TL;DR: Jasco Plumbing looks after Longueville homes on the Lower North Shore. Blocked and recurring drains, hidden leaks in old pipework, burst pipes, dead hot water systems and gas work. Licensed plumbers, a fixed price before we start, and no callout fee to come out and quote. Call 02 5950 5382 or book online.
Longueville sits on a peninsula off the Lane Cove River, so most streets run downhill toward the water. That shape matters more than people think. Gravity does half the work on a good drainage system and none of it when a line is cracked, root-filled or badly graded. Add big established gardens and a lot of homes that have been standing for the best part of a century, and you get a very specific set of plumbing problems.
We fix those problems for a living. No guessing, no vague tradie talk, no invoice that looks nothing like the conversation you had at the front door.
The plumbing problems we see most in Longueville homes
Drains that block again six months later
Longueville blocks are large, and the gardens on them are mature. Big trees mean big root systems, and roots go looking for water. They find it through a hairline crack in an old earthenware sewer line, then keep growing until the pipe is choked. You’ll notice a slow shower first, then a gurgling toilet, then a smell out near the overflow gully.
Clearing it with a machine gets your bathroom working again that day. It doesn’t answer why it happened. If the same drain has blocked more than once, we run a camera down the line so you can see the actual condition of the pipe, where the crack sits, and how far from the house it is. Have a look at how we handle blocked drains and what a CCTV drain inspection shows you before you commit to any digging.
Leaks hiding inside older pipework
Plenty of houses here are period homes that have been renovated inside while the pipes under and behind them stayed exactly where they were. Old copper and galvanised runs corrode from the inside out. The first sign is rarely a puddle. It’s a damp skirting board, a musty smell in a downstairs room, a water bill that jumped for no reason, or a section of garden that stays soft in dry weather.
We trace the source properly instead of opening walls and hoping. Once we know where it is, we tell you what’s involved to repair it and what it’ll cost before anyone picks up a tool.
Burst pipes on a sloping block
When a pipe lets go on a downhill site, the water doesn’t sit politely in one spot. It runs, and it finds the lowest room in the house. Turn the water off at the meter if you can get to it safely, then ring us. We work on burst pipes around the clock and we’ll give you a real ETA on the phone, not a four-hour window.
No hot water in a house built for a crowd
Family homes here often run two or three bathrooms, a laundry and a kitchen off one unit that was sized years ago. Systems fail suddenly and usually at the worst time. We repair what’s worth repairing and replace what isn’t, and we’ll tell you honestly which one you’re looking at rather than upselling a new unit by default.
Toilets, taps and the small stuff
Not everything is a drama. Running cisterns, weak flushes, dripping mixers and worn washers waste a surprising amount of water and are quick to sort. We handle toilet repairs and tap work as standard jobs, not as an afterthought.
Gas work
Cooktops, ovens, heaters and gas lines all need a licensed gas fitter. If you can smell gas, don’t wait it out. Turn the supply off if it’s safe, get outside, and call us. Our gas fitting work is tested and certified before we leave.
Renovations and the pipes nobody looked at
Longueville sees a lot of renovation rather than knock-down rebuilds, which is great for the streetscape and hard on drainage. A new ensuite, a second kitchen sink or a laundry moved to the other side of the house all get connected to a drainage system designed for a much smaller load. Sometimes that’s fine. Sometimes it’s why the new bathroom drains slowly from day one.
If you’re mid-renovation or you’ve inherited someone else’s, we can check what the existing line is actually capable of before the tiles go down. Far cheaper than finding out afterwards.
How a Jasco job runs
- You tell us what’s happening. Symptoms are enough, you don’t need the technical words.
- We give you an honest ETA on the phone and text before we arrive.
- We diagnose the fault and explain it in plain English, including what we can see and what we can’t.
- You get a fixed price for the job before any work starts. No surprise line items later.
- We fix it, test it, and clean up the area we worked in.
Every job is done by a fully licensed plumber. We don’t send an apprentice out on their own, and there’s no callout fee for new customers or for coming out to quote. Our work is backed by a lifetime workmanship warranty, so if something we repaired stops doing its job, we come back.
Why Longueville homeowners call a small local team
Jasco is family run. Bill owns it, and either he or one of his licensed plumbers turns up in a signed van. That’s the whole business. You’re not dealing with a franchise call centre that books you a stranger and quotes off a script.
Most homes in Longueville are owner-occupied, which means the person on the phone is usually the person who’ll live with the repair for the next twenty years. That’s exactly the kind of customer we like. We’d rather fix the cause once than come back every winter for the same blocked line.
We service the wider Lower North Shore too, so if you’re in Lane Cove, Northwood, Riverview or Greenwich, the same crew covers you.
Common questions
How fast can you get to Longueville?
It depends where we are when you ring. Burst pipes, no water and gas leaks jump the queue. Call 02 5950 5382 and we’ll tell you a real arrival time rather than a vague one.
Do I get charged just for you turning up to look?
No. There’s no callout fee for new customers and no charge to come out and give you a written quote.
My drain keeps blocking. Do I have to dig up the yard?
Not automatically. We clear it first, then put a camera through to see the pipe’s condition. Sometimes it’s buildup and a jet clean is the end of it. If there’s a genuine break or root intrusion, you’ll see the footage and decide with the facts in front of you.
Will you work on old copper or galvanised pipework?
Yes. Older pipework is most of what we deal with on the Lower North Shore. We’ll tell you when a section is worth repairing and when replacing that run is the smarter call.
Are you available outside business hours?
We’re on call seven days for emergencies. For jobs that can wait, we book during normal hours. Not sure which yours is? Ring and ask. We’ll tell you straight.
Get it sorted
If something in your Longueville home is leaking, blocking, smelling or refusing to heat up, tell us what’s wrong and we’ll tell you what it takes to fix it. Call 02 5950 5382 for a same-day look where we’ve got the room, or book online and request a callback. A real plumber answers the phone.