TL;DR: Jasco covers Pagewood for blocked drains, hot water faults, leaking taps and toilets, hidden leaks and burst pipes. Licensed plumbers, a real ETA when you call, and a fixed price before any work starts. Call now or book online.
Pagewood has two very different plumbing stories running side by side. On one side, streets of post-war brick homes on generous blocks, most of them still running the drainage they were built with. On the other, the newer apartments and townhouses that have gone up on the old British American Tobacco factory land off Bunnerong Road and Banks Avenue, where the plumbing is modern but shared.
Same suburb. Completely different call-outs.
What goes wrong in Pagewood houses
Older brick homes on big blocks
Most of Pagewood is freestanding houses, a lot of them post-war brick with deep gardens and established trees. That’s a good life for a homeowner and a hard life for an old sewer line. Roots find the joints, debris catches on the roots, and you get the classic warning signs: a shower that drains slower each month, a gurgle from the toilet when the washing machine empties, or a smell hanging around the gully outside.
We clear it properly and then look at why it happened. If the line keeps blocking, a camera down the pipe tells us whether it’s roots, a sagging section, or a cracked length of old earthenware. You get to see what we see before you decide anything. More on the process on our blocked drains page.
The other regular in these homes is hot water. Older tanks in a side passage or laundry cupboard rarely fail politely. They go from slightly less hot to nothing over a weekend, or you find rust water in the shower. We repair where a repair makes sense and replace where it doesn’t, and we’ll tell you honestly which one you’re looking at.
Renovated and rebuilt homes
Plenty of Pagewood houses have had a second bathroom, an extension or a full rebuild over the years. New fixtures often sit on top of original pipework, and that mismatch shows up as poor drainage in one room only, water hammer when a tap shuts, or pressure that drops when someone else turns the shower on. Worth sorting once rather than living with it.
Apartments and townhouses near Eastgardens
The newer buildings around the Pagewood Green precinct and the Westfield Eastgardens end of Bunnerong Road bring a different set of jobs. Shared stacks mean a blockage in one line can show up in someone else’s bathroom. Kitchen waste from a few dozen apartments builds up faster than most people expect. Add access rules, common inspection points and a strata manager who needs to be kept in the loop, and it pays to have a plumber who’s done it before.
We work with owners, tenants and building managers, keep the mess contained, and put everything back the way we found it.
The jobs we get called out for here
- Blocked drains: slow sinks, backing-up toilets, smells, stormwater pits holding water after heavy rain.
- No hot water: failed elements, leaking tanks, systems that run cold halfway through a shower.
- Leaking taps and toilets: drips, running cisterns, wasted water on your bill.
- Burst and leaking pipes: wet patches on walls, water under the slab, sudden loss of pressure.
- Hidden leaks: found with proper leak detection instead of guesswork and holes in your wall.
- Gas work: cooktops, heaters and hot water connections, done by a licensed gas fitter.
How a Jasco job actually runs
You ring and speak to a plumber, not a call centre script. Tell us what’s happening and we’ll give you a realistic arrival window for Pagewood, not a vague half-day promise. We turn up, find the cause, and explain it in plain English. You get a fixed price for the whole job before we pick up a tool, so the number at the end matches the number at the start.
No callout fee for new customers, and quotes are free. Boots off inside, drop sheets down, work area left clean.
Emergencies, nights and weekends
Water coming through a ceiling or a toilet overflowing doesn’t wait for business hours. We run 24/7 emergency plumbing across Sydney, so if it’s bad, ring straight away and we’ll talk you through shutting the water off while we’re on the way. If it can safely wait until morning, we’ll tell you that too.
Who you’re dealing with
Jasco is family-run. Bill Safwan is the owner, and it’s him or one of his licensed guys at your door, never an apprentice sent out alone. NSW plumbing licence #488187C. $20 million public liability insurance. Lifetime workmanship warranty on what we do. More than 30 five-star Google reviews from Sydney homeowners, and a 10% discount for seniors.
Nearby suburbs we cover
We work across Pagewood and the surrounding pocket, including Eastgardens, Hillsdale, Maroubra, Kingsford and the wider Bayside area, along with the rest of Sydney.
Questions we get from Pagewood callers
Can you come out today?
Often, yes. Same-day availability depends on what’s already booked, so call early and we’ll tell you straight whether we can make it or whether tomorrow is more realistic.
My drain keeps blocking every few months. Is that normal?
No. A drain that reblocks on a cycle usually has a physical cause, like root intrusion or a damaged section of pipe. A camera inspection settles it instead of paying for the same clear over and over.
I’m in a unit and the blockage might be shared. What then?
We’ll work out whether the problem sits inside your apartment or in the common line, and deal with the building manager or strata where it’s their side of the fence.
Can you tell if there’s a leak under the slab?
Usually. Unexplained water bills, a warm patch of floor, or damp skirting are the giveaways. We use leak detection gear to narrow it down before anything gets opened up.
Do you handle gas as well as water?
Yes. Gas fitting is covered under our NSW licence, so cooktop connections, heater work and gas leak checks are all in scope.
Get a Pagewood plumber booked
Tell us what’s wrong and we’ll give you an honest ETA and a fixed price before we start. Call now or book online, and we’ll sort it properly the first time.