How Plumber.co works
One job brief, one matching operator, and honest answers when there isn't one yet.
For homeowners and property managers
- Describe the job. Enter your ZIP and the service, then answer a few job-brief questions: where the problem is, which fixture or line, whether water is leaking now, roughly when the home was built, slab or crawlspace, and how urgent it is. Add photos if you can.
- We build a job brief. Your answers are organized into one structured brief, the kind of information an estimator would ask for on the phone.
- We match it to one operator. If a plumber in our network covers your ZIP and does that service, the brief goes to them. We don't blast it to a list of companies.
- They contact you to quote. The operator confirms details, may want to see the job, and gives you a quote. You decide whether to hire them. Any agreement is between you and the operator.
If no operator covers your area yet
The network is new, so this will happen. We still keep your request, try to connect you with an operator who can quote it, and tell you if we can't. You can ask to be notified when an operator joins in your area.
Who pays
Requesting quotes is free for homeowners and property managers. Operators in the network pay to receive job requests. That's how Plumber.co is funded, and it's why we have every reason to send them good, complete briefs.
Licenses and insurance
Plumbing is a licensed trade in all six states where we have area guides, and cities add permits on top. We don't guarantee any operator's license. Once operators join, we'll check licenses where they're required and show the date we checked; until then, look up any plumber with the state agency linked on our area pages.
What we don't do
- We don't do plumbing work ourselves and don't have local crews or offices.
- We don't publish ratings, reviews, or badges we can't verify.
- We don't promise response times or prices on an operator's behalf.
- We don't generate instant price quotes. Prices come from the operator after they've seen the brief.
For plumbing companies
Operators choose the ZIPs and services they want and receive job briefs for them. Learn about joining the network →