Licensed local plumbers who treat a garden irrigation system as plumbing, because that is what it is. Fixed price agreed first, workmanship warranted for life, and a plumber on the phone whatever the hour.
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Never had us out before? Fifty dollars comes off the first completed job, no matter what it involves.
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Seniors & pensioners
Show a seniors or pension card and it is 10% off. Not once as a welcome, but on every job we ever do for you.
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Every plumbing job, one licensed team.
Whether it is water across the floor at 4am or a device test you have been putting off since autumn, the same licensed crew handles it, the number is fixed in advance, and the workmanship carries a lifetime warranty.
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Emergency Plumbing
Burst pipes, failed flexi hoses and sewage backing up. Answered 24 hours across Wahroonga, and we will get the water shut off before anybody leaves.
Gas, electric, heat pump and solar. Sydney water is soft, so what finishes a tank here is a spent anode or a dead element, and both are frequently repairs.
Blocked or slow, cleared and filmed, with the footage handed over whether it shows a defect or a perfectly sound pipe. Start with our guide to what to try on a blocked toilet.
Putting real numbers on a public page is unusual in this trade. We do it so that every quote you are shown, ours included, has something to be measured against. That covers the van at the door and the trade's hourly rate. Job-by-job figures sit on each service page.
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Getting someone out: $0–$180
No charge at all when the booking came through this page. Arrive by another route and you meet the standard Sydney attendance fee, typically at the upper end.
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The hourly rate you will be quoted elsewhere: $100–$150
The nine-to-five market rate, and the quiet foundation of most quotes you will be handed. It is not how we price, and the note below explains that.
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After hours, weekends and holidays: $180–$250
The premium the trade attaches to evenings, weekends and public holidays. We attach none. The figure was locked before the van moved.
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A typical emergency repair: $250–$700
A single settled number for making a burst safe, freeing a line or shutting down a gas fault, in place of a meter that starts running at the kerb.
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Your fixed price: agreed first
Committed to writing before a tool is unpacked. If what we find changes the job, everything halts until you approve the revised number.
Cards two and three are the market's rates, not ours. They are here purely for contrast. When you buy an hour you are buying somebody's time, which is not the same as buying an answer, and it is no help at all at the moment you have to commit. We price the work rather than the hours, so what you approve is what you settle. And where the honest first step is an assessment rather than an installation, that is quoted as its own small job instead of being folded into something larger. Where you already know what you need, the real figures live on the blocked drains, pipe relining, burst pipes and leaks, hot water and gas fitting pages.
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The difference between a plumber and a licensed plumber.
Anyone can call themselves a plumber. A licensed one carries a NSW licence number, real insurance, and the legal accountability that comes with both, so when a gas job is certified or a repair signed off, it actually means something.
Licensed in NSW and fully insured, on these streets week after week. Every job is carried out to the Australian Standards and carries a written lifetime warranty on the workmanship.
Every plumber licensed & insured
Upfront fixed pricing, approved first
Lifetime workmanship warranty, in writing
Accredited & fully licensed
Licensed & InsuredNSW Lic. 368473C
Lifetime WarrantyOn all workmanship
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Wahroonga's reliable licensed plumbers.
Had irrigation put in with the garden? Ask who fitted the backflow device. If nobody can answer that, it is worth an hour of somebody's time. Meet the crew behind every Wahroonga callout.
Google reviews for Dr Leak Plumbing, our sister plumbing brand and the same licensed crews who work across Wahroonga.
Excellent★★★★★4.7Rating · based on 1,026 reviews
AAimee Tadros
Great job by Chris Jr, attended our site quickly and had the issue resolved asap.
SSheree Hawkins
Chris Jr did a great job on repairing the taps in the shower. Went above and beyond with the landlord to ensure he explained things correctly. Very happy with the outcome.
NNick H
Very happy with the work. The boys, Mick, Jamal and Jacob did a fantastic job. Totally recommended.
NNicole Haden
Thanks so much David for your wonderful service, very promp & your communication was fantastic so I could keep mum in the loop. Appreciate efficient & trustworthy trades specially for pensioners.... you may be hearing from us soon for our own place for a quote.
Ttori molluso
Great job installing , go above and beyond to ensure work quality is of a high standard. Friendly staff , reliable and on time. I had a difficult job needing done on my gutters. lining them was the best option and they have the experience to ensure a good job was done the first time round.
GGirlie Godoy
Very good service that I would recommend, and they always try their best👍🫶🌷🌼✨🌺
JJames Williams
Thanks to Chris. Excellent job, quick and effective. Thank you again. James
Bbronson c
Had Jamal come fix 2 leaking toilets at short notice. Did a fantastic job, extremely friendly and very knowledgeable. Very open and honest. Would definitely recommend him for any issues that arise in the future!
RRajnal kumar
Michael, tee, kyle and ben did a awesome job at my place i’m very happy.
MMaryann O'Rourke
With any emergency you want quick action. A gas smell was exactly that. I received quick attention with great service to resolve the situation. A new gas water heater was installed the same day. Very friendly staff. Very relieved and very happy overall. Well done!!
EErwin Magat
Chris did a great job. Prompt, friendly and professional. Thank you. Highly recommended.
RRobyn Vromans
Many thanks to Mick, Kyle, Jacob and Pierre. Your service was efficient, reliable and friendly.
How it works.
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Call or book
Tell us what is happening, and whether the garden has automatic watering. Real person, no phone maze.
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Licensed plumber dispatched
A licensed plumber sets off with the figure already agreed.
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Fixed properly
Done properly the first time, and the place left as we found it.
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Warrantied for life
Backed by a written lifetime workmanship warranty.
Local area guide
Plumbing in Wahroonga
Wahroonga was laid out as large villa allotments after the North Shore railway reached here in 1890, and those garden blocks are exactly the properties that end up with automatic irrigation and a pool top up line. Both of those are permanent connections to your drinking water rather than a hose you put away, and every permanent connection needs a one-way street. That device is called backflow prevention, and on a great many properties around here nobody has ever asked whether there is one. Across the upper North Shore, a licensed local plumber is only minutes away, same-day and 24/7 for genuine emergencies.
Common plumbing problems we see in Wahroonga
Irrigation is plumbing. An automatic garden system and a pool top up line are permanent connections to the drinking supply, not landscaping accessories that happen to use water.
Hot water systems giving out. Soft water means a dead unit here has lost its anode or an element rather than filled with scale. Gas, electric, heat pump and solar, repaired where a repair is honest and replaced where it is not, frequently the same day.
Ageing galvanised & earthenware pipe. Older homes in Normanhurst, Asquith and Warrawee still run on steel and clay pipe that rusts, roots and splits over time.
Gas fitting & compliance. Cooktops, heaters and gas lines in houses that in many cases predate every appliance in them. Our licensed fitters bring the installation to standard and certify it on the spot.
Every connection needs a one-way street. Backflow is water travelling back into the supply when the pressure relationship reverses. The device that stops it is chosen on an assessment of the hazard.
And the testable ones fall due. Testable devices require testing every year by an accredited backflow prevention plumber. Plenty of owners do not know they have one.
How much does a plumber charge per hour in Wahroonga?
Ask around Sydney and you will hear $100 to $150 an hour. It is a real number and it is useless for planning, because it says nothing about how long your particular job runs. We commit to one figure for the entire piece of work in advance instead.
How fast can you get to me in Wahroonga?
Genuine emergencies get an under-an-hour target, right across Wahroonga and the upper North Shore streets around it, on any day and at any hour.
Do you charge a call-out fee?
Should an attendance or after-hours charge apply, the number is said aloud on the phone before we move. Booked from this page, there is no such charge.
How do I know you're a licensed plumber?
NSW Licence 368473C. The Fair Trading register confirms it in about a minute, and that minute is worth spending on anybody you let onto the property. Unlicensed plumbing is illegal in NSW and voids a home insurance claim. Ours is printed on every quote we issue.
My hot water system failed and it isn't that old. Why?
Soft water is the answer. Where the supply is hard, a tank fills with scale and that ends it. Sydney's is not like that. Here the sacrificial anode is consumed protecting the steel and the tank begins corroding once it is gone, or an element burns out. Neither is automatically a replacement.
What is backflow, and why does my garden have anything to do with it?
Backflow is water travelling the wrong way: out of a property and back into the drinking water supply. It happens when the pressure relationship reverses, which it does when a main is shut down for repair or a hydrant nearby draws hard. Anything permanently joined to your drinking supply is a potential path, and on properties like these the usual ones are automatic irrigation and a swimming pool top up line. A hose you put away is not the problem. A permanent connection sitting in a garden bed is.
Do you work on heritage and conservation-area homes?
The railway reached here in 1890 and the suburb was laid out afterwards as large villa allotments. What that means practically today is gardens: mature, substantial, and in a great many cases watered by an automatic system that was installed as part of the landscaping rather than as part of a plumbing job. That is the gap. Irrigation gets treated as garden work, and the question of what protects the drinking supply from it never comes up.
How would I know whether my property has a device, or needs testing?
Look, or ask us to. Which device a property needs depends on an assessment of the hazard: a dual check valve covers low hazard, a double check valve covers medium, and a reduced pressure zone device covers high. The testable ones are registered and require testing every year by an accredited backflow prevention plumber. Plenty of people own one without knowing it, which means the annual test quietly falls due and stays that way. A system that injects fertiliser into the line is a different assessment again.
What areas around Wahroonga do you cover?
The whole Wahroonga LGA and every suburb around it: Asquith, Normanhurst, North Wahroonga, Waitara, Warrawee, Asquith, Normanhurst, Normanhurst and more.
Hot water systems we service and replace
Nothing fills the diary like hot water. Around here that means a lot of electric storage in the older houses, gas wherever a property was connected for it, and continuous flow anywhere a cylinder had to give up its floor space. These are the makes. Repairing and replacing hot water systems is most of what we do here, and we are straight about what each job costs and the age at which a unit stops being worth fixing.
We service and replace these systems as an independent licensed plumber. We are not an agent for, or endorsed by, any of these manufacturers.
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