Licensed local plumbers who know that a 1960s block here sits on ground that carried three or four houses before it. Price agreed up front, workmanship warranted for life, and somebody answers at any hour.
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Seniors and pension card holders: 10% less, on every job rather than the first.
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Every plumbing job, one licensed team.
Two in the morning or a planned changeover next Tuesday, it is the same licensed team, the same price-first approach, and the same lifetime warranty on the workmanship.
Fastest response
Emergency Plumbing
Burst pipes, failed flexi hoses and sewage coming back up a stack. In a walk-up that reaches several homes at once, so it is never worth waiting on. We answer 24 hours.
Gas, electric, heat pump and solar, repaired or swapped the same day where we can. Soft Sydney water means the anode or the element gives up long before scale is the issue.
Cooktops, heaters and gas lines connected, tested and certified before we leave, with the Certificate of Compliance handed over rather than waited for.
Toilets, vanities and tapware fitted in a single visit, including the original 1960s rough-ins in these blocks, where nothing sits where a modern fitting assumes it will.
Blocked or slow? Under a walk-up on amalgamated lots there is usually more pipe down there than anybody has drawn. We film it rather than guessing from a diagram. Start with our guide to what to try on a blocked toilet.
Almost nobody in this trade publishes a figure. These are 2026 Sydney starting numbers, put here so every quote you receive has something to be measured against, ours included. That is what a van at the door costs and what the trade asks per hour. The job-by-job figures live on each service page.
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Getting someone out: $0–$180
Nothing, on anything booked through this site. Arrive at us another way and the usual Sydney attendance charge applies at the higher end.
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The hourly rate you will be quoted elsewhere: $100–$150
The business-hours market rate, and the number most quotes are quietly assembled from. We do not work that way, for the reason set out beneath these cards.
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After hours, weekends and holidays: $180–$250
What the trade adds after hours and at weekends. We add nothing: the job price is fixed before anyone leaves the yard.
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A typical emergency repair: $250–$700
A single figure for making a burst safe, clearing a line or isolating a gas fault, rather than a clock that starts when the van parks.
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Your fixed price: agreed first
In writing before any work begins. If what we uncover changes the job, nothing proceeds until you have approved the revised figure.
The two middle cards are what the market charges, not what we charge, and they are here for contrast. An hourly rate bills you for the plumber's afternoon rather than for solving your problem, and under a building like this the diagnosis is the slow part. We price the work rather than the hours, so what you approve is what you pay. Under a building like this that also means the time spent finding out what is down there is ours to carry, not yours to fund. 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.
15+ yrsexperience
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.
NSW licensed, fully insured, and in these blocks constantly. Everything to the Australian Standards, with a written lifetime workmanship warranty behind it.
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
Australian StandardsAS/NZS 3500 compliant
Seniors CardWelcome here
Lane Cove's reliable licensed plumbers.
Owners corporation tired of rediscovering the drainage one emergency at a time? Film it once, properly, and you will have something nobody has had since 1968. Meet the crew behind every Lane Cove callout.
Google reviews for Dr Leak Plumbing, our sister plumbing brand and the same licensed crews who work across Lane Cove.
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 it is a house or a block of units. Real person, no phone maze.
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Licensed plumber dispatched
A licensed plumber leaves with the figure already agreed.
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Fixed properly
Done to standard first time, and the common areas left clean.
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Warrantied for life
Backed by a written lifetime workmanship warranty.
Local area guide
Plumbing in Lane Cove
Lane Cove's flat boom is unusually well dated. The first block went up in 1962, and by 1979 close to 200 blocks lined the main roads around the village, each one standing across three or four of the old house lots. The buildings are 1960s and 70s. What they drain into is frequently older than that, because it was already in the ground when they were built. From the Lane Cove River flats to the ridgelines of Greenwich and Hunters Hill, a licensed local plumber is only minutes away, same-day and 24/7 for genuine emergencies.
Common plumbing problems we see in Lane Cove
The building is newer than the ground. A walk-up here stands across three or four amalgamated house lots, so what it drains into was frequently already in the ground before the block was built.
Hot water systems giving out. Sydney's soft water means a dead unit here is nearly always a spent anode or a failed element rather than scale. Gas, electric, heat pump and solar, repaired or replaced, often the same day.
Ageing galvanised & earthenware pipe. Older homes in Lane Cove West, Lane Cove North and Riverview still run on steel and clay pipe that rusts, roots and splits over time.
Gas fitting & compliance. Cooktops, heaters and gas lines in blocks where the original runs were sized for what the building had in 1968. Our licensed fitters bring it to standard and certify it on the spot.
Nobody drew what was left behind. Amalgamating lots and building over them in 1968 produced no tidy set of as-builts, so redundant house-era runs and odd junctions turn up that no plan records.
Stormwater that goes somewhere unexpected. House-era stormwater lines were laid for cottages that no longer exist, and some of them are still quietly taking water under a building that was designed around something else.
How much does a plumber charge per hour in Lane Cove?
The going Sydney range is $100 to $150 an hour, and it tells you almost nothing about your job. We agree a price for the whole piece of work before starting, so a straightforward morning and a difficult one both cost what was quoted.
How fast can you get to me in Lane Cove?
Genuine emergencies: we aim to be with you inside the hour anywhere across Lane Cove and the river suburbs, any day, any hour.
Do you charge a call-out fee?
Whatever attendance or after-hours figure applies is said on the phone before anybody sets off. Book through this site and there is none at all.
How do I know you're a licensed plumber?
NSW Licence 368473C. Check it on the Fair Trading register yourself, it takes about a minute. Unlicensed plumbing is illegal in NSW and voids a home insurance claim, so ask anybody for their number before they start. Ours is on every quote we issue.
My hot water system failed and it isn't that old. Why?
Soft water. In hard-water regions a tank fills with scale and that ends it, but Sydney's supply is not like that. Here the sacrificial anode gets used up and the tank starts corroding, or an element fails. Both are frequently repairs rather than replacements.
The building is from the 1960s. Why does the drainage under it look older?
Because it frequently is. A walk-up here stands across three or four amalgamated house lots, and those lots already had drainage, stormwater and service runs threading across them. When the block went up, some of that was reused because a workable connection was cheaper than a new one, some was abandoned where it lay, and some was simply built over. So the age of the building tells you very little about the age of what it discharges into, and almost none of it was drawn at the time.
Do you work on heritage and conservation-area homes?
Lane Cove is not a heritage-terrace suburb. Its defining stock is the flat boom: the first block in 1962, and by 1979 nearly 200 of them along the main roads around the village. What matters practically is that each one replaced three or four detached houses, so the ground under it has a history the building does not.
Our plan shows the drainage. Why do you want to put a camera down?
Because on a building that sits on amalgamated lots, the plan usually describes what was installed for the block and not what was already in the ground. Redundant house-era runs, junctions in places that made sense for a 1955 cottage, stormwater going somewhere nobody expects. A camera shows what is actually there rather than what somebody intended in 1968, and it is the difference between a targeted repair and an exploratory one.
What areas around Lane Cove do you cover?
The whole Lane Cove LGA and every suburb around it: Lane Cove North, Lane Cove West, Longueville, Northwood, Riverview, Linley Point, Greenwich, Riverview and more.
Hot water systems we service and replace
Hot water brings us out more than anything else here, and these are the makes behind it. Electric storage in a great many of the walk-ups, gas where the building has it, and continuous flow wherever a tank had to come off the floor and onto a wall. 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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