Portmarnock · D13 · Co. Dublin
Plumber in Portmarnock
A weekday hour costs €95–€148 with VAT on Dublin plumbers' own rate cards. In Portmarnock, about one home in four still heats with oil, so a cold radiator can be an oil boiler job as often as a gas one. Leave your number and one local plumber who covers Portmarnock rings you.
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- 42% of homes built since 1991
- 62% of homes heat with gas
- One local plumber rings you, not a list
Local facts
What's different about Portmarnock
Portmarnock heats differently from Swords: 24% of its homes use oil, against 11% in Swords, and 14% were built before 1971, against 8.2% (CSO Census 2022, our comparison). What we checked:
- Portmarnock had 10,750 people and 3,843 households at the 2022 census. 82% of households live in a house or bungalow and 17% in a flat or apartment (CSO Census 2022, small area statistics).
- 42% of its homes were built in 1991 or later and 14% before 1971; 1.0% date from before 1919 (CSO Census 2022, small area statistics).
- 62% of homes heat with natural gas, 24% with oil and 12% with electricity (CSO Census 2022, small area statistics).
- Its water comes through Uisce Éireann's Fingal Zone 1 supply zone, which tests at a median 198 mg/l of calcium carbonate, moderately hard on Meath County Council's scale (Uisce Éireann hardness results, 2022–2025, scale).
- Inside the CSO's settlement boundary for Portmarnock, 164 new homes were completed from 2021 to 2025 (CSO new dwelling completions by settlement (NDA06)). The boundary was drawn after the 2016 census, so estates built on the edge since then may fall outside it.
- Portmarnock Eircodes start with D13, a Dublin postal district key, not Swords' K67 (Eircode list).
- On 24 February 2021 a burst main cut the water around Limetree Avenue, Strand Road, Carrickhill Road and Dal Riada. Irish Water said full supply can take 1 to 2 hours to come back as water refills the network after a repair (Dublin People).
- 65 Portmarnock households have their own septic tank and 96% are on the public sewer (CSO Census 2022).
If the water goes off on the whole road, it's the main, not your pipes: Uisce Éireann posts updates on water.ie. When it comes back, run the cold tap in the kitchen until it runs clear before you use the hot taps or the washing machine. If only your house is affected, turn off the stopcock if anything is leaking and send the job.
Prices
What a plumber costs in Portmarnock
No plumber based in Portmarnock publishes a rate card, so these are Dublin plumbers' own, re-checked 29 October 2026. A weekday hour costs €95–€148 including VAT, median €117. The nearest published rate card is The Dublin Plumber in Swords, at €120 an hour on weekdays including VAT (thedublinplumber.ie).
| Job | Published prices | VAT | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fit or replace a radiator | €150–€600 | Mixed | 4 sources |
| Replace an immersion element | €150–€300 | Mixed | 3 sources |
| Toilet repair (running, blocked or overflowing) | €65–€230 | Mixed | 2 sources |
| Fix a dripping or leaking tap | €40–€150 | Mixed | 2 sources |
| Repair a burst pipe | €150–€2,000 | Mixed | 3 sources |
| Gas boiler service (RGI only) | €75–€160 | Mixed | 5 sources |
How it works
One plumber who covers Portmarnock rings you back
- You send the jobFour taps: the job, how soon, the property, and your number. Only the number is needed.
- The plumber rings youOne local plumber who covers your area. Lines are open 8am–8pm. They'll ask what's wrong and where the house is.
- You agree the price firstNothing is booked until you say yes. Gas work is only done by an RGI-registered installer.
Plumber Swords is an introduction service, not a plumbing company. Not a list of companies: nobody else gets your number.
FAQ
Portmarnock questions
How much does a plumber cost in Portmarnock?
No plumber based in Portmarnock publishes a rate card, so we use Dublin plumbers' own. A weekday hour costs €95–€148 with VAT across 4 rate cards, median €117. All 137 prices, with sources.
Do you cover all of Portmarnock?
Yes: the village and the estates off the Strand Road and the Coast Road. Put Portmarnock and your road or Eircode in the form, and we pass it to one plumber who covers it.
My heating is oil. Can a plumber help?
Often, yes. 24% of Portmarnock homes heat with oil on the 2022 census. Radiators, pumps, valves and leaks on the pipework are plumbing jobs. Say it's oil when you send the job, so the person who rings knows what to bring.
Is Portmarnock water hard?
Moderately. Portmarnock is in Uisce Éireann's Fingal Zone 1, the same zone as Swords and Malahide, where the 2022 to 2025 results have a median of 198 mg/l of calcium carbonate.
The water came back brown after an outage. What do I do?
Run the cold kitchen tap until it runs clear, and hold off on the washing machine and hot taps until it does. If it doesn't clear, or only your house is affected, send the job or ring Uisce Éireann on 1800 278 278.
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Where these numbers come from (5 public sources, checked 29 October 2026)
Sources (2)
Prices and facts on this page were checked against these published pages. We are not connected to these businesses.
- Dublin People: dublinpeople.com
- thedublinplumber.ie: thedublinplumber.ie