by Josh | Jul 29, 2023 | Recent work
One of the most common changes to plumbing during a small renovation is the conversion of wall taps to a sink mixer. This happens most commonly in kitchens but also in laundries. Here’s a bunch of pics I took today at a job in Banksia Park with internal brick...
by Josh | Apr 6, 2015 | Plumbing, Recent work
Last week a customer from Windsor Gardens messaged me saying his toilet was making a horrible noise when they flushed it. When I attended site and flushed the toilet to see what the noise was, it sounded to be coming from outside. I went outside and asked him to flush...
by Josh | Dec 13, 2014 | Plumbing, Recent work
Recently I’ve been called to repair leaking water pipes where contractors have accidentally broken the copper water service between the water meter and the house. These situations immediately create two plumbing emergencies. The first one is finding the water...
by Josh | Dec 11, 2014 | Plumbing, Recent work
Today I had to attend a hot water unit on a rental house where the tenant was complaining about the hot water running cold. All I knew before I got there was that it was a continuous flow gas hot water unit and that it was frequently shutting off and delivering cold...
by Josh | Feb 22, 2014 | Recent work
This was a very expensive toilet to break. It’s a Caroma Leda Invisi and I had to find one on Saturday morning to get the bathroom going again before this busy Adelaide hotel filled up with patrons that afternoon. The pan was broken low enough that the water no...
by Josh | Dec 31, 2013 | Recent work
Getting the oven to stay lit + resealing the oven door This Euromaid gas oven (Davoren Park, Adelaide) would light but wouldn’t stay lit. It was the common case of lighting the pilot flame without any trouble but then when you released the gas knob, the pilot...
