Plumbing Maintenance and Repairs Gold Coast
The dripping tap, the running toilet and the rest of the list on the fridge. A drain that keeps blocking is a blocked drain job. We look at the whole list first, and give you a written price before we start.
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Vesey Plumbing Solutions fixes dripping taps, running toilets, leaking showers and other small plumbing jobs across the Gold Coast, Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm. Licensed plumber Jamie Vesey does the work and writes the price down first.
What needs fixing?
A tap that drips
Usually a repair
What is usually behind it
Usually a worn washer or seat inside the tap, or on a mixer tap, a worn cartridge. The tap body itself is usually fine, so a repair is normally the answer rather than a new tap.
What you can do now
Turn it off firmly, but do not force it tighter, which wears the washer faster. Notice whether it drips from the spout or leaks from the base. They are different repairs.
Not sure? Describe it on the phone.
The toilet runs after flushing
Usually a repair
What is usually behind it
Either the valve that refills the cistern is not shutting off, or the seal at the bottom is letting water through to the bowl. Both are parts inside the cistern, not the toilet itself.
What you can do now
Lift the lid and watch the water level. If it rises to the overflow pipe, it is the refill valve. If the level stays put but water keeps trickling into the bowl, it is the seal. Tell us which when you call.
Not sure? Describe it on the phone.
The toilet rocks or leaks at the base
Usually a repair
What is usually behind it
The seal between the toilet and the waste pipe has usually failed, or the fixings holding the toilet down have come loose. A leak at the base can soak into the floor without showing much on top.
What you can do now
Use another toilet if you have one. Wipe around the base and check whether water comes back after a flush. Do not tighten the bolts hard, as that can crack the toilet.
Not sure? Describe it on the phone.
The shower has lost pressure
Depends where it is
What is usually behind it
If only the shower is weak, it is usually the shower head clogged with minerals from the water, or a worn part inside the mixer. If the taps are weak too, the problem is further back in the house.
What you can do now
Run a basin tap and the kitchen tap. If they are strong and only the shower is weak, unscrew the shower head and soak it in white vinegar overnight. If that fixes it, you have saved a call.
Not sure? Describe it on the phone.
Low pressure through the whole house
Needs a look
What is usually behind it
Something before the taps is holding the water back: a tap at the meter that is partly closed, a failing valve that controls the pressure, old pipes narrowed by rust, or a leak on the pipe coming in.
What you can do now
Check the tap at your water meter is fully open. Ask a neighbour whether their pressure has dropped too. If it has, the problem may be in the street, and the City of Gold Coast is the one to call.
Not sure? Describe it on the phone.
A list from a rental inspection or strata report
Worth doing together
What it involves
Inspection and strata lists are usually a handful of small jobs: a dripping tap, a running toilet, a weak shower. Done together, they take one visit.
What to have ready
The whole list, with photos if you have them, the property or lot numbers, and who can let us in.
Not sure? Describe it on the phone.
Something else
Not on the list?
Blocked drains, hot water and burst pipes and leaks each have their own page. Any other small job around the house belongs here.
What to do
Call and read us the list, including the jobs you are not sure are worth a plumber.
Not sure? Describe it on the phone.
A written price. Guaranteed workmanship.
A written price before we start, and our workmanship guaranteed for as long as you own the home.
You get the price in writing before any work begins. If we find something the quote did not cover, we stop and tell you what it means before we touch it. If our workmanship ever fails, we will repair or redo the work, whichever we judge right for the job.
Some jobs cannot be quoted without opening something up. Where that is the case, we tell you before we start.
The workmanship guarantee covers the work we carry out, for as long as you own the property. Anything we supply also carries its manufacturer's warranty, and we will help you claim on it. This guarantee is in addition to your rights under the Australian Consumer Law. How to make a claim, and your consumer guarantees.
For property managers and body corporates
For real estate agents, strata managers and body corporates.
Several lots, one booking
Where a building has small jobs in more than one unit, send the list and the lot numbers together.
Billing by lot
Tell us how each lot needs to be billed when you book.
Access for tenants
Tell us who is living there and when suits them, and we book a time around it.
A report back to you
When the work is done, you hear what was fixed, what we found, and anything worth planning for.
What to tell us when you call
The whole list
Every job, including the ones you are not sure are worth a plumber. Small jobs cost less done together.
Photos
A photo of each problem, and of the tap or toilet it is on, helps us bring the right parts.
Who can let us in
Your name, or the tenant's, and the best way to reach them.
The property or lot
For a rental or strata building, the address and lot numbers, so we know where each job is.
We answer Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm.
Jamie Vesey
Licensed plumber and gas fitter
QBCC 15090309
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More on maintenance and repairs
Leaking Tap Repairs
Washers, seats, cartridges and full replacement.
Toilet Repairs
Cisterns that run, pans that rock, seals that fail.
Shower Repairs
Pressure, mixers, and leaks behind the wall.
Our other plumbing services
Plumbing Installations and Renovations
New toilets, taps, showers and vanities, and the plumbing behind a bathroom or kitchen renovation.
Hot Water Systems
Repairs, replacements and servicing for electric, gas, heat pump and solar systems.
Gas Fitting
Commercial kitchen fit-outs, appliance installation, gas line repairs and compliance certificates.
Blocked Drains
We clear the blockage, find out what caused it, and tell you whether it will come back.
Burst Pipes and Leak Detection
Find the leak, stop the water, repair the pipe.
Emergency Plumber
Burst pipes, sewage coming up inside and no water. We answer Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm, not nights or weekends.
Where we do maintenance and repairs on the Gold Coast
We look after the Gold Coast, including:
- Burleigh Heads
- Burleigh Waters
- Miami
- Palm Beach
- Elanora
- Tallebudgera
- Currumbin
- Currumbin Waters
- Tugun
- Bilinga
- Kirra
- Coolangatta
- Varsity Lakes
- Reedy Creek
- Robina
- Mermaid Beach
- Broadbeach
- Surfers Paradise
- Main Beach
- Southport
- Labrador
- Runaway Bay
- Hope Island
- Helensvale
- Coomera
Not on the list? Tell us your suburb when you call and we will let you know whether we can get to you.
Book a maintenance visit on the Gold Coast
Tell us what is happening. You get a written price before we start, and our workmanship is guaranteed for as long as you own the home.