Emergency Plumber · East Meadow · ZIP 11554

Emergency Plumber in East Meadow, NY1950s Mains, Oil-House Hot Water, Who to Call

All Island Plumbing, Heating & Cooling handles plumbing emergencies in East Meadow (ZIP 11554), Town of Hempstead. Call (631) 644-2084. We answer calls 24/7 and are open Monday through Saturday (closed Sunday).

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East Meadow went up mostly in one decade, so its emergencies tend to repeat from house to house: original main lines, oil boilers that make the hot water, and supply pipes that are about 70 years old. See our East Meadow page for the full local picture and the emergency plumber checklist.

Same decade, same failures

The Census Bureau's latest five-year survey says 54% of East Meadow's homes were built in the 1950s and the median year built is 1957. Only 3% are older than 1940. That makes most emergency calls here predictable: a main drain line that finally blocks or breaks, a corroded fitting on a supply line, or a water heater past its life. The survey also puts the average household at 3.02 people and counts 79% of homes with three or more bedrooms, so when the main goes, a full house is affected at once.

When the main backs up

East Meadow is on public sewers; Nassau County's health department lists the county's Department of Public Works as the local sewer authority. With a basement, the floor drain or laundry tub overflows first. Stop running water, including the washer and dishwasher. If only your house has it, it's your line and we clear it from the cleanout. If the street is backing up, call the county: its 24-hour sewer service line is (516) 571-6900, and its SUEZ hotline, 866-224-8508, handles all sewer-related issues.

No hot water in an oil house

53% of East Meadow homes heat with fuel oil and 35% with gas, according to the survey. In many oil houses the boiler makes the hot water too, so a boiler failure means a cold shower. That part is a heating call; we don't repair oil boilers. If you have a separate gas or electric water heater and it's leaking or cold, that's ours, and if you're tired of hot water depending on the boiler, we install separate tank heaters.

A town water department with a 24-hour line

Most of East Meadow is on the East Meadow Water District, run by the Town of Hempstead Department of Water from 1995 Prospect Avenue. The department's 2025 report lists a water-emergency number answered 24 hours a day, (516) 794-8181. It also reports 107 water main breaks and 12 service line leaks across its five districts' 367 miles of main in 2025. If water is coming up in the street or at the curb, that's the town's call. If it's on your side of the meter or inside the house, it's ours. If you smell gas, leave and call National Grid at 1-800-490-0045 or 911.

Low spots are rare here

Our overlay of FEMA's flood map on the Census boundary puts less than 1% of East Meadow in the high-risk flood zone. Most basement water here is a plumbing failure, not a flood, which means shutting off the main valve usually stops it.

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Questions

Emergency plumber in East Meadow: FAQ

Water is spraying from a pipe in the basement. What first?

Close the main valve where the water line enters the house, usually on the front basement wall near the meter. Then call (631) 644-2084.

There's water bubbling up out of the street. Is that mine?

No, it's likely a main break. Call the Town of Hempstead Department of Water's 24-hour line, (516) 794-8181.

Our boiler stopped and we have no hot water. Can you help?

We don't repair oil boilers. If you have a separate water heater, we fix it. If you don't, we can install one so hot water no longer depends on the boiler.

Sources:U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year (B25034, B25035, B25040) and B25010, B25041 from the Census Bureau summary file; Nassau County Department of Health, Public Sewer Collection Districts, summary by community; Nassau County Department of Public Works, Telephone/Fax Info page (24-hour sewer service, SUEZ hotline); Town of Hempstead Department of Water, 2025 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report (office, 24-hour emergency number, main breaks, service line leaks, miles of main); FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer overlaid on the Census 2020 boundary (Atlas, Nov. 4, 2026); National Grid, "Report a Gas Emergency" (Long Island).