01 · Emergency Plumbing
Emergency Plumbing Repairs
After-hours help for pipe breaks, overflowing fixtures and sudden water damage. Typical repair bills: $250–$900.
SEE EMERGENCY PLUMBING →Licensed & Insured in Florida · Temple Terrace, FL
TEMPLE TERRACE FL PLUMBER
LEAKS, HEATERS & OLD PIPES
TEMPLE TERRACE · NORTH TAMPA · USF AREA · CARROLLWOOD · NEW TAMPA · SEFFNER · BRANDON
Tim and the crew handle pipe breaks, scaled-up water heaters, slab leaks, tired supply lines and slow drains, from the golf-course streets of the 1950s to the plats built in the 1980s. A price range comes on the call, a written number at the door, and any licensed competitor’s written quote gets beaten.
Same Day
Most Weekdays
24/7
Emergency Dispatch
Paper
Price Before Work
Free Estimate · No Obligation
WHAT IS GOING WRONG?
Name the room, what you can see and how long it has been happening.
Plumbing Company · Temple Terrace, FL 33617
A TEMPLE TERRACE FL PLUMBER WHO READS THE HOUSE BEFORE THE ESTIMATE
Temple Terrace was planned in the 1920s around a golf course and incorporated in 1925. Today the city holds about 12,000 housing units, and the median one was built in 1982. Roughly four in ten predate 1980, so the daily work mixes aging pipe, tired heaters and newer plastic.
Tim owns H.I.P. Home Service & Drain and leads the crew. The job list is emergency repairs, everyday repairs, fixture and bathroom installs, leak detection, water heater service, PEX repiping and drain cleaning. Gas lines, septic tanks, wells and sewer digging go to licensed specialists.
What We Fix
PLUMBING SERVICES IN TEMPLE TERRACE FL, SEVEN WAYS TO STOP A PROBLEM
01 · Emergency Plumbing
02 · Plumbing Repairs
Plumbing Repairs
Faucets that drip, toilets that run and low pressure traced and fixed properly. Most fixes cost $125–$350.
SEE PLUMBING REPAIRS →
03 · Installation
Plumbing Installation
Upgrading a bathroom or kitchen: new fixtures, supply lines and rough-in plumbing done right. A standard toilet, faucet or sink install: $200–$450.
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04 · Leak Detection
Leak Detection
Locating slab, wall and ceiling leaks with equipment so repairs stay small. Locating a leak costs $200–$450, credited when we fix it.
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05 · Water Heaters
Water Heater Repair & Replacement
Hard city water is tough on heaters: repair, flushing and same-day replacement. A replacement tank runs $1,200–$2,500 installed.
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06 · Repiping
Repiping (PEX)
Swapping worn-out supply pipes for PEX, room by room or the whole house. Whole-house PEX repipes run $4,500–$12,000.
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07 · Drain Cleaning
Drain Cleaning & Hydro Jetting
Slow sinks, backed-up tubs and stubborn main lines cleared by snake, camera or jetter. A single clogged fixture costs $125–$250.
SEE DRAIN CLEANING →Temple Terrace Home Guides
COSTS, OLDER PIPES AND THE RENTAL CHECKLIST
Temple Terrace FL Plumber Cost Guide
The yardstick for every job we do, plus what pushes a quote up or down.
COMPARE THE PRICES →Plumbing in Older Temple Terrace Homes
Original lines, scaled heaters and the repair-or-repipe call for mid-century ranches.
LEARN THE PIPES →Landlord Plumbing Maintenance Checklist for Temple Terrace FL
Turnover and seasonal plumbing checks for rental houses and duplexes.
WALK THE CHECKLIST →How a Visit Goes
TELL US, PICK A WINDOW, SEE THE NUMBER, THEN WE START
STEP 1
Tell Us What You See
Name the room and the symptom: a stain, a drip, a lukewarm shower. A photo of the heater’s rating label or the shutoff valve earns a ballpark on the same call.
STEP 2
Pick a Window
Same day when the schedule has room. Water that is moving right now jumps the line, whatever the hour.
STEP 3
See the Number
The tech traces the cause and puts the price on paper. The estimate costs nothing and stays good for 30 days.
STEP 4
Fix, Test, Tidy Up
The work goes in, the joints are pressure-tested and the mess leaves with us. Our 100% satisfaction guarantee covers anything still bothering you.
1920s Roots, 1950s-60s Ranches, 1980s Plats
OLDER TEMPLE TERRACE HOMES AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR PLUMBING
The census survey counts 1,260 homes from the 1950s and 1,159 from the 1960s, against 2,637 from the 1970s and 3,556 from the 1980s. Only about 200 predate 1950. County parcel records put the median Temple Terrace Estates house at 1963 and the Riverside plat at 1956, so those streets are the likeliest to carry original drain lines and older supply pipe.
The 1980s plats sit in another window: polybutylene supply pipe was sold from roughly 1978 to 1995. We treat all of this as odds and confirm each house, because pipe material belongs to the house, not the year. The older-homes guide goes deeper.
What the first visit to an older house covers
- Static pressure at a hose bib, measured against the city’s typical 55–65 psi, since a reading far above that points to a failing regulator indoors
- Supply pipe type wherever it shows: heater connections, sink cabinets, the garage wall
- Heater age, drain pan, relief-valve discharge and the scale that more than 300 mg/L hardness leaves behind
- The main shutoff and every fixture stop, turned to see whether they still close
- Stains, warm floor patches and meter movement that call for leak detection before a wall is opened
Tub-to-shower conversions in mid-century bathrooms shift drain and valve positions; the tub-to-shower article walks through. Ask City Building & Permitting about permits before work starts.
City Utility, County or Tampa
WHO TO CALL: THREE UTILITIES MEET HERE
Temple Terrace operates its own water and sewer utility. A plumber works on the house side of the meter and the cleanout. Everything beyond belongs to a utility, and which one depends on the address.
City of Temple Terrace
Water comes from the city’s own wells, and its Public Works department collects the sewer. City Hall is 813-506-6400, water questions go to 813-506-6570, and the Utilities page lists 813-506-6590 for after-hours emergencies. A backup past your cleanout is a call to the city.
Hillsborough County
County Water Resources serves most unincorporated neighbors such as Thonotosassa, Seffner and Brandon. Customer service and after-hours or weekend water and sewer emergencies share one number, (813) 307-1000.
City of Tampa
Tampa serves its own neighborhoods plus a belt of unincorporated areas around USF and Egypt Lake. The utilities call center is (813) 274-8811 on weekdays, the after-hours water line is (813) 274-7400, and the sewer emergency line is (813) 247-3451.
The borders are not tidy. Temple Crest is a Tampa neighborhood adjacent to Temple Terrace, and parts of Raintree and the east half of Riverside sit near the seam where city water meets Tampa water, so ask which utility bills your address. Our who-to-call article has the details.
Free Estimate · No Obligation
GET THE PRICE ON PAPER FIRST
Send the form (or use the contact page for text and email options) and a time window comes back. If water is crossing the floor or dripping through a ceiling, shut the main valve and phone instead.
Where We Work
PLUMBING FROM THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER OUT TO THE I-75 CORRIDOR
N 56th St, Bullard Pkwy, Fowler Ave, Busch Blvd and Fletcher Ave carry most of the driving, and I-75 exits 265 and 266 mark the east edge. From there the crew fans out into the neighborhoods below.
Temple Terrace
Tampa
USF Area
Carrollwood
New Tampa
Lutz
Egypt Lake-Leto
Thonotosassa
Seffner
Brandon
Temple Terrace Estates
Golf & Country Club Area
Riverhills
River Run & Raintree
Temple Grove Estates
Temple Terrace Riverside
Temple Crest
Forest Hills
Sulphur Springs
Lake Magdalene
All Service Areas
Temple Terrace Estates is the largest and oldest plat family, with 978 single-family parcels. Riverside has 310 homes built in the mid-1950s on low ground near the river, while Temple Grove Estates is a compact 1960s plat on the highest ground we checked. In River Run and Raintree, about 95 percent of the homes went up between 1982 and 1985. Out in Lutz and Thonotosassa, bigger lots mean longer supply runs, and wells and septic tanks go to specialists. Across the Tampa line, Forest Hills and Sulphur Springs hold older housing on Tampa utilities.
Plumbing Notebook
FROM THE TEMPLE TERRACE PLUMBING NOTEBOOK
Who to Call for Water and Sewer Problems: City of Temple Terrace, Hillsborough County or Tampa?
Water bill in hand, the meter box and the cleanout settle whether a leak or backup is the city's, the county's, Tampa's or yours.
READ THE ARTICLE →
What the City of Temple Terrace Water Report Means for Your Heater, Fixtures and Pipes
The city's report lists hardness, pressure and disinfectant. Here is how each line shows up later as scale, a failed regulator or a worn washer.
READ THE ARTICLE →
Tub-to-Shower Conversions in 1950s and 1960s Temple Terrace Bathrooms: The Plumbing Behind the Tile
Before the demolition crew arrives: where the old drain sits, how deep the valve must be and which panel to leave open for the next repair.
READ THE ARTICLE →Straight Answers
TEMPLE TERRACE FL PLUMBING QUESTIONS FROM HOMEOWNERS AND RENTAL OWNERS
A faucet cartridge, toilet rebuild, disposal swap or supply line usually costs $125–$350, a pressure regulator or pinhole-leak wall opening $350–$900, and a standard fixture install $200–$450. The price is written first and holds for 30 days. The Temple Terrace plumber cost guide lists the rest.
Dispatch is staffed 24/7. After-hours, weekend and holiday visits carry a $150–$250 dispatch charge you hear before anyone drives over, and most emergency repairs finish at $250–$900. Close the main valve first, then call; a street-side break is the utility’s to fix.
House-side leaks are plumbing. A broken main or a meter problem belongs to the utility: the city lists 813-506-6590 for after-hours water and sewer emergencies, and Tampa lists 813-274-8811 on weekdays and 813-274-7400 after hours. Not sure whose side it is? Call us and we will say so before charging anything.
The city’s 2026 water-plant master plan calls its finished water very hard, currently over 300 mg/L, or roughly 17.5 grains per gallon. Hard water tends to scale tanks and aerators faster, so a yearly flush and anode-rod check are cheap insurance. See water heater repair and replacement.
The city requires permits before work begins but its pages do not list water heaters or repipes, so we will not guess. Call City Building & Permitting at 813-506-6470 with your address and the job. Unincorporated county addresses differ: Hillsborough lists a plumbing final inspection for both.
Yes. We book around the tenant, and Florida law asks landlords for 24 hours’ notice before repair entry, emergencies excepted (general information, not legal advice). The landlord checklist lists what to check each season. The city also requires an annual rental permit.
Not from one failed joint. A repipe makes sense with pinholes in several places, polybutylene with plastic fittings, or whole-house pressure loss. A whole-house PEX job is $4,500–$12,000, so get a second quote above about $1,500. Our older-homes guide explains what we check first.
Call the utility first, because a flood-time overflow may sit in the public line. Clearing the house drain is our work, and a backwater valve is a plumbing question, but digging or lining the lateral goes to a licensed underground utility contractor. The backwater valve article goes through it.