King County
Emergency plumbers in Seattle
37 public listings with a locked phone. You call them. We do not book the job.
Seattle: city problem or your problem?
- Water from the street, or the main is broken
- That is Seattle Public Utilities. Their Operations Response Center answers 24 hours a day at (206) 386-1800. That covers sewer backups, water pipe breaks, outages, hydrant leaks and street flooding. (Seattle Public Utilities — Emergencies)
- You cannot close your main valve
- SPU customers can call (206) 386-1800 and a crew will turn off water at the meter for a service charge. Then call a plumber for the pipe on your side.
- Side sewer work
- Many Seattle sewer jobs touch the side sewer, the line from your house to the city main. Side sewer permits and inspections run through SPU: (206) 684-5362. (SPU contacts)
- Plumbing permits
- Inside Seattle, plumbing and gas-piping permits come from Public Health – Seattle & King County, not SDCI. (Public Health – Seattle & King County — Plumbing and gas piping permits)
Checked against the official pages linked above on 2026-10-08. Numbers change, so confirm on the utility’s site.
This page lists 37 emergency plumbers that serve Seattle. Each one came from a public Google Business Profile or the business’s own website. We have not inspected anyone’s work, so check the license and ask questions before you hire.
Check the license before anyone starts
Washington plumbing contractors register with L&I, and the plumbers doing the work hold L&I plumbing certificates. Search the company or the plumber by name or license number on Washington L&I — Verify a Contractor, Tradesperson or Business before you let anyone open a wall.