TL;DR: Jasco Plumbing looks after Five Dock homes and units for blocked drains, burst pipes, hidden leaks, toilet faults and hot water failures. Licensed plumbers only (NSW #488187C), fixed price agreed before we start, no callout fee for new customers and quotes, and 24/7 emergency help. Call now or book online and tell us what’s happening.
Five Dock sits about 10km west of the city in the City of Canada Bay, and the plumbing here reflects its age. Plenty of Federation homes and California bungalows on the streets running off Great North Road, plus a growing number of apartments and townhouses around the town centre. Two very different plumbing worlds, and they fail in very different ways.
That’s the useful part to know before you book anyone. A drain problem in a 1920s bungalow with clay sewer lines under a mature garden is not the same job as a slow drain in a second-floor unit sharing a stack with five other bathrooms. We diagnose first, tell you plainly what’s going on, then give you a price.
What Five Dock houses tend to throw at us
Old sewer lines and tree roots
Older homes around here often still have sections of original earthenware pipe. The joints move, hairline cracks open up, and roots from established street trees and backyard figs find the moisture. You’ll usually notice it as a gurgling toilet, a shower that drains slowly after a shampoo, or an overflow relief gully spilling in the side yard. Cabling clears it. A CCTV drain inspection shows you why it happened, so you’re not paying for the same clear every winter. See how we approach blocked drains.
Leaks you can’t see
Renovated bungalows are a common one. New bathroom, old pipework behind the wall, and a slow leak that shows up as a damp skirting board, a musty smell in a hallway cupboard, or a water bill that jumps for no reason. We use acoustic and moisture equipment for leak detection rather than opening walls and hoping. Less mess, faster answer.
Hot water that quits without warning
Storage tanks in Sydney don’t last forever, and the ones tucked down the side of a house get forgotten until there’s a cold shower on a Monday morning or a puddle around the base. We repair where a repair makes sense and replace when it doesn’t, and we’ll tell you honestly which one you’re looking at. More on hot water systems.
Burst and split pipes
Old galvanised sections, corroded fittings and pipes under concrete driveways are the usual suspects. If water is running and you can’t stop it, shut the main off at the meter and call. We work on burst pipes around the clock.
Units and townhouses near the Five Dock town centre
Apartment plumbing brings its own headaches. Shared waste stacks mean a blockage in one unit shows up in another. Mixers on newer fitouts wear out and start dripping or losing temperature control. And there’s always the question of what sits inside your lot and what belongs to the building.
We work through that with you rather than guessing. If it’s clearly your fixture, like a toilet repair, a leaking tap or a mixer replacement, we sort it on the spot where we can. If it looks like common property, we’ll say so before you spend money on it.
Gas work, done by a licensed gas fitter
Cooktops, gas hot water, heaters and BBQ points. Smelling gas is not a wait-and-see situation: turn the appliance off, get some air through the room, and call. Our gas fitting work is done by licensed gas fitters only, for houses and small commercial sites.
How a job with us actually runs
- You tell us what’s wrong. Over the phone or through the booking form. The more detail, the better we plan the visit.
- You get an honest ETA. If we can’t be there in an hour, we won’t say we can.
- We look, then we quote. Fixed price agreed before any work starts. No hourly clock ticking while you watch.
- Licensed plumber on the tools. NSW licence #488187C, $20M insurance. We don’t send apprentices out on their own.
- We clean up. Drop sheets down, mess taken with us.
- Lifetime workmanship warranty. If something we fixed stops working, we come back.
No callout fee for new customers and quotes, and a 10% discount for seniors. Over 30 five-star Google reviews so far, and we’d like to keep that going.
Emergencies after hours
Sewage backing up into a laundry, a pipe letting go under the house, water pouring through a ceiling. These don’t wait until Monday and neither do we. Our emergency plumber line is answered 24/7. While you wait, shut off the water main, keep power away from wet areas, and move what you can out of the way.
Around Five Dock
We cover the surrounding inner west streets too, including Wareemba, Russell Lea, Abbotsford, Chiswick, Rodd Point, Haberfield and Drummoyne. If you’re between Lyons Road and the City West Link, we can get to you.
Questions we get from Five Dock callers
My drain blocks every few months. Is that normal?
No. Repeat blockages in the same line almost always mean a structural problem: a root intrusion, a broken section, a belly in the pipe. A camera run gives you a straight answer and options, instead of another clear in six weeks.
Can you get here today?
Often yes, depending on the day and how the run sheet looks. Call and we’ll tell you the real window, not a guess to get the booking.
I’m in a unit. Do I need strata approval first?
Not to have us come and diagnose. Once we know what the fault is and where it sits, we’ll tell you whether it’s your responsibility or something to take to strata.
Do you charge to come out and quote?
No callout fee for new customers and quotes. You get the price before we touch anything.
What can I do before you arrive?
For a leak or burst, turn the water off at the meter. For a blocked drain, stop using sinks, showers and the washing machine so it doesn’t overflow further. Then leave the rest to us.
Get a Five Dock plumber booked
Tell us what’s happening and we’ll tell you what it takes to fix it, what it costs, and when we can be there. Call now for same-day help where available, or book online and we’ll come back to you with an ETA. You can also browse everything we handle on our services page.