Plumber in work clothing kneeling at an open sink cabinet in a sunlit Lisbon apartment

Find a trusted local plumber in Lisbon.

What this is

A matching service, not a plumbing company

Being straight about it saves everyone time. Plumber Lisbon does not hold a wrench. It takes your request, hands it to an independent plumber who works in your area, and stays out of the way after that.

You describe the job

A blocked shower drain in a fourth-floor flat with no lift is a different job from a dripping stopcock in a garage. The five questions in the form are the ones a plumber asks on the phone anyway.

An independent plumber takes it

The person who turns up runs their own business. They set their own price, issue their own invoice with IVA, and stand behind their own work. Nothing is marked up through this site.

Nobody is left guessing

If no plumber in the area can take the job in the timeframe you need, you hear that from us instead of waiting for a callback that never comes. An honest no beats a hopeful silence.

How it works

From a leaking cupboard to a plumber at the door

Four steps, and only the first one is yours.

01

Send the details

Area, what is wrong, and how to reach you. Photos help enormously — send them on WhatsApp once we reply.

02

We read it properly

Some jobs need a drain specialist with a jetting machine, some need a general plumber with a wrench and an hour. They are not the same phone call.

03

You get matched

We pass the job to a plumber covering your area and give you their name. From that moment you talk to them directly.

04

They quote, you decide

The price comes from the plumber, not from us, and it comes before the work starts. You are free to say no.

What it costs

Plumbing prices in Lisbon, from published sources

Nobody in this market publishes numbers, so here they are from the two Portuguese platforms that do collect them. Treat them as a sanity check before you agree to anything, not as a quote.

By job — what people report paying

  • Unblocking a toilet or sink€35–125
  • Finding and fixing a leak€60–320
  • Pipework in one room · repair€35–350
  • New pipework in one room€200–500

By the hour — the two published pictures

  • Fixando, Lisbon hourly rate€35–90
  • Fixando, average hourly rate€53
  • Zaask, standard hoursabout €25
  • Zaask, outside office hoursabout €45

Typical range according to public price pages — indication, not a quote. Sources: Fixando's Lisbon plumber price page and Zaask's plumbing cost guide, read in August 2026. Full breakdown on our plumbing prices page.

Typical jobs

The work people actually ask us about

If your problem is on this list, there is a plumber in Greater Lisbon who does exactly that all week.

  • Blocked sinks, toilets and shower drains — the single most common request, and the one where a same-day answer matters most.
  • Leaks and damp patches — under sinks, behind tiles, or on a neighbour's ceiling, which is when it stops being only your problem.
  • Water heaters that stopped — no hot water in an apartment with a gas esquentador is a repair, not a replacement, more often than people expect.
  • Taps, cisterns and bathroom fittings — small replacements that are cheap if you catch them and expensive if you do not.
  • Pipework in a renovation — moving a kitchen sink or adding a bathroom in an older Lisbon building, where the existing stack decides what is possible.
  • Septic tanks outside the mains network — parts of Sintra, Mafra and the Setúbal peninsula still rely on them and they need emptying on a schedule.
Where this works

Greater Lisbon, both sides of the river

The Lisbon municipality is served by EPAL; Cascais, Oeiras, Sintra, Almada and Setúbal each run their own municipal water and sewerage services. That matters more than it sounds: who is responsible for a pipe changes at the municipal boundary, and so does who you should be calling.

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Straight answers

What people ask before they send anything

Is Plumber Lisbon a plumbing company?

No. It is a matching service. The plumber who comes to your property is an independent business who quotes, invoices and guarantees the work in their own name. This site does not carry out plumbing work and does not add a margin to the price.

What does it cost to use this?

Nothing. Sending a request is free and there is no obligation to accept whatever price you are given. You pay the plumber for the work, at the price you agreed with them, and nothing to this site.

Do I have to speak Portuguese?

No. You can write to us in English and we will handle the Portuguese side. Do bear in mind that the plumber themselves may prefer Portuguese on site, so for a complex job it helps to have the address, floor and door number written down.

How fast can somebody actually come?

That depends entirely on the day, the area and the job. A blocked kitchen sink in Benfica on a Tuesday morning is realistic same-day; a burst pipe at midnight in Sesimbra is not something anybody should promise you online. Tell us how urgent it is and you will get a realistic answer, not a marketing one.

What if the plumber and I disagree about the price?

Agree the price before the work starts and ask for it in writing, even a WhatsApp message. Portuguese plumbers routinely charge a call-out on top of labour and materials, so ask specifically whether that is included. If something goes wrong, tell us — a plumber who treats people badly stops getting work from here.

Who is behind this website?

Plumber Lisbon is operated by Adsvantage, a Netherlands-based marketing company. The contact number and email on this site reach that operator, not a plumbing workshop. We think you should know that before you send your details.

Prefer to talk

Send a photo instead of filling in a form

A picture of the pipe, the meter or the wet patch usually explains more in two seconds than a form does in two minutes. WhatsApp works fine.

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