Plumbing in Tampa is slab leaks, old cast iron, and drains that sulk when the ground is full of gulf rain. A hot spot in the tile can be the first sign that supply water has been running under the house. In bungalow neighborhoods the stack may be cast iron that has scaled shut or cracked. Oak roots find the sewer the way they find everything else. Start with the symptom: supply leak, a single slow drain, a backup at the lowest bath, or a water heater.
Say whether you can shut the main, and whether the fixture stops actually stop. A slab leak and a dripping supply are both plumbing and they are not the same day. A cable can open a soft clog and leave a belly or a root mass for the next thunderstorm, when the water table is up and the line that behaved all spring comes back into the shower. Ask whether the work is cleaning or repair. Ask whether the whole house gurgles or only one sink.
Water heaters mostly live in the garage. When they let go, the water heads for the door and the adjacent room. Say if the unit is gas or electric, tank or tankless, leaking or just out of hot water. A replacement conversation should include the pan, the discharge line, the shutoff, venting on gas, and haul-away. Bay air corrodes fittings faster than inland air. If you are on a well out toward the edge of the area, sulfur in the water is part of the story. City water is the more common case. Say which.
Keep storm water honest. Water that rose out of the bay or a flooded street is not a pipe failure. A burst hose or a split tank is not flood. Wind-driven rain through a roof is not a drain call. Your policy, deductible, and claim are a separate conversation from the wrench work. Describe where the water starts. Call the number on this page.