Hot Water Systems
Gas storage, continuous flow, electric, solar and heat pump systems across the Perth metro.
Learn more →The everyday work
Not every plumbing job belongs to a category. This page covers the ones that do not: maintenance on a tenanted property, a fixture that needs relocating, a laundry that needs re-plumbing, roof plumbing and gutter work, a hose tap in a sensible place, replacing old pipework that has started to fail, and the general list that accumulates in a house until someone finally books a morning.
It also covers renovations — bathroom and kitchen rough-in and fit-off, and the coordination that goes with them.
Perth's housing stock, and what it means
The metro is not one vintage. Inner suburbs like Mount Lawley, Subiaco and North Perth carry pre-war housing with galvanised steel service lines still in place in some properties, clay sewer laterals, and decades of partial upgrades layered on top of each other. Anything found in those walls is a surprise until it is opened.
The 1970s to 1990s belt — Morley, Riverton, Willetton, Thornlie, Duncraig — is mostly copper, and that is the housing where pin-hole failures turn up most. Copper of that era, carrying hot water, in hard water, pits from the inside.
Estates from the 2000s onward are PVC drainage and PEX or poly water lines, which fail far less often and, when they do, fail at fittings rather than mid-run.
Knowing which of those you are standing in changes the first thing anyone checks.
Renovation sequencing
The plumbing on a bathroom job happens in two visits with a long gap. Rough-in goes in before the walls and floor are closed: waste positions, water lines, and any in-wall cistern or mixer body. Then waterproofing and tiling happen. Then fit-off — tapware, fixtures, wastes, the toilet suite.
The expensive mistake is deciding a fixture position after rough-in. A vanity moved 400 millimetres after the wall is sheeted and tiled means opening tiling that was just laid. Draw it properly, agree it, then rough it in.
What gets referred on
Some work is not plumbing. Electrical connections to a hot water unit or a heat pump need an electrician. Gas work needs a licensed gas fitter and is covered on the gas fitting page. Structural work and waterproofing membranes are other trades again. We will say so rather than take on something that belongs to someone else's licence.
Booking
The more specific you can be, the better the visit goes. What is happening, where, since when, and what the property is — house, unit, strata, tenanted, commercial. If it is a recurring problem, when it last happened.
For a full list of what is covered, see our services. For where we work, see the service areas page, or go straight to contact.
More services
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Hot Water Installation
Like-for-like swaps, relocations and changeovers between gas, electric and heat pump.
Learn more →Hot Water Repairs
Elements, thermostats, thermocouples, anodes and tempering valves — repaired where repair is honest.
Learn more →Emergency Hot Water Replacement
Same-day changeover when a cylinder splits or an old unit stops for good.
Learn more →Blocked Drains
Jetting, electric eel and CCTV for sewer, stormwater and kitchen waste blockages.
Learn more →Burst and Leaking Pipes
Copper pin-holing, poly joint failures and slab leaks isolated and repaired.
Learn more →Leak Detection
Finding the leak behind a rising Water Corporation bill before anyone digs.
Learn more →Gas Fitting
Bayonets, cooktops, gas points and appliance connections on mains gas or LPG.
Learn more →Gas Leak Repairs
Smell gas? Isolate at the meter, get outside, then call. Pressure testing and repair.
Learn more →Taps and Toilets
Dripping taps, running cisterns, mixer cartridges and toilet suite replacements.
Learn more →Backflow Prevention
Testable backflow devices installed and tested to keep your supply separate from the main.
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FAQs
Frequently asked questions
Is plumbing work in WA required to be licensed?
Yes for the great majority of it. Western Australia requires water supply, sanitary and drainage work to be carried out by or under a licensed plumbing contractor, and the work is subject to notification and inspection requirements. Minor items like changing a tap washer are excepted, but anything involving pipework is not. Ask for the licence details and keep your paperwork.
Do I need a plumber for a bathroom renovation?
For anything that moves, adds or removes pipework, yes. A renovation typically involves rough-in before the walls close, waterproofing coordination, then fit-off after tiling. The sequencing matters as much as the plumbing — a fixture position decided late, after the rough-in is buried in the wall, is expensive to change.
Can you work on a rental property for a landlord or agent?
Yes, and it is common. What makes those jobs run smoothly is clear authority to proceed up to an agreed value, access arrangements agreed with the tenant in advance, and an invoice that records what was found as well as what was done. Reactive maintenance on tenanted properties is a large share of ordinary plumbing work.
How do I know whether to repair or replace old pipework?
It depends on the material and the failure pattern. One pin hole in a long copper run is a repair. Three pin holes in the same run within two years is a run that is going to keep failing, and replacing it is cheaper than the next five call-outs. Galvanised steel still in service is generally at end of life on sight.
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