Licensed local plumbers who would rather see a photograph than take a description, because there is nowhere in this suburb to go and buy the part we did not bring. Price fixed first, lifetime workmanship warranty, and a plumber answers whatever the hour.
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Every plumbing job, one licensed team.
The full list, at any hour, from one licensed crew. The figure is settled before we drive, and the workmanship is warranted for life in writing.
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Emergency Plumbing
Pipes that have burst, flexi hoses that have let go, sewage coming back up. Somebody picks up at any hour and we will get the supply isolated while the van is loading.
Storage, continuous flow, heat pump and solar. Send a photo of the compliance plate when you ring and the right part usually comes with us the first time.
Blocked or slow, cleared and filmed, with the footage handed over whether it shows a defect or a sound pipe. Start with our guide to what to try on a blocked toilet.
Numbers on a public page are rare in plumbing. These are 2026 Sydney entry rates, published so that any quote you are shown, ours included, has something to be held against. That covers the van at the door and the trade's hourly rate. Job-by-job figures sit on each service page.
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Getting someone out: $0–$180
Nothing when the booking starts here. Come to us another way and the standard Sydney attendance fee applies, generally at the higher end.
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The hourly rate you will be quoted elsewhere: $100–$150
The daytime market rate, and the quiet basis of a great many quotes. Ours is not built from it, and the note under these cards explains that.
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After hours, weekends and holidays: $180–$250
What the trade adds for nights, weekends and public holidays. We add none, because the price was agreed before we left.
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A typical emergency repair: $250–$700
A single figure to make a burst safe, free a line, or shut down a gas fault. No clock, and nothing appended at the end.
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Your fixed price: agreed first
Written down before we start. If what we find changes the scope, work stops until you have approved a new figure.
The middle pair describe the market rather than us, and they sit there for contrast. An hour of somebody's time and a problem that has actually gone away are different purchases, and hourly billing only ever sells the first. We price the work rather than the hours, so the figure you approve is the figure you settle. And where a second visit is genuinely unavoidable because of a part, you hear that before the first one rather than at the end of it. 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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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.
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Cheltenham's reliable licensed plumbers.
Before you ring, take a photo of whatever is broken. Thirty seconds, and it is the single biggest thing you can do to make it a one-visit job. Meet the crew behind every Cheltenham callout.
Google reviews for Dr Leak Plumbing, our sister plumbing brand and the same licensed crews who work across Cheltenham.
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
Ring, and send a photo of whatever is wrong if you can. Real person, no phone maze.
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Licensed plumber dispatched
A licensed plumber sets off with the figure fixed and the right parts aboard.
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Fixed properly
Done properly the first time, and the place left as we found it.
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Warrantied for life
Backed by a written lifetime workmanship warranty.
Local area guide
Plumbing in Cheltenham
Cheltenham is small and almost entirely residential. The station opened in 1898 and the suburb that grew up around it never developed a shopping strip, which means there is no hardware store and no plumbing supplier anywhere in it. For a trade that has one very practical consequence: whatever is needed has to arrive on the van, because nobody is nipping out for a part. What you tell us before we come is therefore worth more here than it is in most suburbs. Across Cheltenham, Beecroft and North Epping, a licensed local plumber is only minutes away, same-day and 24/7 for genuine emergencies.
Common plumbing problems we see in Cheltenham
There is nowhere here to buy a part. No shopping strip, no hardware store, no plumbing supplier. Whatever a job needs has to arrive on the van, because nobody is nipping out for it.
Hot water systems giving out. In this water a tank that has stopped has lost its anode or burnt an element rather than silted up. Gas, electric, heat pump and solar, and we repair rather than replace whenever repairing is honest.
Ageing galvanised & earthenware pipe. Older homes in North Epping, Beecroft and Beecroft still run on steel and clay pipe that rusts, roots and splits over time.
Gas fitting & compliance. Cooktops, heaters and gas lines, sized, installed and certified in one visit. Send the appliance model with your enquiry and most of the answer arrives before we do.
So the phone call does real work. Make, model, age and what the fitting looks like. Those four things decide whether this is a one-visit job or a two-visit one.
And a photo beats a description. It shows the fitting type, the material and roughly the age at once, and none of those three survive being described down a phone.
How much does a plumber charge per hour in Cheltenham?
The band you will hear quoted around Sydney is $100 to $150 an hour. It is accurate and it makes a poor budget, because nobody can tell you the hours in advance. We agree one figure covering the whole job before starting.
How fast can you get to me in Cheltenham?
Genuine emergencies get an under-sixty-minute target, in Cheltenham and next door in Beecroft and North Epping, at any hour on any day.
Do you charge a call-out fee?
Every charge is spoken on the phone before the van moves, so nothing on the invoice is news. Come through this page and there is no attendance charge in the first place.
How do I know you're a licensed plumber?
NSW Licence 368473C. Look it up on the Fair Trading register, which takes a minute and is worth doing for anybody you let onto the property. Plumbing without a licence is against the law in this state and it will void an insurance claim.
My hot water system failed and it isn't that old. Why?
Soft water. In hard-water places a cylinder fills with scale and that is what ends it. Sydney's supply does not behave that way. Here the anode inside is eaten away protecting the steel, and once it has gone the tank begins to corrode. Or an element burns out. Neither one automatically means buying a new system.
Why do you want a photograph before you come?
Because there is nowhere in Cheltenham to buy a part. No hardware store, no plumbing supplier, no shopping strip at all. Whatever is needed comes on the van or the job takes two visits. A photograph shows us the fitting type, the material and roughly the age all at once, and none of those three survive a phone description intact. Thirty seconds of your time regularly saves a return trip, and the return trip costs you more than it costs us.
Do you work on heritage and conservation-area homes?
The station opened in 1898 and the suburb filled in around it as housing, with no commercial centre ever developing. That is unusual for a suburb with its own station and it is the single most practically relevant fact about working here. It also means the housing is old enough in parts that some fittings are no longer manufactured, which is a different conversation and one worth having before a visit rather than during it.
What if the part for my appliance is not made any more?
It happens, particularly with older hot water units and tapware, and it is better to know beforehand. If a photograph tells us the part is unlikely to be available, we will say so on the phone rather than after standing in your laundry for twenty minutes. That changes the conversation from repair to replace before you have paid for anybody's time, which is the right way round.
What areas around Cheltenham do you cover?
The whole Cheltenham LGA and every suburb around it: Beecroft, North Epping, Beecroft, North Epping, Beecroft, North Epping, Beecroft, Beecroft and more.
Hot water systems we service and replace
Hot water is the bulk of the callout diary. Electric storage runs a good deal of the housing here, gas appears where a property is connected for it, and continuous flow shows up where a cylinder had to leave the floor. These are the makes we carry parts for. 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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