Plumbers in Tallaght: 24/7 Local Plumbing Across Dublin 24
Updated 11 June 2026 · DublinPlumbing
Tallaght is the biggest population centre in South Dublin, and its housing covers every era at once — 1970s and 80s estates in Old Bawn, Springfield and Kilnamanagh, 90s semis towards Firhouse and Citywest, and thousands of newer apartments around The Square and the Luas red line. Each generation of housing has its own way of springing a leak.
Our Dublin plumbing team covers all of Dublin 24, 24 hours a day, with no call-out fee and an upfront price before any work begins.
Estate homes: systems hitting middle age
The houses that built Tallaght are now 35–50 years old, and their original plumbing is reaching the end of its design life together. The pattern is consistent across Old Bawn, Aylesbury, Millbrook Lawns and Kilnamanagh: copper cylinders furred up and slow to heat, immersions failing, radiators sludged to the point where downstairs roasts and upstairs shivers, and outside taps and garden pipework that crack in the first hard frost.
These are bread-and-butter jobs for us — cylinder and immersion replacements, power flushing, new rads and valves, and re-piping short runs where old copper has pitted. Done right, the system is good for another few decades.
Apartments around The Square
Newer apartments near The Square, Belgard and the Hospital stop run pressurised systems and combi boilers — efficient, but unforgiving when neglected. Pressure that drops every few days means a leak somewhere; a tripping boiler in January is often just a frozen condensate pipe; and a dripping outlet pipe outside your hot press is a relief valve telling you something.
Because one apartment's leak is the downstairs neighbour's ceiling, we treat apartment call-outs as priority jobs: isolate fast, find the source, and give you something in writing for the management company if it's needed.
Emergencies across Dublin 24
Burst pipe at 2am, toilet blocked in a one-bathroom house, no heating with kids home — that's what the 24/7 line is for. We're around Tallaght, Firhouse, Knocklyon border and Citywest daily, so emergency call-outs typically arrive within the hour.
While you wait: shut the stopcock (under the kitchen sink in most Tallaght houses, or at the meter outside), open cold taps to drain the system, and keep water away from sockets. Then call 01 524 0871. If you smell gas, leave the house and ring Gas Networks Ireland on 1800 20 50 50 before anything else.
Fair prices, guaranteed work
Across Dublin, hourly rates of €60–€120 are normal and many firms add a call-out charge — often €120–€180 for an emergency first hour. We don't charge a call-out fee anywhere in Dublin 24, we quote before we start, and every job carries a 12-month guarantee from RGI-registered, fully insured engineers.
Not urgent? Tell us what's wrong online — a local plumber rings you back within minutes with an honest opinion and a straight price.