English-Speaking Plumber in Montparnasse, Paris 14th

The 14th has a split personality when it comes to plumbing. Around Gare Montparnasse and the Tour Montparnasse you've got post-war blocks rebuilt in the 1960s and 70s; a few streets south, on Rue Daguerre or near Parc Montsouris, you're back in calmer Haussmann apartments and old artists' studios. When water starts coming through the ceiling of a top-floor flat near Denfert-Rochereau, the last thing you want is to explain a flood in French.

Call Emergency Plumber Paris and an English-speaking agent takes your details and your location in the 14th, then we line up a vetted independent plumber from our local network and agree a price with you before any work begins.

Common plumbing problems in Montparnasse

Because the 14th spans so many building eras — Haussmann apartments, the concrete towers and slabs around the station, converted glass-roofed artists' studios (ateliers) in the old artist quarter, and the student housing along the Cité Universitaire edge — the pipework varies wildly from one address to the next. The jobs we're called to most often here include:

• Burst or leaking pipes — limescaled copper and ageing joints in 1960s–70s blocks and older Haussmann flats that finally give way, often behind a wall or under a sink.
• Water through the ceiling from the flat above (a dégât des eaux) — very common in the stacked towers and slabs around the station.
• Blocked drains and toilets — narrow waste pipes off Rue Daguerre that clog with grease, limescale and the wrong things being flushed.
• Student & short-let problems — no hot water or a flooding bathroom in a furnished let near the Cité Universitaire, with a landlord who's offline.

Getting to you in the 14th

The 14th is one of the best-connected corners of southern Paris, which works in your favour: a vetted plumber is rarely far away. Whether you're under the Tour Montparnasse, beside Gare Montparnasse, near the Catacombs and Denfert-Rochereau, on the market street Rue Daguerre, by Parc Montsouris or out towards the Cité Universitaire edge, we dispatch the nearest available pro. Métro lines 4, 6 and 13 and RER B all cut through the arrondissement — with hubs at Montparnasse-Bienvenüe and Denfert-Rochereau — so help reaches you quickly, usually within the hour, day or night.