Miami plumbing guides
Answers written for Miami houses and buildings: slabs over a high water table, cast iron from the mid-century decades, condo declarations, storm season, and a county still moving homes off septic.
Start with the cost guide if you are trying to work out whether a quote is fair. If the house was built before the mid-1970s, the cast-iron guide explains what is probably under the floor. Condo owners should read the guide on who fixes which pipe before the next leak, and renters the one on what a landlord owes them.
What a Plumber Costs in Miami (2026)
Miami plumbing prices in 2026: trip fees, drain clearing, camera inspections, water heaters, slab leaks and cast-iron lines, and what moves each number.
Cast-Iron Drains in Older Miami Homes
Why cast-iron drains in Miami houses and condos from the 1920s to the 1970s fail early, how to tell what you have, and what a buyer or owner should do.
Miami Condo Leaks: Who Fixes Which Pipe
In a Miami condo, the declaration decides which pipes are yours and which are the association’s. How to check, what to do first, how insurance splits it.
Hurricane Plumbing Prep for Miami Homes
Before a Miami hurricane: backwater valves, shutoffs, generator gas lines and stored water. After: sewer backups, boil notices and what to have checked.
Septic Tanks and the Miami Water Table
Around 120,000 Miami-Dade properties still use septic. How the high water table affects them, Connect 2 Protect, and when a backup is a plumber’s job.
Plumbing Repairs in a Miami Rental
Most Miami households rent. What Florida law says a landlord must keep working, how to report a leak or backup, and when a tenant calls a plumber directly.
Old Pipes and Four-Point Inspections
Florida insurers use four-point inspections to judge plumbing in older homes. What inspectors note about polybutylene, galvanised and cast-iron pipe.
Reading because something is already leaking or backing up? Close the shutoff, then call and describe it; a local plumbing company can tell you how urgent it is.
Describe the plumbing problem
Say what is happening and where, and a local plumbing company will call you back to set a time. Phones answered Mon–Sat, 8am–6pm · after hours, leave a message or send the form Or call (786) 432-8693 if water is running right now.
Which guide, for which situation
You have a quote and want to know if it is reasonable
The cost guide gives the ranges Miami companies generally quote for the common jobs and what pushes a job to the top of them.
Your drains keep clogging in an older house
Read the cast-iron guide, then the drain cleaning page on when a camera is worth paying for.
Your insurer sent a four-point report
The four-point guide covers what inspectors record about pipes and what to ask the insurer before you book any work.
A storm is coming, or the season is
The hurricane guide covers backwater valves, generator gas lines, the shutoff and stored water, and what the county asks of residents after a storm.