Service area
Plumber in Aalsmeer
Call-out charge
Monday to Friday, 07:00 to 18:00, including Dutch VAT (btw)
Availability
07:00 to 22:00, every day
Arrival time Aalsmeer
counted from the phone call
- Municipality of Aalsmeer
- Arrival usually 30 to 60 minutes
- Peat ground, sewers that settle
- Post-war terraces with steel pipe
Aalsmeer sits in the municipality (gemeente) of Aalsmeer, on peat meadow ground (veengrond) along the north shore of the Westeinderplassen lakes. That subsoil settles, and you notice it inside the houses: the joint between the house and the sewer comes under strain, and a waste pipe that ran well for decades ends up lying out of true. Blockages that would be a one off on firm ground come back here.
Most of the housing stock is post-war. In the Hornmeer district and along the Ophelialaan there are terraced houses from the nineteen fifties and sixties with galvanised steel supply pipe (verzinkt staal) cast into the floor; that material rusts shut from the inside and fails at its thinnest point. Along the Oosteinderweg, the old ribbon of nursery plots running towards the flower auction, the buildings are older and far more mixed, with a crawl space under the ground floor (kruipruimte) where the main stopcock sits under a hatch in the hallway instead of in the meter cupboard.
The flower auction and the industrial estates around it set the morning traffic. We allow for that when we estimate arrival time: to Aalsmeer that is usually 30 to 60 minutes.
Not an emergency, but you have a question?
Send a photo of the connection or the meter cupboard and we know which part to bring. Or leave your details in the form at the bottom of this page.
What it costs in Aalsmeer
| When | Call-out charge | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Friday, 07:00 to 18:00 | € 45 | € 65 |
| Evening, 18:00 to 22:00 | € 65 | € 85 |
| Saturday and Sunday, 07:00 to 22:00 | € 65 | € 85 |
- Amounts include Dutch value added tax (btw). The call-out charge is counted once, also when the work runs over.
- The first hour is charged in full, after that per quarter of an hour.
- Materials are listed separately on the invoice, with a description. Never as one lump sum.
- If it turns out on site that the fault is more work than estimated on the phone, you hear the amount before any further work is done.
- If the fault cannot be put right, you pay the call-out charge and the time worked, and nothing else.
Questions about Aalsmeer
How quickly can you be in Aalsmeer?
Usually within 30 to 60 minutes. During the morning rush around the flower auction it can take longer, and then you hear a time on the phone that is accurate rather than a time that sounds good.
Why does my blockage in Aalsmeer keep coming back?
On peat ground the subsoil settles unevenly. A sewer pipe tilts and a dip forms in which fat and paper stay behind. Clearing it helps for a while. A camera survey shows where the dip is and how deep, and only then is a repair worth paying for.
Where is the main stopcock in a house in Aalsmeer?
In the post-war terraces in the Hornmeer and around the Ophelialaan it sits next to the water meter, in the built-in meter cupboard (meterkast) beside the front door. In the older properties on the Oosteinderweg it is more often in the crawl space, under a hatch in the hallway.
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Not urgent? Leave it here
For work in Aalsmeer that can wait. If it is urgent, calling is faster.