Good luck. You’re gonna be busy, but a lot of people are going to need your help. It’s going to be disastrous.

Here is the deal on plumbers, they all charge about the same the trick is finding the ones that know what they are doing. I have 4 plumbers numbers in my phone for various areas and scopes of work. I pay them real quick cause when you need them you need them.

Reported my broken pipe to 3 companies on Monday only one replied.
I have removed cabinets,air tested the lines and located the leak, took out drywall to expose the pipe for the plumber.he can fix and I will reinstall drywall and cabinets hopefully soon.

I called a plumber yesterday that has excellent reviews and has been in business in this area for many years. Highly recommended by everyone, including my sister who used them about 10 years ago for something.

They told me it would be a week, and the trip fee is $895. I confirmed it - I hadn't misheard what she said. Told them to never mind.

I called a different one with equal reviews. A few days and trip fee of $89 like normal. I got on their list.

$895 for a service call??? With all due respect,,,, That Plumber ought to have a pipewrench stuck up his azz.

He was doing the same thing you did when you heard $895. “No thanks.”

There will be a lot of that. These guys are going to be swamped for a month or so.

do I need to drip ALL my faucets or just one somewhere in the house? Also, I turned the water heater off because no service, actually very LOW pressure, when should I turn it back on? When pressure comes back?

Turn the water heater back on when pressure resumes, but preferable AFTER you run a bathtub fixture hot water for a while. There will likely be a lot of sediment that would clog the aerator on sink faucets, and you'll get better flow with the bath fixture. It's going to cough and spit a lot as it purges air from the tank & pipes, but this is expected and OK. When that fit subsides, it means you have a good supply of water in the tank (vs. air). At that point, it's safe to turn it on. Turning it on with more air than water in the tank can be harmful to the tank due to rapid high heat. (The water in a tank insures heat doesn't go too high too fast.)

As far as dripping water at faucets, the most important location is at the end of the plumbing run (if you have any idea how the supply is routed in your home). For any faucet, the plumbing run from the main line to the fixture is a stub, so water isn't moving in that part if the faucet isn't dripping. However, if that fixture & its' supply stub are in an above-freezing area, you shouldn't really need to drip that branch stub. Opening a cabinet door below sinks can help. Faucets with lines run in outer walls are usually more in need of a drip than those in warmer interior spaces. Moving water isn't sitting still where it can cool and freeze. More water coming from the buried pipes is warmer, so is the reason you are doing the drip. Dripping at the end of the line protects the most piping by moving water all the way to the end. Also, when dripping, do it equally for the hot AND cold lines. You need water moving in both of them.

I'm hoping and praying that I won't need you, Allen. I can definitely vouch for quality workmanship from Schlegel Plumbing. This cat knows what he is doing.

Sure am glad you don't sell gas with your 200+ post azz....

...Roofers gouge whenever they can and plumbers will too. If you have one you can trust use them. If you think you're being gouged then keep calling till you get one you feel is reasonable. The power is in your hands to pick and choose.

I work on fire suppression systems

Needed one yesterday, had a stoppage in the waste line under the house. Was here within an hour. They ended up having to pull one of my toilets and snake from there. A plumber and helper for 2 hours and only charged $207. I tipped them $100 just because.

So far we are okay but I have a neighbor that has hot water coming out the outside drain. This is not the pan overflow it is from the line with the pressure relief valve. They are going to try and get a plumber out ASAP but is there anything else they can do?

? If a plumber has to make emergency calls work overtime, Saturdays, and Sundays shouldn't that time be charged.