Plumber Port Kembla

Port Kembla was built for the steelworks and most of the housing still shows it. Rows of small cottages and fibro homes from the forties and fifties on tight blocks between Wentworth Street and the water, plenty of them now being bought and renovated by people who like being a short walk from MM Beach and Hill 60. The renovations are new. The pipes under them usually are not.

Common plumbing jobs in Port Kembla

• Original earthenware and cast iron sewer lines under the worker cottages, cracked and rooted after eighty-odd years
• Galvanised water services rusting from the inside, giving discoloured water and poor pressure
• Renovation work where a new bathroom or kitchen goes into an old house and the existing drainage has to be brought up to scratch
• External tapware, fittings and hot water casings corroding early from salt and the harbour air
• Underground leaks on small blocks where the service runs under a concrete path put in decades ago

Blocked drains and emergencies

Blocked drains are the most common emergency we get called to in Port Kembla, and the age of the pipework is the reason. We locate the blockage, clear it, and give you a straight answer about whether the line needs relining or replacing rather than another clean every winter. After-hours call-outs are available. Extra charges apply and depend on the job, and Brad tells you the cost on the phone first.

Why locals call Powell Plumbing

Brad is a licensed plumber, drainer and gas fitter, licence 182283C, fully insured, with 23 years in the Illawarra. He answers his own phone, gives free quotes and offers a pension discount. We install all brands, so on an old house you get advice about what will last rather than a sales pitch.

Port Kembla, Warrawong, Berkeley, Unanderra and Wollongong are all part of the same day for us. Call 0426 963 260.