Pressure limiting valve
Mains brought down from 700 kPa to a safe 500 kPa to stop long-term wear on pipes, taps and appliances.
Original postCity of Melbourne / 3000
Plumber in Melbourne
Covering the inner city as well as the northern and north-western suburbs.
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Bathroom and laundry
Renovation rough-in with a sewer extension and a hot and cold outdoor mixing tap installed.
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Local conditions
What plumbing in Melbourne usually involves
Melbourne sits in the City of Melbourne, postcode 3000. Covering the inner city as well as the northern and north-western suburbs.
Across this part of Melbourne the recurring jobs are the same handful: hot water units that have reached the end of their life, drainage that was laid for a floor plan the house no longer has, and mains pressure sitting high enough to shorten the life of every tap and hose in the building.
On renovation and extension work the drainage is almost always the deciding factor. Moving a bathroom or adding a room means the existing run needs re-grading and reconnecting to the boundary trap, and that is far cheaper to get right before the slab goes down than after.
Questions
About Melbourne
Yes. Covering the inner city as well as the northern and north-western suburbs. Melbourne sits inside the regular run across Melbourne and the north west.
It depends on the day and whether the job is urgent. A burst pipe or a failed meter connection gets treated as urgent. For everything else the honest answer comes back with the quote rather than as a promise up front.
The suburb, a sentence on what is happening, and a photo if you can take one safely. For hot water, the age of the unit and whether it is gas or electric. For a leak, whether you have already turned the water off at the meter.
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Need a plumber in Melbourne?
Send the suburb, what is happening, and a photo if you have one. You will get a straight answer about what it needs and what it costs.