Plumber Bowen Hills
Plumbing Fortitude Valley takes calls in Bowen Hills every week, from a burst hose up a tower near the railway station to a slow drain at one of the old houses on Montpelier Hill. We are locally owned and operated, and Bowen Hills shares a run with Fortitude Valley.
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
What We Cover
Nearly every job here is apartment work, and four groups of work carry the lot:
- Emergency plumbing covers no hot water, burst pipes, gas leaks and overflowing toilets.
- General plumbing covers gas fitting, kitchen plumbing, tap repairs, toilet repairs, bathroom plumbing and leak detection.
- Drainage covers CCTV drain inspections, blocked stormwater lines, blocked sewers and blocked drains.
- Hot water covers hot water replacement when a tank dies and hot water repair when it can be saved.
Need a plumber in Fortitude Valley?
$0 call-out fees, available 24/7, and same-day where we can.
Bowen Hills Jobs Have a Pattern
Apartments made up 93.3 per cent of homes at the last census, and 1,652 new dwellings were approved here in five years. That makes this suburb nearly all tower work, with a few old houses folded in.
One fit-out, repeated on every floor
When a tower goes up, the builders usually install one model of flexi hose, stop valve and trap on every level, so the first hose to let go from old age is rarely the last of them.
Heaters failing as a fleet
The tanks and heat pumps that went in with the 2010s apartment wave are now old enough that their working parts, from elements and thermostats to relief valves, start giving out, and a cold winter morning usually exposes the first one.
Clay drains under the hill
A handful of Victorian-era houses survive up on Montpelier Hill, still tied into earthenware lines run in when the sewers arrived here around the mid-1930s, and joints that have moved since are where roots and blockages get their start.
Ground that used to be swamp
The Exhibition Grounds and the Queensland Rail depot at Mayne stand on low ground that was drained and filled early last century, so groundwater sitting close to the surface is the norm around basements and service trenches.
Why Call Us There
Every job is done by a licensed Fortitude Valley plumber under QBCC No: 15024607, and we are licensed and insured.
You get flat-rate pricing with the quote fixed before work starts, and card or EFTPOS payment on site when it is done. Fragile clay joints and tight subfloor access suit an old hill house; lift bookings and body corporate sign-off suit a tower near the station.
Get a Plumber in Bowen Hills Today
Pick up the phone and call (07) 3522 5623. We're available 24/7, there are $0 call-out fees and flat-rate pricing on Bowen Hills jobs, and we work under QBCC No: 15024607, same-day if we can.
For anything not covered above, the groups listed earlier take in every other job.
Questions We Get Asked
Call (07) 3522 5623Who owns which pipes at a Bowen Hills unit?
The public sewer and the water mains out in the street are Urban Utilities' responsibility, and every pipe from the boundary towards your unit, risers included, belongs to the owner or the body corporate.
Why do the heaters in Bowen Hills towers fail at the same age?
Because most of the apartments went up in one 2010s burst, their original tanks and heat pumps are wearing out together, and the working parts inside them are the first to go.
Does Breakfast Creek flooding matter for drains near Abbotsford Road?
Yes, when the creek broke its banks in January 2011, water sat over Perry Park and the flats, and any stormwater pit on that ground goes quiet whenever the creek level climbs above its outlet.
Can you swap a heater in a Bowen Hills high-rise unit?
Yes, though the job runs through a lobby and a lift as much as through the plant room, so we book the lift and obtain body corporate approval before anything gets disconnected.
Are the old drains on Montpelier Hill worth repairing?
Yes, those homes connect to earthenware drains from when the sewer program reached this part of Brisbane in the mid-1930s, and a shifted joint can be patched or a section swapped without redoing the line.
How do I book a plumber in Bowen Hills?
Call (07) 3522 5623 any hour, tell us what is happening at your address, and we will send a licensed plumber with $0 call-out fees, attending same-day where we can.
