Plumbing guides for Castle Hill homes

Practical guides from the licensed plumbers who work these estates. Written for large blocks with long drain runs, houses of a single vintage arriving at the end of several service lives at once, and fifty years of planting over 1960s drainage.

Blocked Drains

An old corroded pipe at the base of a wall

31 Aug 20268 min read

Thirty metres of drain: why a big block changes the whole repair decision

More pipe means more joints, locating matters far more, and section against full run becomes a real financial decision.

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Buying & Renovating

A white storage hot water cylinder beside a washing machine in a home laundry

31 Aug 20268 min read

Why a 1970s house suddenly needs four plumbing jobs in two years

Everything in a house is installed at once, so a lot of it expires at once. What is on the list, and the one item to deal with this month.

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Blocked Drains

A chrome waste outlet coated in dark grease and grime

31 Aug 20268 min read

Roots in the drain: why removing the tree does not fix the pipe

Roots cannot break into sound pipe. They find a defect that was already leaking, which is why clearing alone buys a season.

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