Emergency plumber in St. Augustine, FL

Yes, inside the city and across St. Johns County. Shut the main first, then call and say where you are: the Historic District and Lincolnville have every generation of pipe layered in and the shutoff can be anywhere, Davis Shores and Anastasia Island are 1950s block houses on slabs with the valve usually at the front wall, and World Golf Village and the Shores have it in a box at the meter. After-hours visits usually carry a higher service fee; ask before they roll. See the service page →

A plumber with a camera. The Historic District’s old laterals and the 1950s cast iron under Davis Shores both show up as a main line that backs up into the lowest tub or floor drain; the camera says whether it is roots, a belly, or a broken pipe, and whether it is yours or the utility’s. On the older county lots and the barrier island the answer may be a failed septic tank, replaced under a DEP permit. See the service page →

A licensed plumber, with a permit from the city’s Planning and Building Department inside the limits or St. Johns County outside them. Electricity is FPL almost everywhere here, so check FPL’s current programs before buying a heat pump unit; the rebate follows the account on the bill, not the address. The water is the Floridan aquifer’s either way, hard enough that anode rods and elements are the usual failure. See the service page →

Yes, and Davis Shores and the older parts of Anastasia Island keep them busy: 1950s and 1960s slabs with copper underneath, in ground that Matthew flooded in October 2016. A warm floor, a bill that jumped, or water at the slab edge is the call. Detection first, then a spot repair or a reroute; the 1980s streets in St. Augustine South and the Shores add polybutylene, where one leak is usually the first of several. See the service page →

City of St. Augustine Planning and Building Department (75 King Street, online Permit Portal) inside the city limits; St. Johns County Building Services for St. Augustine South, the Shores, World Golf Village and the rest of the county; St. Augustine Beach has its own building department. A water heater needs a plumbing permit in each; the 2026 $7,500 exemption excludes plumbing. Source →

City of St. Augustine utility inside the limits; St. Johns County Utility Department outside them. Both draw from the Floridan aquifer; hardness, disinfectant and lead results are in each utility's annual water quality report. A well feeding irrigation needs an RP backflow assembly. Source →

Historic District and Lincolnville: 1880s-to-1920s houses with galvanized supply and cast iron or clay drains. Davis Shores and Anastasia Island: 1950s and 1960s copper under slabs. 1980s county subdivisions: polybutylene, which Citizens allows only in dwellings 20 years old or newer. Source →

Matthew (October 7, 2016) sent Matanzas Bay over the seawall into the Historic District, Lincolnville and Davis Shores; Irma flooded the same streets a year later. Equipment in a substantially improved house goes to the elevation the city or county requires; the building official decides. Source →

Sewer line, camera inspection, and septic-to-sewer: Clay and cast iron under the Historic District and Lincolnville, and septic on the island lots: the camera, or the DEP permit. Leak detection and slab leaks: Copper under a Davis Shores slab that has been under salt water twice: the pinhole call. Water heater repair and replacement: A ground-floor heater on Anastasia Island after a storm, and the elevation it comes back at.