Plumber and gas fitter in Applecross
A mix that swings hard: original fifties and sixties riverside homes with galvanised pipe still in the walls, next door to a rebuild with three bathrooms and a plant room. Renovation plumbing and old-pipe failures in roughly equal measure.
- Drive from the yard
- 15 to 20 minutes
- Postcode
- 6153
- Run
- River corridor
- Answered
- Open 24/7
What Applecross rings us about
The three faults this suburb produces more than its share of, which is a function of when it was built rather than of anything anybody did wrong.
Burst galvanised pipe
Renovation rough-in
Leak detection
Every service, across Applecross
The same six things, the same published prices, and no travel surcharge for being at one end of the run rather than the other.
- Right now
Blocked drains
Jetted clear, then a camera down the line so you find out why it blocked instead of booking us again in six months.
- Single fixture cleared
- $180 – $290
- Right now
Burst & leaking pipes
Water off, leak found, pipe repaired — without taking the house apart to look for it.
- Emergency attendance and isolation
- From $190
- Same day
Hot water systems
Gas, electric and heat pump. Repaired where repairing makes sense, replaced same day where it does not.
- Diagnostic call-out
- $140
- Right now
Gas fitting
Cooktops, heaters, hot water and gas leak testing by a licensed gas fitter — a separate licence, and we hold it.
- Gas leak detection and make safe
- From $240
- Booked in
Bathrooms & kitchens
Renovation rough-in and fit-off, tap and toilet replacement, and fixing whatever the last bloke did.
- Tap or mixer cartridge replaced
- $160 – $240
- Booked in
Maintenance plans
Scheduled checks and priority response, so a small leak never becomes an insurance claim or a tribunal matter.
- Single residential property
- $420 per year
Work we have published in Applecross
With the invoice, the same as everywhere else on this site.
- 03ApplecrossDecember 2025
A slab leak found with a thermal camera, not a jackhammer
A water bill that had tripled and a warm patch on a tiled floor. Located to within a hand-span, then re-routed overhead instead of breaking the slab.
Invoiced$1,680against $1,680 quoted
What Applecross says
- Slab leak detection
“Two other plumbers did not bother calling back. Tapwell answered at nine at night, talked me through turning the water off myself so it stopped getting worse, and were there first thing. Found in two hours what two other blokes had not found in two visits.”
15 to 20 minutes
The yard is in Willetton, which is the reason this list stops where it does. We would rather cover twelve suburbs properly than forty on a map.
For an emergency
You get a time on the phone rather than a four-hour window, and a text if we are running behind. Typically under an hour into Applecross.
For booked work
Booked against the River run, so you get a morning or an afternoon rather than a day. Nothing extra for a Saturday.
A plumber for Applecross, at any hour
15 to 20 minutes. You get the price before anything comes out of the van, and the same plumber stays on the job until it is done.
Plumbing Contractor PL 7742 · Gas Fitting GF 3318 · 12 months on workmanship, in writing on every invoice