Licensed local plumbers who will tell you whether the fitting you have your eye on can legally go on drinking water, before you buy it. Price fixed first, workmanship warranted for life, and somebody answers at any hour.
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Come to us through this page and every one of these is deducted from the final invoice. Just name the one you are after when we call you back. Valid right across the streets we cover here.
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Nobody pays for the van pulling up when the job came through this page. There is no small print under that.
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New customer? Your first completed job comes in $50 lighter, whatever it turns out to involve.
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Seniors & pensioners
Holding a seniors or pension card means 10% off, and not just once. Every job, every time.
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Every plumbing job, one licensed team.
Two in the morning with water everywhere, or a bathroom you have been planning since last winter. One licensed crew covers both, the number is locked in beforehand, and the workmanship is warranted for life.
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Emergency Plumbing
Burst pipes, failed flexi hoses and sewage backing up. Answered 24 hours across Croydon, and we will get the water off before anybody sets out.
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.
Toilets, vanities and tapware fitted in a single visit, including period-appearance fittings, installed only where they are certified for the position they are going into.
Blocked or slow, cleared and filmed. 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.
Publishing a figure is rare in this trade, which is most of the reason we do it. These are 2026 Sydney starting numbers, and they exist so you have a yardstick to hold every quote against. Including ours. That is the van at the door and the trade's hourly rate. Job-by-job figures live on each service page.
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Getting someone out: $0–$180
Free on anything that came through this page. Arrive at us by some other route and the usual Sydney attendance fee applies, generally at the higher end of that band.
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The hourly rate you will be quoted elsewhere: $100–$150
What the market asks between nine and five, and the figure that quietly underpins most quotes you will be shown. We work differently, and the note under these cards explains why.
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After hours, weekends and holidays: $180–$250
The premium the trade puts on nights, weekends and public holidays. Ours is zero. The job price was agreed before anybody got in the van.
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A typical emergency repair: $250–$700
A single agreed number for making a burst safe, freeing a blocked line or shutting down a gas fault, rather than a meter that starts running when we park.
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Your fixed price: agreed first
Written down before a tool comes out. Should what we uncover change the job, everything stops until you have signed off on the new figure.
Cards two and three show what the market asks, not what we ask. They are here purely so you can see the contrast. Paying by the hour means paying for a plumber's afternoon, which is a poor proxy for having your problem solved. We price the work rather than the hours, so what you approve is what you settle. And if a fitting you have chosen cannot go where you want it, you hear that before it is bought rather than on the day it is due to go in. 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.
NSW licensed and fully insured, working these streets week in and week out. Every job meets 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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Seniors CardWelcome here
Croydon's reliable licensed plumbers.
About to buy a beautiful old tap for the kitchen? Ask us first whether it can go on drinking water. It is a two minute conversation and it saves an expensive afternoon. Meet the crew behind every Croydon callout.
Google reviews for Dr Leak Plumbing, our sister plumbing brand and the same licensed crews who work across Croydon.
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 the job, and whether any particular fitting is involved. 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 tidy.
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Warrantied for life
Backed by a written lifetime workmanship warranty.
Local area guide
Plumbing in Croydon
A rule changed this year that matters more in Croydon than in most suburbs. From 1 May 2026, copper alloy fittings installed in contact with drinking water must be certified lead free, meaning no more than 0.25% lead by weighted average. It governs what may be installed from now on. It lands here because Croydon grew as a railway suburb after the station opened in 1875, its Federation and Victorian streetscape is unusually intact, and people here keep, restore and match original fittings rather than replacing them with whatever is current. Across the inner west, a licensed local plumber is only minutes away, same-day and 24/7 for genuine emergencies.
Common plumbing problems we see in Croydon
The fitting rule changed in May. From 1 May 2026, copper alloy fittings installed in contact with drinking water must be certified lead free, no more than 0.25% lead by weighted average.
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 Croydon Park, Belfield and Strathfield still run on steel and clay pipe that rusts, roots and splits over time.
Gas fitting & compliance. Cooktops, heaters and gas lines in housing that in much of this suburb predates every appliance in it. Our licensed fitters bring the installation to standard and certify it there and then.
It governs new work only. This is a rule about what may be installed from now on. It is not a verdict on anything already in a wall, and we will not pretend otherwise.
And it lands hardest here. In a suburb where original tapware gets kept, restored and matched rather than replaced, the question of whether a particular fitting is permitted actually arises.
How much does a plumber charge per hour in Croydon?
The going rate around Sydney is $100 to $150 an hour, and knowing that tells you almost nothing about what your job will come to. We settle on one number covering the entire piece of work before we start, so a straightforward visit and a difficult one both finish where you expected.
How fast can you get to me in Croydon?
Anything genuinely urgent, and we are aiming to be at your door inside sixty minutes, anywhere in Croydon or the surrounding inner west, on any day at any hour.
Do you charge a call-out fee?
If an attendance or after-hours charge is going to apply, you will hear the number on the phone before the van moves. Coming to us through this page, there is nothing to hear.
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 prints on every quote we issue.
My hot water system failed and it isn't that old. Why?
Soft water accounts for it. In hard-water regions a tank silts up with scale and that is the end of it. Sydney's supply is not like that. Here the sacrificial anode is consumed protecting the steel and the tank starts corroding once it is spent, or an element burns out. Both are frequently repairs.
What is the lead free fitting rule, in plain terms?
From 1 May 2026, copper alloy plumbing products installed in contact with drinking water have to be certified lead free, which means a weighted average lead content of no more than 0.25%. Before that, ordinary plumbing brass was allowed to contain considerably more. Certified product carries a WaterMark and is marked as lead free. The important part, and we want to be plain about it, is that this is a rule about what gets installed from now on. It is not a judgement about anything already in your walls and we are not going to imply that it is.
Do you work on heritage and conservation-area homes?
Croydon grew up around its railway station, which opened in 1875, and the Federation and Victorian streetscape that came with that boom is unusually intact. That is exactly why the fitting rule matters here more than it does in a 1990s estate. In an estate everything going in is a current product anyway. Here people deliberately keep, restore or match original tapware, and that is the situation where the question of whether a particular fitting is permitted actually comes up.
I have found a beautiful original tap. Can it go in?
It depends entirely on where it is going. The rule is about contact with drinking water, so the same fitting can be perfectly fine in one position and not permitted in another. A salvaged or restored piece is not automatically installable on a drinking water outlet, however lovely and however correct for the house. Ask before you buy rather than after, and the answer takes two minutes. The reproduction market has largely caught up, so getting the look with certified product is usually straightforward.
What areas around Croydon do you cover?
The whole Croydon LGA and every suburb around it: Belfield, Croydon Park, Enfield, Lakemba, Strathfield, Strathfield South, Belfield, Strathfield and more.
Hot water systems we service and replace
Nothing fills the diary here like hot water. Older housing around Croydon leans heavily on electric storage, gas appears wherever a property was connected for it, and continuous flow shows up anywhere a cylinder had to give up its floor space. These are the makes involved. 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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