Plumber Herston
Plumber Wilston attends Herston weekly: tap and toilet repairs, sewers and blocked drains, repairs plus replacements for hot water, and licensed gas fitting, all under QBCC No: 15024607. Plumber Wilston regularly works the streets around the hospital precinct, from Butterfield Street down to the creek flats near Gould Road.
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
The Work We Do Across Herston
Whatever has gone wrong with the water, one of these four sides of the trade covers it:
Emergency plumbing
burst pipes, toilets overflowing, loss of hot water and suspected gas leaks, with make-safe steps taken on arrival.
General plumbing
work on taps, toilets, bathrooms and kitchens, hidden-leak detection plus gas fitting.
Drainage
blocked drains, blocked sewer lines, stormwater and CCTV drain inspections.
Hot water
repairs that keep a good system running, and full replacements when a tank is done.
Cottages, Flats and Filled Ground
Merchant families built the 1859 house that named this suburb, and their estates were cut up into cottage blocks through the 1910s. That history still shapes most of the plumbing we get called to.
Earthenware drains
The 1910s cottage blocks were piped in clay, and those lines still serve the older houses, where a hundred years of settling has thrown joints out of line. Established trees near Victoria Park and along Enoggera Creek send roots into the tired ones.
Galvanised supply
Unrenovated cottages that kept their original pipe run water through galvanised steel scaled up inside, so tenants usually notice weak flow well before any joint lets go.
Flats with builder fittings
Since the 1990s, apartment blocks have gone up where churches and older cottages once stood, squeezing bathrooms and laundries into tight footprints. The budget taps and thin hoses fitted at handover now fail on shared walls, and rentals often run electric storage tanks nobody has serviced, so a corroded base can leak for days before anyone reports it.
Filled ground on the low streets
Ballymore Stadium and Rasey Park occupy ground filled over an old flood-prone hollow that later served as a tip, and Butterfield Street and Gould Road appear in Council's February 2022 flood extent. Pipes laid across that fill settle unevenly as the decades pass, pulling joints apart, while the creek's high water table hides small leaks.
Why Call Our Team
A fixed quote first
You see the price before any work starts, and the price you approve is the price you pay.
Lifetime Labour Warranty
Under QBCC No: 15024607, every job is done by a licensed plumber, and our labour carries a lifetime labour warranty.
Card or EFTPOS on site
Pay when the job's done, with nothing to chase afterwards.
Locally owned and operated
A Brisbane north plumbing business working Herston and the suburbs around it.
Questions Herston Locals Ask
Call (07) 3524 7117Can you clear the earthenware drains under the old Herston cottages?
Yes, we clear and camera-check the clay lines under the 1910s cottage blocks, and if a joint has dropped we show you the exact spot on screen before anyone digs.
Who owns the sewer pipes in Herston, me or Urban Utilities?
Every pipe on your side of the connection point is yours, while Urban Utilities maintains the water and sewer mains out in the street, and we mark that boundary before any work begins.
Can a burst hose in a Herston upper-floor flat flood the units below?
It can, because one split braided hose in an upstairs laundry can send water down through two or three storeys in minutes, so isolating the building supply comes first.
Do you handle body corporate approvals in the flats near the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital?
Yes, we work around owners committees, shared risers and booked access windows in tenanted blocks, and common-property drainage stays on the paperwork so the job never stalls halfway.
Does the filled ground around Rasey Park and Ballymore cause drain problems in Herston?
It can, because old tip fill and creek silt hold water and keep shifting under buried pipes until a joint opens, so we run a camera through before recommending any dig.
How do I book a plumber in Herston?
Ring (07) 3524 7117, tell us what's happening and where in Herston, and we lock in a visit, quote the job in writing before starting and take card or EFTPOS on site.
Book a Plumber in HerstonLet's sort it today.
Call (07) 3524 7117 and tell us what's going on. We're available 24/7, every job in Herston comes with $0 call-out fees and flat-rate pricing, and the work is done under QBCC No: 15024607, with same-day where we can.
To claim your $0 call-out fee, call (07) 3524 7117 today.