Murrieta Emergency Plumber, 24/7
Supply line burst behind the drywall? Water heater flooding a hot garage? Sewage rising in a downstairs bath? All Star Plumbing is your Murrieta emergency plumber, run from an office on Jefferson Avenue, so the truck starts in town, not across the county. We stop the water first, find the failure second, and put the repair in writing before anything opens up. On your driveway inside 60 minutes, any hour, any night, any holiday.
- 60-minute response, 24/7
- $0 service call
- Free written estimate before any work
- Licensed, family-owned since 2008
Heads up: we’re an emergency crew for water and drains. Pool and spa equipment and irrigation systems aren’t our scope. Burst pipes, sewage backups, no hot water, and severe clogs? That’s exactly us.
Why Murrieta emergencies track a fast-built city
Murrieta went from a few thousand people to a city in barely a decade, and most of it is master-planned family neighborhoods raised in the 1980s and 90s. So a whole tract tends to run the same plumbing on the same clock. The builder-grade angle stops, supply lines, and hose bibs from that build-out are wearing out around the same time, one street after another.
The inland heat presses on all of it. Murrieta summers run hot, and a water heater in a baking garage or a supply line under thermal stress tends to let go when it’s working hardest. That’s why burst-pipe and failed-heater calls cluster through the hot stretch, and again on the odd hard freeze.
Because our office is on Jefferson Avenue, the truck answering a 2am burst starts here in Murrieta, loaded for these houses: PEX and fittings, angle stops, pressure regulators, heater parts, and a drain machine. A Murrieta address gets a local tech and the right parts on the first trip, not a callback once the supply house opens across the valley.
No Service Call Fee
The service call and a visual assessment cost nothing. You get a free written estimate before any work, day or night.
Truck Rolls Day or Night
Burst pipes don't keep business hours. We isolate the line, cap the water, and stop the damage before it spreads.
Same-Trip Repair
Common emergency parts ride on the truck. Most burst-pipe, heater, and angle-stop calls are fixed before we leave.
What breaks first in a Murrieta plumbing emergency?
It comes down to water getting loose where it shouldn't, or none arriving where you need it. We contain it, then quote the real repair in writing before anything bigger is opened. In a young, fast-built city, the failure is usually a part reaching its age, not a whole corroded system.
Burst Pipe & Failed Supply Line
A cracked angle stop, a supply line that splits at the nut, a pinhole in a copper run, a laundry hose that blows. We close the line, take out the failed length, and run new PEX into it the same trip.
- Shut off at the meter or the fixture stop
- Failed length swapped for PEX, then pressure-tested
- We open only the wall the repair requires
Sewage & Sewer Backup
One toilet overflowing that won't quit, a downstairs drain burping sewage, several tubs gurgling at once. That points to the main, not a single fixture. We clear it and camera it on one visit.
- Cabled or jetted to suit the line
- Camera down when the cause hides
- Cleanout located and accessed
No Hot Water & Heater Failure
Cold water on a school morning, a tank bleeding onto a hot garage slab, a tankless flashing a fault. The heaters from the original build are timing out together. We test it, and a dead tank is swapped that day.
- Dead tanks swapped same day
- Tankless igniters and sensors repaired
- Seismic straps and expansion tank to code
Severe Clog & Overflow
A kitchen branch choked with grease, the lowest drain in the house backing up, a tub that won't let go. We match tool to pipe, cable or jet, and camera it when we can't see the cause.
- Tool chosen for the pipe
- Cable for one blocked branch
- Jet for grease and roots
High Pressure, PRV & Main Shutoff
A regulator jammed open past 100 psi, a main valve that spins without closing, a stop at the meter that weeps. High pressure wears a house down, and the guard valve usually fails first. We change it on the spot.
- Main ball-valve or PRV replacement
- Static pressure read after the swap
- Meter-side shutoff handled if needed
Toilet, Faucet & Fixture Failure
A toilet running over a shot wax ring, a faucet that won't quit, a shower cartridge stuck on hot. The truck stocks the usual parts, so most finish in one stop.
- Wax rings, fill valves, supply lines
- Cartridges, stems, and trim
- Toilet, faucet, and angle-stop swaps
From your call to a stopped leak, step by step.
The minutes before the water is off are the ones that run up the damage, and in a two-story tract home the shutoff isn't always where you'd guess. So it starts on the phone: dispatch points you to a valve while the truck is already leaving Jefferson Avenue.
From there the sequence holds: make it safe, find the fault, put the price on paper, repair. Nothing is opened before you approve the number.
Shutoff by phone
While the truck loads and leaves the shop, dispatch points you to the valve that stops your leak fastest: a fixture stop, the heater inlet, or the main at the garage wall or the meter.
Power made safe
If water is near a panel, outlets, or a ceiling fixture, we have you cut that breaker first. On a heater source, the gas goes to pilot or its breaker off.
Parts already aboard
The rig leaves stocked with angle stops, PEX, regulators, heater fittings, wax rings, cartridges, and a drain machine, the parts a Murrieta tract home needs, so we rarely break off for a supply run mid-emergency.
Contain, then pinpoint
First we confirm the water is truly off and nothing is still spreading. Then we find the exact failed part, minutes for a burst supply line, longer for a drain that needs a scope.
Written price first
You get an itemized estimate before any cutting, drilling, or snaking. The visit and the look-over are $0, and we don't start until you say go.
Repair, verify, tidy
A pressure test on supply work, a flow test on drains, a T&P and gas check on a heater swap. We prove it holds, clear the mess, and explain what failed.
The first fifteen minutes of a burst, and what to do.
What you do in the first quarter hour of a burst pipe decides how big the repair gets. Here's the order that keeps a leak from becoming a remodel while our Murrieta truck is on the way.
Do what you safely can, skip what you can't, and let dispatch coach you through the rest by phone.
Minute 1: kill the water.
Close the fixture stop if the leak is at one, or the house main out at the garage wall or meter. Stopping the flow is the single biggest thing that limits the damage.
Minute 2: cut power if it's near water.
If water is spreading toward outlets, a panel, or a ceiling light, flip that breaker. Safety comes before saving the floor.
Minute 3: shut the water heater down.
If the heater is involved or the main is off, set a gas unit to pilot or kill its breaker, so it doesn't keep firing on an empty tank.
Minute 5: move what water can reach.
Lift rugs, electronics, and anything on the floor out of the path. A few minutes here saves the things that don't dry out.
Minute 10: photograph before you mop.
A few phone photos of the source and the spread cost nothing and help you later. Then clean up standing water so it stops migrating.
Meanwhile: we're already rolling.
From the moment you call, a local tech is heading over from Jefferson Avenue, and dispatch stays on the line to walk you through any of the above.
Our thanks to the people who keep Murrieta running.
A 5% discount, up to $200 off, for first responders, military, healthcare workers, teachers, seniors, and nonprofit staff across Murrieta. Mention "Community Heroes" when you call, and we'll take care of the rest.
- First Responders
- Military
- Healthcare Workers
- Seniors
- Teachers
- Nonprofit Employees
Applies to repairs over $500. Cannot be combined with other promotions. Proof of eligibility may be requested at the time of service.
Run from our Murrieta shop, covering the whole city.
The office is here in town on Jefferson Avenue, not a branch somewhere across the valley, so an emergency tech reaches any Murrieta neighborhood quickly, Copper Canyon to Murrieta Hot Springs, at whatever hour the water starts moving.
Murrieta Office
Murrieta, CA 92562
Murrieta neighborhoods we answer emergencies in
Older streets near the center and newer master-planned tracts alike. If your Murrieta neighborhood isn't listed, you're covered all the same.
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What homeowners say after the emergency is over.
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Anthony and his partner came out the same day and fixed a huge water leak that was super involved. The water department was out earlier that day, and another plumber, and neither one of them had a clue what was going on. Anthony found the problem straight away, fixed it that same day and just basically stopped a bad leak immediately that was snowballing into a nightmare of a situation. I would have had floor damage, cabinets.. bills upon bills. And stress. But all was avoided thanks to this amazing team of incredibly intelligent, caring and hard working plumbers. I wish I could give 10 stars.
We had to call an emergency plumber today. This company was very nice, professional, and responsive. They didn't even charge us for coming out, since we didn't need any repairs right now. Looks like we may need some repairs soon though, and we plan to call this company.
Excellent! Fast response. Great price. Will use again.
What will a Murrieta emergency cost?
Straight talk: a failure can't be priced from a website. A late call might be a five-minute stop-valve swap or a full heater replacement with code work. What we can give you is the list of things that move the figure, so the written estimate reads clearly when the tech turns the tablet. The service call and a visual assessment are always $0.
What moves the price
The failed part
A stop valve or supply line is the small end, a burst section of wall copper the middle, a dead heater the top. Diagnosis places you on that range in the first few minutes.
Time of day
A 2am or holiday call can carry its own labor rate. If it applies, it's a separate line on the estimate you approve, not a surprise after the fact.
Reaching the break
An open valve is quick. A leak buried in a two-story wall or an upstairs ceiling adds the opening and the patch, both quoted before we start.
Stock vs. a run
The truck carries the usual parts. An oddball, an unusual heater or a specific regulator, may mean a daytime parts run that adds time, not labor.
You're actually based in Murrieta, not just serving it?
Correct. Our office is on Jefferson Avenue, and emergency dispatch runs from it around the clock. The standard is a 60-minute response, but starting in town instead of driving in from another county means a Murrieta address is usually reached with time to spare.
Our home is a 1990s tract house. What tends to fail first?
Usually the builder-grade parts: angle stops that crack, original supply lines, hose bibs, and the water heater installed when the house went up. It’s rarely the corroded-pipe problem of an old home, but a failed supply line still floods a room fast. Learn where your main shutoff is before you need it.
Does the summer heat really cause plumbing emergencies?
It contributes. Long hot spells push a water heater in a baking garage harder, stress supply lines and fittings, and raise pressure in the system. It’s a real reason burst-pipe and heater calls pick up through the hottest stretch, and again on a rare hard freeze.
Do you charge a fee just to come out at night?
No. The service call and a visual assessment are $0, so getting a tech to your door and sizing up the problem costs nothing. If there’s a repair, the written estimate comes first, and any night or holiday rate is a line on that estimate you approve before work begins.
My water heater died overnight. Can you replace it the same day?
Almost always, yes. We diagnose the unit first, and when the tank has failed we carry common gas and electric sizes to replace it the same day, strapped and brought to code with an expansion tank. An unusual size or a tankless setup may need a next-day part. For the full picture, see our water heater service.
I can't find my main shutoff. What do I do?
Call us first and dispatch will walk you to it. On most Murrieta homes it’s outside on the garage-side wall or at the meter box near the street, which closes with a meter key we carry on every truck. If yours is seized, don’t force it: closing the meter is the safer stop.
Both bathrooms backed up at once. What is that telling me?
Two fixtures failing together means the blockage is downstream of both, in the main line, not one fixture. Stop running water anywhere in the house and call. We’ll clear the main and put a camera down it to show you exactly what caused it and whether it needs more than a cleaning.
The drain keeps backing up after I clear it. Why?
A clog that keeps returning means a plunger or store-bought cleaner isn’t removing the real cause: grease, roots, or a low spot in the line. We camera the drain to find it, then clear it the right way. Skip the chemical cleaners, which corrode pipe over time. See our drain cleaning.
Plumbing emergency in Murrieta? Your crew's already in town.
A local tech and a stocked truck from Jefferson Avenue, with a written estimate before we touch a thing. If it's not ours to fix, we'll point you to who can.
26193 Jefferson Ave, Ste C · Murrieta, CA 92562 · Licensed & Insured