Emergency Plumbing

A plumbing emergency is mostly a race against water. The most useful thing you can know at 2am isn't a phone number — it's where your main shut-off is, because the ten seconds it takes to close it often decide whether you're drying a floor or replacing it. These guides cover the calls that genuinely can't wait: a supply line that let go, a sewer backing up into a tub, a water heater emptying itself onto a slab. What to check, what to shut off, what not to touch while you wait. What you won't find is a promised arrival time in print — anyone publishing one is selling, not informing.