Emergency Plumber in Marietta, GA | 24/7 Plumbing Services
Marietta Apex Plumbing sends licensed technicians across Marietta and Cobb County around the clock. Burst pipes, no hot water, and backed-up drains get a same-day response, not a next-week appointment.
How Every Call Works
The same four steps on every emergency or scheduled visit.
Built for Marietta's specific plumbing problems
Most Marietta homes were built between the 1970s and late 1990s. That means the original copper supply lines running through them are now 30 to 50 years old. That single fact drives most of what we see in the field. Pinhole leaks show up as a warm spot on the floor or a damp patch on a ceiling. Slab leaks raise a water bill before anyone notices a puddle. Water heaters get skipped past their replacement date. Cobb County adds a second layer: humid summers and the occasional hard winter freeze. Exposed pipe in crawl spaces and along exterior walls was never insulated for the cold snaps this area still gets. When a call comes in, we start by figuring out which pattern we're dealing with before we talk about a fix.
Water Heater Repair & Replacement
Tank and tankless units, all major brands, same-day service when a household is out of hot water.
Explore service →Leak Detection
Electronic tracing finds slab leaks and hidden pipe damage in Marietta's aging-copper housing stock fast.
Explore service →Drain Cleaning & Unclogging
Clogged drains and sewer lines cleared, with hydro jetting available for root intrusion and stubborn buildup.
Explore service →24 Hour Emergency Plumber
Burst pipes, no-hot-water calls, and sewer backups answered any hour, every day of the week.
Call now →Repiping & Whole-Home Pipe Replacement
Full repipe for the original 1970s-90s copper systems common across Marietta and East Cobb.
Explore service →Tankless Water Heater Service
Installation, flushing, and descaling for tankless units, including annual maintenance visits.
Explore service →Four steps to a fixed system
Whether it's a 2 a.m. emergency call or a scheduled repipe, every job follows the same process from diagnosis to a pressure-tested finish.
Call
Describe the problem. Emergency and same-day slots are available around the clock.
Diagnose
A licensed technician inspects the system and identifies the actual cause, not just the symptom.
Repair
Work is completed at a price you approve before anything is touched.
Verify
The full system is pressure-tested before the technician leaves the property.
Serving Marietta and the Cobb County metro
Technicians are based across Marietta, so response times to Historic Marietta, East Cobb, and every neighborhood in between stay short, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
What counts as a plumbing emergency
Not every plumbing problem can wait for a weekday appointment. These are the calls we treat as same-hour priority, 24/7:
Burst or cracked pipe
Water actively flowing where it shouldn't. Shut off the main and call immediately.
No hot water
A failed water heater on a cold morning is a same-day emergency call for most households.
Sewer backup
Sewage backing into a tub, toilet, or floor drain needs an emergency plumber, not a wait-and-see approach.
Slab leak signs
A warm spot on the floor or an unexplained jump in the water bill can mean water is escaping under the foundation.
Marietta's 24/7 emergency plumber
Emergency dispatch runs around the clock, including weekends and holidays.
What to do while you wait
A few steps in the first few minutes make a real difference to how much damage a leak or burst pipe causes before a technician gets there.
Shut off the water
Know where your main shutoff valve is before an emergency happens. Turning it off stops the source, not just the symptom.
Cut power near standing water
If water is pooling near outlets or a water heater, shut off power to that area at the breaker if it's safe to reach.
Move what you can
Get furniture, rugs, and electronics away from the water while you wait, if it's safe to do so.
Document before cleanup
A few photos of the standing water and its source are useful if you end up filing an insurance claim.
Marietta's two very different plumbing profiles
Cobb County isn't one uniform market. Treating it that way leads to the wrong diagnosis. The east side of the county, including East Cobb and the Indian Hills area, was largely built out in the 1970s through 1990s on copper supply lines. Those lines are well past typical service life. Those homes are the ones we see for slab leaks, hidden pinhole leaks inside walls, and water heaters that finally give out after two or three decades of service. Newer construction on the west side of the county, and the growth around Kennesaw State University, runs PEX and modern copper instead. Those calls skew toward garbage disposals, faucet cartridges, and appliance connections rather than supply-line failures.
1970s-90s homes
Original copper approaching or past 30-50 years old. Slab leaks and pinhole leaks are the most common calls.
Newer construction
PEX and modern copper. Fixture, appliance, and garbage disposal calls are more typical than supply-line failures.
Marietta plumbing FAQ
Yes. Emergency dispatch runs around the clock, seven days a week, across Marietta and the surrounding Cobb County communities.
Most of the city's housing stock was built in the 1970s through late 1990s on original copper supply lines. At 30 to 50 years old, those lines are past their typical service life, which is the main driver of the slab leaks and pinhole leaks we see most often.
Yes. Every job gets a price you approve before any repair starts, based on an actual diagnosis rather than a phone estimate.
Plumbing repair, meaning fixing the pipe itself, is handled by our standard Marietta line. For water damage restoration and structural drying after the leak, that's a distinct service with its own dedicated number, listed on our Water Damage Restoration page.
Yes. East Cobb and Indian Hills fall inside our core Marietta-area coverage, and both areas match the aging-copper profile we see most often. See our East Cobb and Indian Hills pages for the specific issues we see in each.
Every call starts with a diagnosis, whether that's a camera inspection of a sewer line or electronic leak tracing behind a wall. You get a price based on what's actually found, approved by you, before any repair work begins.