Same-hour response for burst pipes, flooding, sewer backups & more.
Most of the damage from a plumbing emergency doesn’t happen in the first few minutes. Damage often occurs between the initial failure and the water being successfully shut off. While our emergency plumbers are racing to your doorstep, here is what you can do right now to limit the flooding and structural damage:
Whether it's a burst pipe or a sewer backup, our licensed plumbers arrive fully equipped to resolve your crisis on the spot.
Our vans are fully stocked, meaning no running for parts. So we fix it in one visit, day or night.
We stop the damage and get your home back to normal fast, including weekends and holidays.
Trip / call-out fee
$50 – $150
Varies, call for quote.
Per visit
Blocked drain / toilet
$150 – $800
$250 – $1200
Parts extra if needed
Burst pipe repair
$200 – $1,200
$400 – $1600
Depends on location and severity
Water heater repair
$200 – $1,000
$350 – $1400
All makes and models
Water heater replacement
$1,200 – $5,000
$1,500 – $5,600
Includes disposal of old unit
Sewer backup clearance
$250 – $1,200
$400 – $1800
Camera inspection may be additional
Flooding emergency call
$200 – $1,000
$350 – $1,600
Plumbing fix only, not restoration
Only a handful of Calgary emergency plumber pages explain this honestly, so here it is plainly. Keeping a licensed plumber on-call around the clock, with a fully stocked van ready to roll at any hour, has real operational cost. The after-hours premium in the city typically runs 25 to 75% above daytime rates, and that’s consistent across reputable companies.
Here’s the other side of that math: every hour of active water damage adds to the bill. Drywall, flooring, and mould remediation can run anywhere from $5,000 to $50,000 depending on how long water sat. A $400 emergency call at midnight is almost always cheaper than the damage from waiting eight hours for regular business hours. Calling is the financially smart move.
Our city gets more freeze-thaw cycles than most Canadian cities, and chinook winds are the reason. A deep cold snap followed by a rapid warm-up means pipes that froze and thawed several times without anyone noticing can develop hairline cracks that eventually let go. By the time the pipe bursts, the freeze happened days ago.
A significant number of homes built between 1978 and 1995 still have Poly-B (polybutylene) piping. It degrades over time and fails without warning, particularly at the fittings, and there's usually no sign it's coming until it goes. Emergency calls from Poly-B failures are most common in homes 25 to 40 years old. If your home is in that range and you haven't had the piping assessed, it's worth doing before it becomes an emergency. Learn more at tiptopplumbing.ca/poly-b-replacement-calgary.
Spring runoff combined with heavy May and June rains can push city sewer capacity to its limit. When the municipal sewer surcharges, the backup has to go somewhere, and for homes without a backwater valve, that somewhere is the basement floor drain. A backwater valve is the preventive fix.
Homes in older neighbourhoods like Inglewood, Ramsay, Mount Royal, and Capitol Hill often have original lead or galvanized steel service lines that have been corroding for decades. When they fail, they fail fast and they don't give a lot of warning.
During business hours, expect a call-out fee of $50 to $300 plus hourly labour. After-hours and emergency service runs higher. Most common emergency repairs like a burst pipe, blocked drain, or toilet issue come to $250 to $1,600 including parts. Major jobs like water heater replacement or sewer line work run $500 to $5,000 or more. TipTop provides a written quote before starting any work so you know the number before you say yes.
A gas smell is NOT a plumbing call, it is a 911 emergency.
Fast Response
Every minute counts when water is where it shouldn't be.
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16 years of expertise. Every job is done right.
Fixed right, fixed clean.
We leave your home exactly as we found it, just with better water.
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