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Emergency plumber- have I been scammed? And what can I do?

diddlysquat23 · 2026-05-26 12:07:25

We suddenly had a huge leak coming from upstairs into our dining room on Friday morning. I had to call an emergency plumber who came within an hour. He said he can do the works but he won’t know a definite price until he takes the ceiling down and finds the cause etc. He estimated £1200-£6000 which I had to agree to as the…

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WIAWSNB Posts: 3,239 Forumite

Today at 12:26PM

I'd love to know what diddlysquate says about what took place.
DS23, how did the plumber shut off the water? And how quickly was this done?
And when did the agreement on ballpark figures come in to this - before or after he turned up? Before or after the water was shut off?

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