Plumber New Farm

Hot water in New Farm homes and apartments

New Farm hot water jobs come in two flavours. In the Queenslanders it is usually an aging electric storage tank under the house or a gas system on the back wall. In the apartment blocks it is compact units in tight cupboards where the replacement has to fit an exact space. We repair and replace electric and gas systems in both, and we will tell you plainly when a repair is worth it and when the tank is finished. Our hot water plumbers quote the installed price before the old unit comes out.

Blocked drains under New Farm's older streets

New Farm is one of Brisbane’s older suburbs, and plenty of the sewer lines beneath it have been in the ground for generations. Mature figs along the streets and in New Farm Park send roots hunting for them. Repeat blockages, gurgling toilets and slow floor wastes all point to trouble down the line. We clear blocked drains with a high-pressure jetter, then run a camera so you can see the condition of the pipe for yourself. In unit blocks we also help work out whether the blockage sits in your private line or the shared stack, which decides who pays for it.

Emergency plumbing on the New Farm peninsula, 24/7

Burst flexi hoses and split heritage-era pipes do not wait for business hours, and in an apartment a leak becomes your downstairs neighbour’s problem within minutes. We answer New Farm emergency calls around the clock. Shut the water off at the meter or the isolation valve first, and our emergency guide walks you through what else to do before the plumber arrives. Our people are spread across Brisbane, so the inner-city response comes from nearby.

Gas fitting and leak detection around Merthyr Road

We hold gas licences as well as plumbing, so cooktop swaps, bayonet points and gas hot water changeovers in New Farm are one call, not two trades. Hidden water leaks deserve the same directness: a rising Urban Utilities bill with no change in habits usually means water escaping somewhere out of sight. Urban Utilities owns the street main and the meter, while every pipe on your side of the meter is the owner’s responsibility, so those hidden leaks are yours to fix. We find them with specialist leak detection equipment, and leak detection is quoted as a fixed price before we start.

Fixed pricing across New Farm and the riverside suburbs

The $0 call-out fee applies from Sydney Street to the Annie Street end and everywhere in between. Our Brisbane plumbers cover the whole inner city on the same terms, including Teneriffe next door, Bulimba across the river, plus Kangaroo Point, East Brisbane and South Brisbane. For the everyday jobs, leaking taps, running toilets, low pressure, see our general plumbing services.