Plumber Chisinau, or santehnic, as people say here: for the mixer tap that drips, the toilet cistern that never stops filling, the pipe that leaves a wet patch on the wall and the main valve that no longer shuts. New fittings too: a toilet, a sink, a water heater. Every job has its price listed below, in MDL. On arrival the plumber shows you the cause first, names the amount, and only then opens the toolbox.
Calls are taken in Romanian or Russian.
The first few minutes decide how much water ends up on your floor and in the flat below. Go through these in order, then call.
It usually sits next to the water meters, in the bathroom or in a recess in the hallway. Turn it clockwise as far as it goes. Two of them, for cold and hot water? Close both.
If the main valve no longer holds, or the leak is on the riser before it, the riser has to be shut off in the basement. The key is with the administrator: the ÎMGFL or the owners’ association.
If water has reached sockets, the water heater or the washing machine, switch off that room’s breaker at the fuse board. Mopping up comes after.
The flood report is written by the administrator’s commission from what it sees on the spot. Photos taken straight away, in your flat and theirs, show what happened before anyone wiped the water up.
Then call and say where it is running, which floor you are on and what you have already closed. Leaks are taken at any hour, nights included.
Call a plumberEach figure is the price a job starts from, in MDL. The plumber gives you the exact amount on site, after seeing the pipework and before starting, not at the end.
| Job | Price |
|---|---|
| Mixer tap replaced on a sink, washbasin or bath | from 300 MDL |
| Mixer tap repaired or cartridge replaced | from 250 MDL |
| Shut-off or main valve replaced | from 250 MDL |
| Trap fitted or replaced | from 200 MDL |
| Trap cleaned | from 300 MDL |
| Job | Price |
|---|---|
| Toilet cistern mechanism replaced | from 350 MDL |
| Toilet pan connector replaced | from 250 MDL |
| Floor-standing toilet fitted | from 500 MDL |
| Job | Price |
|---|---|
| Washbasin or kitchen sink fitted | from 400 MDL |
| Steel or acrylic bath fitted | from 800 MDL |
| Basic shower cabin assembled | from 1 000 MDL |
| Job | Price |
|---|---|
| New water point in polypropylene | from 450 MDL |
| Water riser replaced inside the flat | from 1 200 MDL |
| Sewer riser replaced inside the flat | from 1 500 MDL |
| Water meter fitted or replaced | from 300 MDL |
| Sediment filter fitted | from 250 MDL |
| Pressure reducer fitted | from 350 MDL |
| Job | Price |
|---|---|
| Washing machine or dishwasher connected to existing outlets | from 400 MDL |
| Electric water heater up to 50 l fitted | from 600 MDL |
| Electric water heater of 80-100 l fitted | from 800 MDL |
| Job | Price |
|---|---|
| Radiator fitted or replaced | from 700 MDL |
| Radiator air vent or thermostatic head replaced | from 200 MDL |
Your job is not on the list? Tell us what it is and we will give you the figure on the phone.
Call a plumberLeaks in a flat repeat from one home to the next. Here is what you see, what the plumber usually finds and which line of the price list applies.
The cartridge or the washer inside has worn out. If the model is still sold, only the cartridge is changed and the mixer stays on the wall; if not, a new mixer makes more sense.
Tap repair from 250 MDL, new mixer tap from 300 MDL
It comes from the cistern: the fill valve no longer shuts off or the flush valve no longer seals. The mechanism is replaced, the toilet stays. A thin trickle left for a month shows up on the meter.
Cistern mechanism from 350 MDL
Most often it is the bath trap, the toilet pan connector or a pipe inside the wall. The plumber checks everything above the stain, one by one, and tells you where it was, so you have an answer for the commission.
Trap from 200 MDL, pan connector from 250 MDL
The inlet hose has cracked by the nut, or the drain hose has slipped out of the trap. The hose is replaced or the drain refitted, and the machine goes back in its place.
Washing machine connection from 400 MDL
The thread has rusted. Tightening it buys a few days, then it drips again, so the section is cut out and replaced with polypropylene.
Polypropylene water point from 450 MDL
The safety valve lets water out when the pressure rises. A few drops while it heats up are normal; a steady trickle calls for a pressure reducer or an expansion vessel.
Pressure reducer from 350 MDL
That is condensation, not a leak: warm, humid bathroom air settles on the cold water pipe. Foam pipe insulation and airing the bathroom fix it, not a plumber.
Nothing to pay for here
Seeing something else? Describe it on the phone, with your floor and where it is wet.
CallMany flats in Chisinau are in blocks built between the 1960s and the 1980s. In plenty of them the water still runs through the steel pipes fitted when the block went up, and the sewage goes down cast-iron risers shared by the whole stairwell.
The first job in a flat like that is usually the main valve. Nobody has turned it in years, and when it is finally needed it will not close, or it leaks around the stem. We replace it with a ball valve that shuts with a quarter turn.
A water or sewer riser can be replaced for just the stretch inside your flat. The old pipe is cut near the floor slab, above and below, and joined to the neighbours’ pipe with adapter fittings. While the work goes on, the administrator keeps the riser shut in the basement, at an hour agreed in advance and announced to the stairwell.
If you are renovating the bathroom, replace the pipes in the wall before the tiles go on. A steel pipe left under tiles gives way exactly where you cannot reach it without breaking them.
Not sure what to replace first? Call and say what kind of block it is and which floor you live on.
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A house gets its water across the yard, through a buried pipe up to the door. Pipes running through a cellar, a garage or other unheated spaces are insulated or drained before the first frost: a frozen pipe splits lengthwise, and the leak only shows when it thaws.
Calling a plumber out to your home, from the first call to payment, looks like this.
You tell us what is leaking, where, on which floor, and what you have already closed. That tells the plumber which parts and tools to bring.
We agree when the plumber will be there. Within the city’s sectors it is usually about an hour; out to the suburbs, or in morning and evening traffic, longer.
The plumber shows you where the problem is and names the amount. Work starts only once you agree.
After the repair the water goes back on and the joint stays under pressure for a few minutes, with a dry tissue underneath. You see for yourself that it does not drip.
Offcuts and packaging are cleared away. You pay for the work, and for the parts by the shop receipt, only after the test.
So you do not spend a call on something that is not ours:
District heating in Chisinau starts in October, and the first days bring out everything that broke over the summer. A radiator that is cold at the top and warm at the bottom has air in it: it is bled through the small valve in the top corner, and if that valve is seized or missing, a new one goes in.
A radiator valve dripping onto the parquet is tightened or replaced. A new radiator means draining the heating riser, which the building administrator does. It is easiest before the season; in winter it can still be done, at an hour agreed with the administrator.
Air vent or thermostatic head from 200 MDL
Radiator fitted or replaced from 700 MDL
Radiator not heating at all? Call and tell us whether the neighbours are warm.
CallA plumber at your home in all five sectors of the city and in the towns around it, in a block of flats or a house.
Within the sectors the trip usually takes about an hour from the call. Out to the suburbs, or when Calea Ieșilor and Dacia boulevard are jammed morning and evening, it takes longer, so we tell you on the phone when the plumber can be at your door.
The smallest visit costs 300 MDL, with travel inside the city included. Some common jobs: a mixer tap replaced from 300 MDL, a cistern mechanism from 350 MDL, a toilet fitted from 500 MDL. Parts are paid separately, at the price on the shop receipt. Night work costs more, and you hear the night price on the phone before anyone sets off.
200 MDL for the call-out and diagnosis, and only if you turn the job down after hearing the cause and the price. If you agree and the job is done, nothing is added for the visit: you pay for the work from the list on this page and for the parts. You know the price before a single nut is undone, so the choice stays yours.
Within the city’s sectors, usually in about an hour; out to the suburbs or in peak-hour traffic it takes longer, and we tell you on the phone when to expect the plumber. Urgent calls, meaning water running, no water at all or a burst pipe, are taken around the clock, weekends included. Planned jobs, like a new water heater, are booked in the daytime. Night work costs more, and you hear the price before anyone leaves.
Close the flat’s main valve, next to the meters. If the water keeps coming, call the building administrator, the ÎMGFL or the owners’ association, to shut the riser in the basement. Photograph the wet spots in your flat and theirs: the administrator’s commission writes the flood report from what it sees. The plumber finds the source, repairs it and tells you exactly where it was.
Yes. In older blocks it is one of the most frequent jobs, from 250 MDL. The main valve sits before every other tap in the flat, so the administrator has to shut the riser in the basement for a short while. We agree the hour together on the phone, so the administrator is there when the plumber arrives. The new one is a ball valve that closes with a quarter turn.
Yes. We replace the stretch of riser between the floor slabs inside your flat and join it to the neighbours’ pipe above and below with adapter fittings. A water riser starts from 1 200 MDL and a sewer riser from 1 500 MDL, plus pipes and fittings at the receipt price. The administrator keeps the riser shut for the job, at an hour announced to the stairwell.
You do, if you want a particular model: buy it and the plumber fits it. Small parts such as flexible hoses, washers, valves or a trap the plumber brings, and you pay the price on the shop receipt, with no markup. If you are not sure what to buy, ask on the phone which hose length or trap diameter you need, so you only go to the shop once.
The job, the sector, the floor: that is enough to name the starting price on the phone. You hear the exact amount on site, before the work begins.
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