing a seized stopcock to replacing pipe sections that are throttling the supply. And if a job is small, we will price it as a small job rather than dress it up into something bigger.
When it becomes an emergency
A leaking joint under the sink can wait for a booking. Water pouring through a ceiling cannot. If a plumbing problem is actively causing damage or has left you without water, call 07950 619 002 and we will treat it as the emergency it is, at any hour. Ouremergency plumbing page covers what to do in the first few minutes.
Frequently asked questions
Do you charge for quotes?
Quotes are free, and any work we price is quoted in writing before it starts, so you can compare it properly.
Are you available for emergency plumbing at night?
Yes. Emergency call-outs run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for burst pipes, uncontrolled leaks and similar urgent problems.
Do you work on commercial plumbing?
Yes, we cover businesses as well as homes across East London. Tell us what the premises need and we will quote for it.
Can you find a leak without pulling the floor up?
Usually, yes. We trace leaks using the symptoms, the pipework layout and where the water is showing, and only open up where the evidence points. Finding the leak first keeps the repair small.
My taps splutter and the boiler keeps locking out. Is that connected?
It can be. Air in the pipes or a supply problem feeding the boiler causes spluttering taps and boiler lockouts together. It is worth having both checked in one visit.
Which areas do you cover?
We cover 22 neighbourhoods across East London, including Stepney, Bethnal Green, Canary Wharf, Hackney and Shoreditch.
Want to check your street? See theareas we cover across East London, or look at our boiler and heating services if the problem sits with the boiler rather than the pipework.