Croydon – Dave's Plumbing and Gasfitting

This week I had a call out to inspect a dripping sound from the bathroom.

It turns out this home owner only purchased the house a week prior. The house had been completely renovated, the leak was somewhere behind the newly tiled shower wall. It was going to be a shame to destroy that new wall, not to mention the repair bill! The owner would have to repair all the tiles afterwards, and to add insult to injury his house and contents insurer would not cover $1 towards it.

Its not easy to locate a leak behind a thick tiled wall, as noise will travel. With some extra time taken to narrow down the problem area, and some extra care taken to very carefully cut the tile out, I was able to open a hole in the wall. Then I repaired the leak caused by previous renovator, and then glued the tile back into position. Once the tile is re-grouted no one will ever know. The owner was extremely happy with the outcome.

If you are buying a home always ask for receipts and certificates for any work that has been done. Protect your investment by making sure the job was done right. Only a licensed plumber can do plumbing work and is required to issue a certificate of compliance at the end.

P.S. DONT RISK IT, ONLY USE A LICENSED PLUMBER

I recently attended a call for a leaking hot water cylinder in Croydon. Its very normal for gas heaters and hotwater units be hidden up the sideway of the home. Out of sight out of mind. Fair enough too! However it is important to keep trees and grass away from them. When Summer time heat dries out the grass and leaves they become a big fire danger, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had too pull burnt grass out of the bottom of an appliance. Another issue is the more plant life there is around a gas apliance, the larger the spider and insect population is. Spiders and small insects love to clime into gas injectors and other import parts wich can causes the apliance to run poorly, and then stop working. So this Spring when your cleaning up your yard, don’t forget to give the area around your ducted heater and gas hotwater service a tidy up.