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Coverage: RM1, RM2, RM3, RM4, RM5, RM6, RM7, RM11, RM12, RM13, RM14 — Romford, Gidea Park, Collier Row, Harold Hill, Harold Wood, Hornchurch, Elm Park, Upminster, Cranham, Rainham, South Hornchurch and the rural-edge villages.
What this covers: every domestic and commercial plumbing need in the borough, from emergencies and leaks to bathrooms, kitchens, boilers and central heating — use the service links below to go straight to the right page.
Costs: see What plumbing costs in Havering ↓ for editorial estimates, and our London plumbing costs guide.
Jump to: Plumbing services ↓ · Whose responsibility is it? ↓ · Plumbing in Havering’s homes ↓ · By district ↓ · What it costs ↓ · FAQs ↓
Plumbing services in Havering
Every service below is covered by verified plumbers across the borough. Go straight to the one you need.
Emergencies & leaks
- Emergency Plumber — urgent help, out-of-hours make-safe
- Burst Pipe Repair — a pipe that’s split or burst
- Leak Detection — tracing a hidden leak
- Blocked Drains — drains, gullies and sewers
Everyday plumbing
Bathrooms & kitchens
Boilers & heating
Commercial
Whose responsibility is it? The Havering water map
One thing worth knowing before you call anyone in Havering: water and drainage here are split between more organisations than in most boroughs, and knowing which is which can save you a wasted call-out fee.
Fresh water is Essex & Suffolk Water. Unlike most of London, Havering’s drinking water comes from Essex & Suffolk Water, not Thames Water. Havering Council confirms they’re responsible for the supply up to and including your stopcock, reachable on 0800 526 337 for a burst or leaking main.1 Anything on your side of the stopcock — inside the property — is normally a private plumber’s job.
Sewers are mostly Thames Water — but not everywhere. The council directs foul and surface-water sewer problems to Thames Water across most of the borough, but states that in parts of Upminster, Cranham and North Ockendon, the public foul and surface-water sewers and drains are Anglian Water’s responsibility instead.2 A private drain serving only your property is the owner’s responsibility and needs a drainage contractor.
Roads, rivers and council homes have their own routes. A flooded road or blocked gully is Havering Council’s, not the water company’s; main-river and tidal flooding near the Rom, Beam or the Thames is the Environment Agency’s.3 And if you’re a council tenant, repairs that are the council’s responsibility should go through Havering’s own repairs service — the lines are 01708 434000 (daytime) and 01708 756699 (out of hours), with a four-hour target to make emergencies safe.4 The verified plumbers in this directory are for private homeowners, leaseholders and private-landlord properties.
Plumbing in Havering’s homes
Havering is an outer-London suburban borough, and that shapes the plumbing work here. According to the council’s own Character Study, the borough is characterised mostly by suburban development, with more than 50% of its land designated Green Belt — semi-detached homes, short terraces and bungalows are the predominant types, much of it built in the inter-war years by private developers.5 In practice that means more houses with gardens, lofts and external pipe runs than inner-London flats — so a Havering plumber deals with cold-water storage tanks in the loft, garden and driveway drainage, external waste runs, and the awkward retrofitted pipe routes common in 1930s stock.
It also means hard water. Essex & Suffolk Water supplies a hard-water area drawn from chalk and limestone, so limescale on heating elements, in cisterns and around taps is a routine local issue — relevant to boilers, taps and appliances. Our London hard water guide explains how to manage it.
If you’re a landlord or converting a property, note that Havering operates borough-wide Article 4 controls on HMOs: two directions in force since 13 July 2016 mean that changing a home (class C3) into a small HMO (class C4) needs planning permission. Havering Council applies Direction 1 to the wards of Brooklands, Romford Town, Heaton and Gooshays, and Direction 2 to the rest of the borough (covering flats, terraced and semi-detached houses, but not detached houses).6 Gidea Park has a further Article 4 within its conservation area — the borough has 11 conservation areas in all. An HMO licence doesn’t itself grant planning permission; the two are separate. See our landlord plumbing compliance checklist.
Find a verified plumber by district
Romford (RM1, RM2, RM7) — the borough’s busy core, mixing town-centre flats above shops with regeneration sites and a wide spread of suburban housing in Gidea Park, Rise Park and Mawneys. Flats above commercial units bring shared waste stacks and access complexity; Romford also sits at the head of the River Rom and Beam catchment, the council’s highest-priority drainage area.
Hornchurch & Elm Park (RM11, RM12) — predominantly 1930s inter-war semis, bungalows and detached houses with front gardens, including the planned 1930s community around Elm Park station. Suburban pipe routes, garden drainage and heating upgrades in older stock are the typical work here.
Upminster & Cranham (RM14) — suburban semis with larger gardens plus a band of bungalows in Cranham. This is the part of Havering where the public sewer is Anglian Water’s rather than Thames Water’s, so drainage jobs need the sewer map checked first.
Rainham, South Hornchurch & Beam Park (RM13) — a historic village core alongside the major Beam Park regeneration, sitting in the Rom, Beam and Ingrebourne catchments near the Thames marshes. New-build flats and houses sit beside older mixed stock, and parts of the area have a recorded flood history.
Harold Hill, Harold Wood & Collier Row (RM3, RM5) — Harold Hill is a planned post-war estate of family homes, maisonettes and flats; Harold Wood a mid-century commuter suburb on the Elizabeth line; Collier Row a 1930s suburban centre. Estate and block layouts affect access and shared shut-offs.
Gidea Park, Emerson Park & the rural edge (RM2, RM4) — larger detached and garden-suburb houses with private driveways and long pipe runs, plus conservation controls in Gidea Park. Out toward Havering-atte-Bower, Noak Hill, Corbets Tey and North Ockendon, homes sit on larger rural-edge plots — a verified local plumber will confirm the supply and drainage layout on site.
If you’re near the Romford / Barking & Dagenham boundary at Rush Green, confirm your postcode is RM and within Havering before booking.
What plumbing costs in Havering
The figures below are an editorial estimate only, to help you sense-check a quote — they are not regulated rates, not market data, and not a published cost survey. Always confirm the price before work starts, and see our London plumbing costs guide and how to read a plumbing quote.
| Common job (indicative) | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Standard plumber call-out / first hour | £80–£150 |
| Emergency / out-of-hours call-out | £130–£250+ |
| Replace a tap or fix a dripping tap | £80–£180 |
| Clear a blocked drain | £100–£280 |
| Boiler service | £80–£150 |
| New combi boiler supplied and fitted | £2,000–£3,500+ |
Havering is outside the central London Congestion Charge zone, but like every Greater London borough it sits inside the London-wide Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), which the TfL ULEZ scheme operates across all London boroughs (excluding the M25 itself). A non-compliant vehicle may incur the daily charge, so it’s reasonable to ask whether any emissions-zone charge is included in a quote.7
Frequently asked questions
Drinking water comes from Essex & Suffolk Water, who are responsible for the supply up to and including your stopcock.
Sewers are Thames Water across most of the borough, except in parts of Upminster, Cranham and North Ockendon where public sewers are Anglian Water’s.
Yes. Every plumber listed has had their identity, insurance and trading presence confirmed, and any plumber carrying out gas work has their Gas Safe registration verified.
VerifiedPlumbers is a directory — it connects you with verified plumbers but doesn’t carry out the work itself.
For repairs that are the council’s responsibility, use Havering Council’s housing repairs service rather than a private plumber, or you may end up paying for work the council would have done.
The emergency lines are 01708 434000 during the day and 01708 756699 out of hours.
In most cases, yes.
Borough-wide Article 4 directions mean changing a home into a small HMO needs planning permission across Havering — detached houses are the main exception outside the four central wards.
An HMO licence is separate from planning permission, so you may need both.
Yes — Essex & Suffolk Water supplies a hard-water area, so limescale on heating elements, taps and appliances is common.
It’s worth factoring into boiler and appliance care.
Related guides
- London Plumbing Costs & Compliance Guide 2026
- London Hard Water Guide
- How to Find Your Stop Tap
- London Landlord Plumbing Compliance Checklist 2026
Whether it’s a 2am burst pipe in a Hornchurch semi, a blocked drain in Upminster, or a new boiler in Harold Hill, the verified plumbers listed above cover every RM postcode in Havering — each one checked for identity, insurance and, where they work on gas, Gas Safe registration.
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Last reviewed: May 2026 by Adiel Khan — SFEDI-accredited business advisor, 20+ years’ experience (South East Enterprise Ltd) and operator of VerifiedPlumbers. LinkedIn ↗
This page is checked for compliance and regulatory accuracy against the bodies and regulations cited on it — Essex & Suffolk Water, Thames Water, Anglian Water, Transport for London and the London Borough of Havering. Source links are provided within this page where relevant.
Sources & further reading
- London Borough of Havering — Drains, flooded roads, rivers and streams (Essex & Suffolk Water responsible for supply up to and including the stopcock; 0800 526 337). https://www.havering.gov.uk/environmental-issues/hazards-pollution-flooding/6
- London Borough of Havering — Severe flooding advice: public sewers — Thames Water borough-wide, Anglian Water in parts of Upminster, Cranham and North Ockendon. https://www.havering.gov.uk/environmental-issues/hazards-pollution-flooding/8
- London Borough of Havering — council responsible for public-road drains; Environment Agency for main-river/coastal flooding. https://www.havering.gov.uk/environmental-issues/hazards-pollution-flooding/6
- London Borough of Havering — Property and Housing Services Customer Service Standards (emergency repairs made safe within four hours; 24/7/365). https://www.havering.gov.uk/downloads/file/6800/property-and-housing-services-customer-service-standards
- London Borough of Havering — Character Study (final report, August 2024) (borough characterised mostly by suburban development; more than 50% Green Belt; semis, terraces, bungalows; inter-war stock). https://www.havering.gov.uk/downloads/file/6745/havering-character-study-final-report
- London Borough of Havering — Article 4 Directions, HMOs (two directions in force 13 July 2016; Direction 1 four wards, Direction 2 rest of borough excluding detached houses). https://www.havering.gov.uk/downloads/download/130/article_4_directions_-_hmos_in_havering
- Transport for London — Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ operates across all London boroughs, excluding the M25; daily charge for non-compliant vehicles). https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone