Mr. Clog Plumbing
Plumber Abbotsford
Filtered water taps, waterfront drainage, blocked drains and 24/7 emergency plumbing across Abbotsford, Five Dock and Drummoyne.
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Your Local Abbotsford Plumber
Abbotsford was part of Five Dock Farm, subdivided in 1837 as Feltham. The Great North Road, surveyed from 1826, ended at what is now Abbotsford wharf, where a punt crossed to Bedlam Point. Sir Arthur Renwick built Abbotsford House in 1878, and in 1917 it was sold to the condensed milk company that became Nestlé, which ran a factory on the site until 1991; the land is now the Abbotsford Cove housing estate. Trams ran here until 1954. The suburb is in the City of Canada Bay. At the 2021 census just over half its homes were flats or apartments, three in ten were separate houses and one in six were semis or townhouses, and about a third were rented.
Abbotsford is a peninsula between Abbotsford Bay and Hen and Chicken Bay on the Parramatta River, and a lot of its plumbing is shaped by the water. Some of the foreshore is made ground: in the late 1930s Drummoyne Council reclaimed mud flats along Hen and Chicken Bay and built a sea wall. Elsewhere sandstone sits close to the surface, and the terraced cliff in Battersea Park still shows signs of quarrying. The housing runs from Federation houses such as Riverview on Abbotsford Parade, built about 1915 and one of the few early grand waterfront houses left, and Chatham House of 1912, to the townhouses and apartments of Abbotsford Cove on the old factory site. We have upgraded an Abbotsford kitchen to a Zip 3-way filtered mixer with a MicroPurity filter under the sink, the same work we have done next door in Drummoyne.
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Services in Abbotsford
- Water Filter Installation
- Kitchen Plumbing
- Blocked Drains
- Pipe Relining
- Hot Water Systems
- Emergency Plumbing
Common Plumbing Problems in Abbotsford
Every part of Sydney has its own plumbing character, shaped by the age of the housing, the ground it sits on, and the weather it takes. Here is what we are called out for most often around Abbotsford.
Federation houses on old drainage
Abbotsford's Federation houses are more than a century old, and where the original sewer and stormwater have not been replaced, the joints have had a long time to open. On big waterfront blocks with established gardens, roots are the usual cause of a drain that keeps blocking. A camera shows whether a section can be relined from inside or needs replacing.
Sandstone and reclaimed foreshore
Digging is slow and costly on a sandstone shelf, and on filled land along Hen and Chicken Bay the ground can settle unevenly under a pipe. Both are reasons to camera the line and consider relining before excavating, especially where a sea wall, terraced garden or pool is in the way.
Townhouse and apartment estates
More than half of Abbotsford's homes are apartments and another one in six are townhouses or semis, many of them in estates like Abbotsford Cove. Shared drainage, hot water units in tight cupboards and leaks between levels are everyday jobs in those buildings, and some are for the owners corporation rather than the owner.
Filtered water at the kitchen sink
We have fitted Zip 3-way filtered mixers in an Abbotsford kitchen and a Drummoyne kitchen. One tap gives filtered, hot and cold water, with the filter cartridge under the sink. It connects to the water supply, so it is a job for a licensed plumber, and the cartridge needs changing on the maker's schedule to keep working.
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Common Questions
FAQs
Can you install a filtered water tap in my Abbotsford kitchen?
Yes. We have installed a Zip 3-way filtered mixer with a MicroPurity filter under the sink in an Abbotsford kitchen, and the same in Drummoyne. You get a fixed price before we start.
Our drain keeps blocking. Is it roots?
On an older Abbotsford block it often is: roots finding the joints in a century-old clay line. Wipes, grease and sags in the pipe cause the rest. Footage from a camera shows which one you have and whether clearing it will hold.
Will you have to dig through sandstone to fix a broken pipe?
Not always. Many damaged drains can be relined from inside through an existing opening. Where a pipe has collapsed, digging may be the only option, and we show you the camera footage and explain why before you decide.
Do you cover Five Dock, Drummoyne and Russell Lea too?
Yes. We cover Abbotsford and the suburbs around it, including Five Dock, Drummoyne, Russell Lea, Chiswick, Wareemba and Rodd Point.
Do you do emergency plumbing in Abbotsford after hours?
Yes. Our phones are answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including weekends and public holidays, and we send a licensed plumber out after hours for problems that can't safely wait, such as a burst pipe, sewage backing up or the only toilet blocked. There is a $0 call-out fee.
How much will it cost?
It depends on the job. You get a fixed price quoted before we start, and there is a $0 call-out fee.
What Sydney Customers Say
We recently used Mr Clog Plumbing for our granny flat in Guildford and couldn't be happier with the service. Everything was handled professionally from start to finish, with great communication and workmanship…
Absolute legend. Turned up on time, sorted the problem quickly and didn’t charge a fortune. Super easy to deal with and cleaned up after the job too. Will definitely be using him again and would happily recomme…
Turned up on time and honest service, couldn’t ask for much more.
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