Plumbing — Leaks
A weeping joint, a worn hose, a pierced pipe: I repair the section at fault and check what surrounds it, so the leak does not reappear somewhere else three months later.
Materials
Copper, PEX, multilayer, PVC
Priority
Active leaks dealt with urgently
Area
Paris 6th, 7th, 14th, 15th, 16th
The most common repairs.
Replacing supply hoses, fittings and seals that leak beneath a sink, a basin or a WC.
Replacing the damaged section, in soldered copper or press-fitted multilayer to match what is there.
Cartridge, washer or the whole tap: I replace what is worn, or tell you when the tap is no longer worth repairing.
Remaking a joint, a trap or an ageing PVC solvent weld, with the fall checked.
A seized or leaking valve is replaced: it is what will let you shut off the water next time.
The system is brought back under pressure, the repaired joints checked and everything cleaned up: I leave when it is dry.
From the workshop's other trades
A seal changed on a fitting that is already tired seldom lasts. I replace the part that failed and point out what may follow, so you can decide with full knowledge. All work is covered by ten-year liability insurance (garantie décennale).
Five arrondissements — the Left Bank, and the 16th just across the river — covered neighbourhood by neighbourhood. It is the area I can reach quickly, which matters when water is running.
Paris 6th Luxembourg · Rue de Rennes · Saint Sulpice · Mabillon · Raspail · Notre Dame des Champs · Odéon · Montparnasse · Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Paris 7th Invalides · Champ-de-Mars · La Tour-Maubourg · Saint-François-Xavier · Rue du Bac · Saint-Germain · Solférino · Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin · Ecole Militaire · Gros Caillou
Paris 14th Brune · Didot · Montsouris · Denfert Rochereau · Mouton Duvernet · Plaisance · Pernety · Montparnasse · Alésia
Paris 15th Necker · Saint Lambert · Vaugirard · Croix Nivert · Lecourbe · Convention · Commerce · Javel · Beaugrenelle · Grenelle
Paris 16th Trocadéro · Passy · Auteuil · La Muette · Victor Hugo · Porte Dauphine · Chaillot · Ranelagh · Exelmans · Porte de Saint-Cloud
Beyond these five arrondissements: elsewhere in Paris and the Île-de-France, depending on the project.
Tell me about the situation, with a photo if you have one. I reply the same day.