Plumber Katoomba
Katoomba is home. Most mornings start here, so you get minutes rather than an hour up the highway.
Book a plumber in Katoomba
We'll call you back, usually within the hour during the day.
Straight to Aidan's phone. No call centre, no lead-selling service.
Aidan will call you back, usually within the hour during the day. If it can't wait, call 0498 184 488.
Plumbing in Katoomba
Katoomba has 8,268 residents across 4,688 dwellings on the 2021 Census, and the housing stock skews old. That means original clay sewer lines, galvanised pipework still hiding in walls, and hot water systems tucked into places no plumber would choose today. The median age is 48 and close to a quarter of residents are over 65. Those owners want one plumber they can call again, not a different subcontractor each time.
The other half of Katoomba is the visitor economy. Guesthouses, holiday lets and short-stay apartments all need working hot water and safe gas seven days a week, and a fault on a Saturday is a refund and a bad review rather than an inconvenience. We keep priority slots for managed properties for exactly that reason.
At 1,017 metres, Katoomba averages a 2.6 °C minimum through July and sits about 7 °C colder than Sydney. The figures come from the Bureau of Meteorology station at Katoomba. Frost-split pipework and heaters that will not start are the two calls that define winter here. We are gas specialists as well as plumbers, so a Katoomba heater that will not light is one job start to finish: service, repair or replacement on licence 479856C, with the certificate at the end of it.
Serving all of Katoomba including North Katoomba, the town centre, Katoomba Falls, Echo Point and the streets off Cliff Drive.
What we do in Katoomba
Emergency plumbing in Katoomba
Burst pipes, no water, sewage backing up, or a gas smell you don't like. We pick up after hours and tell you straight away whether it can wait.
Emergency plumbing
Taps, toilets and repairs in Katoomba
Dripping taps, a toilet that runs all night, pressure that has dropped off. The jobs too small to bother with and too annoying to live with.
Taps, toilets and repairs
Gas plumbing in Katoomba
Heaters, cooktops, gas hot water, BBQ points and compliance certificates. Licensed gasfitting, in a climate where your heater does the heavy lifting.
Gas plumbing
Hot water systems in Katoomba
Repairs, replacements and heat pump upgrades. Same-day changeovers where we can. A cold shower in Blackheath in July is its own emergency.
Hot water systems
Blocked drains in Katoomba
Jetting, camera inspections and root cutting. Mountain blocks mean big trees over old clay pipes. We find the cause rather than clearing it once.
Blocked drains
Roof plumbing in Katoomba
Gutters, downpipes, flashings and the leak that only shows up in heavy rain. Roof plumbing is a licensed class in NSW, and it is on our licence.
Roof plumbing
Rainwater tanks and bushfire supply in Katoomba
Tanks, pumps and mains changeover, and the static water supply that a fire truck can actually connect to when it matters.
Rainwater tanks and bushfire supplyWe also cover these in Katoomba:
The things people ask
Do you charge a call-out fee to come to Katoomba?
Katoomba is our own town, so there is no distance surcharge and no travel time to pad. You will be quoted the same rates as anyone else on the mountain, and we will tell you the price before we start.
How quickly can you get to Katoomba?
We are based in Katoomba, so for an emergency here it is minutes rather than a drive up the highway. For routine work we will usually offer you something within a few days, sooner in the quieter months.
Are you licensed to do gas work in Katoomba?
Yes. NSW licence 479856C carries Plumber, Drainer, Gasfitter, LP Gasfitter and Roof Plumber, and every gas job comes with a certificate of compliance.
Can frozen pipes be prevented, or do you just deal with them afterwards?
They can mostly be prevented. Katoomba averages a 2.6 °C minimum through July at 1,017 metres, and the pipes that split are almost always the ones nobody lagged: outdoor taps, the run across an open subfloor, anything on an exposed south wall. Lagging those is a short job in autumn and a much longer one in July once a joint has let go. If you have already had a split we will fix it and then tell you which other runs are going to do the same thing.
I manage a guesthouse or a holiday let. Can you work around guests?
Yes, and we would rather know the constraint before we arrive. Tell us the changeover day and which rooms are occupied and we will work around both. For managed properties we hold priority slots, because a fault in a short-stay has a deadline attached to it that a private house does not.