Losing water in Riverton?
Ring us and a licensed plumber comes out at no charge. The leak is located before anything is quoted, and the repair price comes in writing before any ground is opened.
What Riverton is like to work in
Riverton sits north-east of Bull Creek, running up to the Canning River, with Riverton Forum and the local shops through the middle and High Road along its southern side. It is a long-established suburb, and much of the housing predates Bull Creek rather than matching it.
That extra decade or two matters more than it sounds.
Some homes are on their second or third generation of pipework, and some are not
A house that was re-plumbed at some point has newer material for part of its run and original material for the rest, joined wherever the work happened to stop. Those transition points are worth being interested in.
The materials are mixed
Older suburbs carry a wider variety of pipe than newer ones, laid at different times by different hands and to different standards of the day. None of it is wrong. It just behaves differently under pressure and under the ground, and the fault is rarely in the same place twice.
The trees are fully grown
Fifty and sixty-year-old roots in an established street are a serious mechanical force, and they find joints that have already begun to open.
The call we get most in Riverton
An older house with a bill that has climbed steadily rather than jumped — the signature of a small fault that has been slowly getting larger. On housing of this vintage the answer is often out at the front of the property on the service line, in ground that has never given the slightest hint anything was wrong. Why hidden leaks stay hidden
Why we do not guess on older housing
On a newer property you can make a reasonable assumption about where the pipe runs and be right most of the time. On Riverton housing you cannot. The pipe has been altered, extended, partly replaced and worked around by additions that went up decades after the original plan.
That is precisely why the method is isolation, pressure testing and listening rather than an educated guess with a shovel. The older the house, the more the located fault is worth compared with the hole you avoid. How a leak is located
What we do in Riverton
Leak detection
Water and gas, under slabs, paving, lawns and driveways, in walls, and along the service line. Leak detection
Burst and leaking pipes
Water already out and doing damage — shut it off at the meter if you safely can, then ring. Emergency plumbing
Blocked and failing drains
Old drain lines and mature roots are the classic Riverton pairing. A drain that keeps blocking is telling you about the line rather than what went down it. Blocked drains
Storm water and soakwells
Original drainage working against decades of added roof and paving. Storm water and soakwells
Gas leaks
Under gas licence 13098, held by the person who attends. If you can smell gas now, get everyone outside, leave switches and flames alone, and ring from outside.
Why Riverton calls us
Licensed plumber and gas fitter
Plumbing licence 8396 and gas licence 13098, both held by Tim, who does the work himself.
$0 call-out fee
No charge to attend and look.
A free written quote
Repair price in writing once the leak is located. Transparent pricing, no hidden costs.
Experience with older pipework
Which mostly means not assuming anything about where it runs or what it is made of.
Free quote in Riverton
Tell us what you have noticed and we will call you back to arrange a time. A licensed plumber attends at no charge, locates the leak, and leaves you with a written price. Monday to Friday, 7:00am to 4:00pm.
Nearby areas we serve
Bull Creek · Shelley · Rossmoyne · Willetton · All service areas