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Plumbing referral service · Michigan live now, more states opening

Tell us what is wrong. We send your request to one plumbing company in your city.

A slow drain and a broken pipe are different calls with different bills. Pick the job and add your ZIP code, and we pass the request to a single plumbing company that serves it. You agree the price with that company, and before work starts you can ask for its license number and look it up on your state's license lookup.

Water you cannot stop, sewage coming up, or a gas smell: close the main valve if you can reach it, leave the house if you smell gas, and use the form with Emergency ticked. Send an emergency request
  • One company gets your requestNo list of bidders: the company that receives your request is the one that calls, and the consent line on the form says so before you send anything.
  • Your state's rules, in plain wordsLicensing, permits, the 811 dig-notice rule and the plumbing code your state has adopted, each with a link to the government page it came from.
  • Estimates, marked as estimatesEvery cost table says what it is built from: wages the government reports, permit fees from a city's own schedule, and prices companies publish on their own sites, each with its source and the date we read it.

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Free to use. Three short steps: the job, the place, then how to reach you.

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We check whether a company serves your ZIP before we ask for your phone number.

Free to use. The plumbing company that receives your request pays us; you never do. How it works

101city pages so far, each written from that city's own records (Michigan, live now)
11plumbing jobs explained, with what to try first
15guides, each with its sources listed at the bottom
1company receives your request, named in the consent line before you send it
Services

The 11 jobs we cover, and what each one involves

Each service page covers what a plumber does on the job, the cost evidence for your state, when it cannot wait and when it needs a permit. Where no source turned up, the page says so rather than guessing.

All 11 services
Emergency plumberDrain cleaningWater heater repairWater heater replacementSewer line repairLeak repair
How it works

How a request becomes a phone call

Three steps, with nothing for sale at the end. We are a referral service: we do not do the work, hold a plumbing license or set prices. The plumbing company that receives your request pays us, and you never do.

How we are paid
  1. 01

    Pick the job and add your ZIP code

    One tap for the job, then five digits. If no company we send to serves your ZIP, the form says so now, before it asks for your phone number.

  2. 02

    Say how to reach you

    Name, phone and email go on the last step, with a line beside each saying why we ask. Only the company that gets your request is meant to call the number you give.

  3. 03

    One company calls

    It names its own price and you can say no. If nobody calls, no company took the job, and the license lookup and guides on this site are the next step.

Tools

Three tools you can use before you give a phone number

Each answers a question people tend to have before they ask for a quote, and none asks for your name.

Clog severity ladder

Two taps tell you whether a clog is one fixture, a shared branch or the main line, what to try first, and when it is a sewer backup instead.

Clog severity ladder: fixture, branch and main lineLook at the three copper dots on the drain system. One dot at a single fixture is a small job, one on a branch shared by several fixtures costs more, and one on the main line to the street costs the most.Clog severity ladder: fixture, branch and main lineLook at the three copper dots on the drain system. One dot at a single fixture is a small job, one on a branch shared by several fixtures costs more, and one on the main line to the street costs the most.1 · one fixture2 · several fixtures3 · main line, to the street
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Water heater: repair or replace

Age, fuel, type and symptom in, a direction out: repair, replace or get a diagnosis, with Michigan permit and license notes and no made-up cut-offs.

Water heater age bar from 0 to 20 years with repair, decide on condition and replace zonesLook at where the tank sits on the bar. Under 10 years, repair usually makes sense. From 10 to 15 years is the Department of Energy's typical service life, so decide on the tank's condition. Past 15 years, replacement is usually the better spend.Water heater age bar from 0 to 20 years with repair, decide on condition and replace zonesLook at where the tank sits on the bar. Under 10 years, repair usually makes sense. From 10 to 15 years is the Department of Energy's typical service life, so decide on the tank's condition. Past 15 years, replacement is usually the better spend.RepairDecideReplace05101520 yearsCheck the age on the tank label firstUnder 10 years: repair usually makes sense10 to 15 years: DOE's typical service life,decide on conditionPast 15 years: replaceZones are a guide, not a rule
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Know your shutoff

How to find and test your main water valve and fixture stops, what to do if you smell gas, and what a camera inspection shows before anyone digs.

Where the main water shut-off valve sits in a basement, slab and crawl space houseLook for the copper dot in each of the three house types. In a basement house it is on the front wall; on a slab it is in a utility closet near the water heater; in a crawl space it is on the wall where the line enters.Where the main water shut-off valve sits in a basement, slab and crawl space houseLook for the copper dot in each of the three house types. In a basement house it is on the front wall; on a slab it is in a utility closet near the water heater; in a crawl space it is on the wall where the line enters.BasementSlabCrawl spaceCopper dot = main valve
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Coverage

Your city, with its own page

Each city page names the permit office and the water source, reports what the utility says about lead lines, and says plainly where we could not find an answer. Michigan's 101 cities are live now; other states are opening.

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Guides

Guides written for the houses in your state

The guides cover permits, frozen pipes, sump pumps, sewer backups and checking a license, and each lists its sources at the bottom.

All guides
For plumbing companies

Plumbing companies: receive these requests

If you run a plumbing company in a state we cover and want homeowner requests for the work and ZIP codes you choose, the partner page explains what we send and how to apply.

See the partner pageWe keep the license number you give us on file.See the partner pagesupport@plumbermatchusa.com
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