Tap Repairs
We stop drips at the washer, reseat worn spindles and replace mixers past saving, so a tap that runs all night in a Petrie home is fixed in one booked visit.
Plumbing Petrie
Petrie Plumber handles the everyday plumbing across Petrie: taps, toilets, bathrooms, kitchens, leak finding and gas fitting, plus the planned repairs that keep a house ahead of its next failure. The Petrie home page maps the full run, including the emergency and hot water work that sits beside this page.
If we're late, $100 comes off your bill
- $0 Call-Out FeesNo extra charge for nights, weekends or public holidays
- Available 24/77 days a week, and same-day where we can
- Lifetime Labour WarrantyBacked by our Fix-It-or-It's-Free guarantee (T&Cs apply)
- Licensed and InsuredEvery job done by a licensed plumber. QBCC No: 15024607
Which Page Fits Your Problem
One minute of sorting here saves a call that goes to the wrong trade. Match what you can see to the list below:
- Water in the wrong place right now: begin at emergency plumbing, which first covers the steps to make the site safe.
- A tap, toilet, bathroom, kitchen or gas job you can book ahead: it lives here, and the six pages below cover it.
- A blocked line, sewer or stormwater problem: our drainage page takes those end to end.
- Hot water that has gone cold or is nearing the end of its life: the hot water page covers repairs and replacements.
Not sure which one you are holding? Ring (07) 3067 4119 and tell us what you can see; we will point you to the right page.
What Petrie Houses Throw at a Plumber
At the last census, Petrie counted 3,148 dwellings, and 86.4 per cent of them were separate houses. Most went up between the 1970s and the 1990s, which puts many of their kitchens and bathrooms on their second or third set of fittings.
The growth belt is deep into its second round of everything
A 1980s brick-veneer house near Kurwongbah State School is at the age where the original tapware, cisterns and mixer bodies give out together.
The oldest cottages were built in the tank-water years
Places on the village grid were standing well before the 1961 town water scheme arrived, so any untouched supply line beneath them is likely galvanised steel rather than copper or poly.
Big families use their plumbing hard
The census put 42.5 per cent of local homes at four bedrooms or more, and household plumbing wears in proportion to the people leaning on it.
That mix is why a general plumbing visit here ranges from a washer swap to a full fixture renewal, and why we quote each job on what is actually under it.
The Six General Plumbing Pages
Each page below runs one job end to end, from the first symptom to the finished repair, with the causes we find in this suburb and what we do about them:
Toilet Repairs
Running cisterns, weak flushes and broken buttons: we rebuild the inlet and outlet side, replace the suite when the pan cracks, and stop the water bill climbing month after month.
Bathroom Plumbing
Showers, basins, baths and the pipework behind the wall: we trace leaks through tiled surfaces, renew washers and valves, and swap out fixtures that have rusted through from years of steam.
Kitchen Plumbing
Sink mixers, dishwasher and disposal connections, and smelly drains under the cupboard: kitchen work covers the fittings a busy Petrie household leans on from breakfast to the dinner dishes.
Leak Detection
A water bill creeping up with no visible drip usually means a hidden one: we trace leaks along supply and drain runs, at meters and under floors, before opening anything.
Gas Fitting
Gas cooktops, heaters, bayonet points and leaks: our licensed gasfitting covers new appliance installs, repairs and compliance checks, all carried under the same QBCC licence as our water work.
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Maintain, Repair or Replace
Every one of these jobs starts with the same fork in the road, and the honest answer depends on the fitting, the pipe under it and the age of the house.
Maintain when the part is wearing, not failing
A tap that needs a washer, a cistern that needs a new outlet valve or a tempering valve due for service are all small, planned jobs that push the big bill years down the road.
Repair when the failure is small and the frame is sound
A reseated spindle, a patched accessible stretch of supply pipe or a rebuilt cistern keep good fixtures working, and we will always tell you when a repair is the honest option.
Replace when the repair stops paying for itself
A mixer corroded past its threads, a cracked pan or a galvanised supply line that has furred down to a trickle all earn a renewal rather than a patch, and the quote shows you exactly what that involves.
The same fork applies to hot water, and the age profile of this suburb sends plenty of units down the replacement path: hot water replacement covers that decision properly.
Roots, Hillsides and Old Ground
Two features of the local landscape reach into plumbing more often than newcomers expect.
Roots find the old joints
Bunya, hoop and kauri pines still standing on the old Murrumba homestead grounds near Our Lady of the Way School show the scale of canopy here, and roots from trees that size hunt for moisture at ageing drain joints on the streets nearby.
The hillside sets the order of trouble
Older streets run down phyllite and slate ground toward the river, so each street's lowest lot takes the flow, and a choke partway up often surfaces as an overflow at the bottom of the run.
The Steps From Call to Invoice
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Give us a call
Ring (07) 3067 4119 and let us know what's going on in Petrie. A few questions up front mean we turn up with the right parts.
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The price, before any work
You get flat-rate pricing and no hidden fees before anything is touched. Approve it and we get started.
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The work, quoted and approved
Your plumber does the job as quoted, keeps the site tidy, pressure-tests every fitting touched and shows you each part that was replaced.
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Easy payment
Pay by card or EFTPOS on site at the end, or ask about Fix now, pay later.
Why Petrie Plumber for the Planned Jobs
$0 Call-Out Fees, Any Hour
Every job in Petrie comes with $0 call-out fees, and there's no extra charge for nights, weekends or public holidays.
Fix It or It's Free
Our Fix-It-or-It's-Free guarantee stands behind the work (T&Cs apply), and if we're late, $100 comes off your bill.
Lifetime Labour Warranty
Every job is done by a licensed plumber under QBCC No: 15024607, and our labour carries a lifetime labour warranty.
Licensed and Insured
A locally owned and operated business, licensed and insured, with flat-rate pricing.
A planned visit is also the easiest place to catch the next problem, so while we are under the sink or behind the cistern we will tell you what else is close to giving up.
Petrie General Plumbing Questions
Call (07) 3067 4119Who owns the pipes around my Petrie house?
The public sewer and water mains in the street are maintained by Unitywater, while the pipes inside your boundary belong to your property, so arranging any repairs there falls to you.
Are the old galvanised pipes in Petrie worth replacing?
Yes, because the oldest village cottages predate the 1961 town water scheme, so any original supply line still under those floors is galvanised steel from the tank-water years, and we renew it stretch by stretch.
Can you fix a gas appliance in Petrie?
Yes, our QBCC licence covers gasfitting along with plumbing and drainage, so our team installs, repairs and safety-checks cooktops, heaters and bayonet points around Petrie homes and issues the compliance paperwork for every job.
What drain material sits under my Petrie house?
If your place sits on the old village grid or among the earliest 1960s subdivisions, expect earthenware drains laid before PVC existed, which means offset joints, root intrusion and cracked runs rather than modern fittings.
Do you find leaks without pulling up floors?
We do, using meter readings plus isolation tests and listening along the runs, to narrow a hidden leak to a single stretch of pipe before anything gets opened, which keeps the repair small and the floor intact.
How do I arrange a plumber in Petrie?
Ring (07) 3067 4119, tell us what is going on and whereabouts in Petrie you are, and we will set a time, bring the parts the call points to, and quote the job before any work starts.
Book General Plumbing in PetrieLet's sort it today.
Call (07) 3067 4119 with what's going on. We're available 24/7 across Petrie, with no call-out fees, flat-rate pricing and work done under QBCC No: 15024607, same-day where we can.
Current offers:
- $80 off a tap replacement. T&Cs apply. Mention this offer when booking.
- $60 off your first service. T&Cs apply. Mention this offer when booking.
- $99 off blocked drains. T&Cs apply. Mention this offer when booking.
- $220 cashback on hot water installs. T&Cs apply. Mention this offer when booking.
If your problem turns out to be a blocked line or a dead hot water unit instead, tell us on the phone and we will steer you to the right trade.
To claim your $0 call-out fee, call (07) 3067 4119 today.