0450 963 633Plumber in Kelvin Grove, Brisbane
Kelvin Grove has two distinct sides. On the slopes either side of Kelvin Grove Road sit timber workers’ cottages and Queenslanders, many of them let room by room to students; around the QUT campus and the Urban Village there are apartment buildings, student housing and a run of cafes and takeaway shops. The plumbing faults in each are quite different. Cockatoo Plumbing Electrical is based in Toowong, Brisbane, and handles residential and light commercial plumbing in Kelvin Grove. Call 0450 963 633.
Share houses and rentals
A house with five or six tenants works its plumbing hard. Cisterns cycle all day, showers run back to back every morning, and the hot water unit is often too small for the number of people now living there. In rentals like these the usual jobs are dripping taps and cisterns, shower wastes choked with hair and soap, and a storage heater that runs cold before the last person has showered. Landlords and property managers get a short written note of what was found and replaced, ready for the tenancy file.
Original pipework under older houses
Plenty of Kelvin Grove cottages still have lengths of galvanised steel water pipe under the floor, joined to copper or plastic during earlier repairs. Galvanised pipe corrodes from the inside, so weak pressure at one tap, or brown water after the house has sat empty over the semester break, are typical signs. Older yards may also have earthenware sewer lines with mortar joints that tree roots work their way into. We find the failed section and replace it rather than patching the same joint again.
Apartments and the Urban Village
In an apartment building a leak rarely stays in one unit. A failed shower seal or a burst flexi hose under a vanity can appear as a stain on the ceiling of the unit below. We trace the source, isolate it and repair it, and liaise with the building manager when the fault sits in shared risers or the plant room. Cafes and food outlets nearby need hand basins, grease arrestor connections and hot water that keeps up through the lunch rush.
Plumbing services in Kelvin Grove
- leaking taps, cisterns and flexi hoses
- blocked drains, toilets and sewer lines
- galvanised pipe replacement
- hot water repairs and replacement
- stormwater and downpipe repairs on sloping blocks
- bathroom and kitchen renovation plumbing
- plumbing for cafe and shop tenancies
Water supply and your side of the meter
Urban Utilities supplies water and sewerage in Kelvin Grove. The owner is responsible for private pipework on the property side of the meter and for the sewer pipes up to the connection point, so a leak between the meter and the house, or a root blockage in the yard, needs a licensed plumber. If a water bill jumps with no change in use, reading the meter with every tap turned off will show whether water is escaping somewhere hidden.
Licensed plumbing
Kelvin Grove plumbing is carried out under QBCC licence 15409163. Because we also hold Queensland Electrical Contractor Licence 91748, the circuit feeding an electric hot water unit or pump can be checked on the same visit. ABN 62 672 328 853. Our team brings 20+ years’ experience.
Areas we cover near Kelvin Grove
Plumbers also in Red Hill, Paddington, Milton and Windsor. For the same suburb, see our Kelvin Grove electrician page and air conditioning in Kelvin Grove. Main page: plumbing in Brisbane. Home.
Book a plumber in Kelvin Grove
Ring 0450 963 633 or 0416 230 789, email cockatooservices@gmail.com, or describe the problem through the contact page. Find Cockatoo Plumbing Electrical on Google Maps.
