Gas Plumber Endeavour Hills

Gas work on 1970s hillside houses

Many Endeavour Hills living rooms still have an original or later wall furnace, and the hot water is often gas as well. A yellowing flame, a unit that will not stay alight, a smell near a heater or a cooker, or a suspected leak on the pipe run all need a licensed gasfitter, not a general handyman. We hold the Victorian gasfitting licence as well as water and drainage.

If you smell gas, turn it off at the meter if you can do it safely, leave the building, avoid switches and flames, and call 03 8658 7175 from outside.

Testing, not guessing

We pressure-test the pipework, check the appliance and look at flues and clearances. A leak-detection spray at a heater or a joint is only one step; the test on the line tells us whether the fault is at the appliance or further back. On older runs, a failed joint in a cavity or under a floor can show as a faint smell rather than an obvious hiss.

Repairs and new points are quoted as a fixed price before work, and regulated gas work is certified.

Heaters, cookers and hot water

We service and replace wall furnaces where it is still reasonable, disconnect and cap points that are no longer used, and install new gas hot water or cookers to the current clearances. Tight side paths and enclosed porches need a careful look at flueing before a new appliance is promised.

Wall furnaces and tight flues

Many living rooms still have a wall furnace on an internal wall. Yellowing flames, soot, a unit that cuts out, or a musty smell when the heater runs all deserve a proper test, not a quick clean and a hope. We look at the flue path, the ventilation and the gas rate, and we will tell you if the appliance is no longer a reasonable thing to keep in service. Replacements have to meet current clearances, which can be tight in a 1970s room.

New points and caps

Adding a gas point for a cooktop or a new hot water unit is quoted from a site look, because the run, the load on the meter and the penetrations all change the work. Unused points should be capped properly, not just taped. All of that is licensed gasfitting work and is certified.

Endeavour Hills pipes at a glance

Endeavour Hills was built through the 1970s and 1980s on rising ground between Dandenong and the Lysterfield hills, postcode 3802, in the City of Casey. A lot of the original brick veneer is still on the block it was built on, often with a steep drive, a sleeper or concrete retaining wall and a stormwater pit at the low corner. Water services may be copper, with patches of later poly, and many sewers are still earthenware with tree roots from street and backyard plantings. Hot water is often a gas storage unit squeezed onto a narrow side path, which is why a replacement sometimes has to come down the front steps.

We use cameras, locators, pressure tests and acoustic leak detection so we can see the pipework before anyone cuts a wall or opens a trench on a slope.

From your call to the finished job