Lindfield is a few minutes down the line from Gordon, where Peter lives. Blocked drains, hot water, leaks, gas and 24/7 emergencies, in the period homes through the backstreets and the newer apartment blocks near the station, from the plumber who answers the phone and turns up at your door.
Lindfield has an unusual mix for the Upper North Shore. Walk away from the station in any direction and you’re among Federation and interwar homes on leafy streets. Stay near the station and the highway and it’s newer apartment blocks, built in the last twenty years, with shared drainage and hot water. East Lindfield and West Lindfield each have their own character again, running out towards the bushland and Lane Cove National Park.
Peter works in all of it. The older houses bring the familiar problems of original clay sewer pipe, root intrusion and galvanised water pipe at the end of its life. The apartment blocks bring strata work: common-property drains, shared stacks and hot water that affects more than one home when it fails. We quote both the same way, up front, and we send a written report on the strata jobs.
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Blocked, leaking, cold or smelling of gas, you don’t need to know the name of the problem to call. Tell Peter what you can see, hear or smell, or send a photo. You’ll get a straight answer on what’s likely going on, what your options are, and what it’ll cost before any work starts.
Clay sewer lines, galvanised water pipe and fixtures that have reached the end of a long life.
Shared stacks and sewer lines in the newer unit blocks that block and affect several homes at once.
Individual units in apartments failing at the same age, and storage tanks in older homes rusting through.
Most of our Lindfield work is in people’s homes, but the apartment blocks near the station mean we work with strata and property managers here more than in most Ku-ring-gai suburbs.
Tell us what’s happening. A photo often tells us most of what we need.
Lindfield sits on the Pacific Highway and the North Shore rail line between Killara and Roseville, in Ku-ring-gai Council, with East Lindfield and West Lindfield spreading out on either side towards the reserves and Lane Cove National Park. Around the station the suburb has changed more than most of the Upper North Shore, with newer apartment buildings alongside the older shops and houses.
Through the backstreets, Lindfield’s period homes were plumbed with clay sewer pipe and galvanised water pipe, and much of it is still in service. The clay lines are joined every metre, and Lindfield’s established trees have had the best part of a century to find those joints. The galvanised pipe closes up from the inside, so pressure fades slowly and the first sign of trouble is often discoloured water first thing in the morning.
Closer to the station, the apartment blocks are newer but they bring different work: shared stacks that block when one unit flushes the wrong thing, common-property sewer lines, and hot water units that reach the end of their life in batches because they were all installed at once. We work directly with strata and property managers on those jobs, with a fixed quote before we start and a written report with photos when we finish.
In East and West Lindfield the blocks slope towards the bush, and stormwater has to be managed, not just moved. Leaf-filled gutters, downpipes and pits are the usual rain-week call.
Lindfield is also home to the Lindfield Bowling and Bridge Club, which Peter Pan Plumbing is proud to sponsor, so Peter is in the suburb more often than most.
A slow shower, a toilet that backs up, or a shared stack in a unit block that keeps blocking. Blocked drains are the job we’re called to most in Lindfield. In the older houses it’s usually roots in original clay pipe; near the station it’s more often what’s gone down a shared stack. We clear it, then use a drain camera to show you why it blocked, so it doesn’t keep happening.
We ask what’s been happening and check where the blockage sits before we start. Flushing the toilet and seeing water come up in the shower or an outside gully tells us the main line is blocked, not just one fixture.
Depending on the blockage, that’s an electric drain machine or a high-pressure jetter that scours the pipe walls clean, roots included.
A CCTV drain camera shows what caused it: roots, a cracked pipe, a sag, or just years of build-up. You see the footage too.
If the pipe is damaged, we explain your options, including pipe relining where it suits, so you’re not paying for the same clear every few months.
Why does my drain keep blocking?
In Lindfield’s older houses it’s usually tree roots in the original clay sewer line. In the apartment blocks near the station it’s more often grease or wipes in a shared stack. A camera inspection tells us which, so we fix the cause rather than clearing the same blockage again.
Can you clear it without digging up the garden?
Nearly always. Jetting and the drain machine work from the existing access points, and relining repairs a damaged section from the inside without a trench.
Are supermarket drain chemicals worth trying?
We’d skip them. They rarely clear a real blockage, they can damage older pipes, and they make the drain unsafe to work on when we arrive.
No hot water, not enough of it, or a tank that’s started to leak. We repair and install gas, electric and continuous flow hot water systems across Lindfield, in houses and in the apartment blocks near the station, and because Peter is a licensed gas fitter as well as a plumber, a gas unit doesn’t mean a second trade. We’ll tell you straight whether yours is worth fixing.
Age, condition, what’s failed and what’s likely to fail next. Have the brand and model handy, or send a photo of the sticker.
A thermostat, element, valve or thermocouple on a sound tank is usually worth fixing. A leaking tank isn’t; tanks can’t be patched.
The right type and capacity for your household, not just a like-for-like swap. Old unit removed, new one fitted tidily, area cleaned up.
Is a leaking hot water system urgent?
A small drip from the relief valve usually isn’t. Water pooling around the base of the tank is, because it won’t get better and can cause water damage. If it’s leaking heavily, turn the cold water off at the isolation valve on the inlet pipe and call us.
Storage or continuous flow?
It depends on what utilities are available and what matters more to you: efficiency, which favours continuous flow, or hot water that keeps coming if the power fails, which favours storage. Peter will talk you through both before you decide.
Do you install gas hot water?
Yes. Storage and continuous flow, repairs, servicing and replacement, all by a licensed gas fitter.
Burst pipe, sewage coming up, water through the ceiling, a smell of gas. Call 0403 404 307 any time, day or night, weekends and public holidays, and you’ll speak to Peter, the plumber who’ll come out. Lindfield is a few minutes down the line from Gordon, where Peter lives, so an emergency here is a short drive, not a trip across Sydney.
In a house, usually in a box near the front boundary, sometimes under leaf litter. In one of the apartment blocks near the station there’s a stop valve for your unit, often under the kitchen sink or in a hallway cupboard. It’s worth finding before you need it. Turn clockwise until it stops.
Electric: switch it off at the switchboard. Gas: turn the unit to off or pilot.
If water is near power points or lights, switch off at the switchboard if it’s safe to reach. Don’t touch anything wet.
Don’t use switches or flames. Turn off the gas at the meter if you can, get everyone outside, and call. If the smell is strong, call 000 first.
When a genuine emergency comes in, it goes to the front of the queue. If that means moving a booked job, the customer affected gets a straight phone call about it, not silence. We’ll tell you honestly when we can get to you.
Peter Pan Plumbing is one licensed plumber and gas fitter, based in Gordon and working across the Upper and Lower North Shore. Peter has done his share of construction work, but maintenance is where he wants to be: the drain that keeps blocking, the leak nobody can find, the hot water that’s given up on a Sunday. He likes working out what’s actually going on and fixing it properly.
When you call, you get Peter. He’ll talk you through it, give you a straight answer, and he’s the one who turns up and finishes the job.
Lindfield is a few minutes from our base in Gordon. We cover the whole suburb, East and West Lindfield included, and the suburbs either side along the line and the highway.
All of it, including East Lindfield and West Lindfield.
Call 0403 404 307 or send a photo. Most jobs can be quoted before we arrive.
Most jobs can be quoted over the phone or from a photo, and phone quotes are free, so you know the price before any work starts.
Yes. We’re open 24 hours, 7 days, including weekends and public holidays. For a burst pipe, sewage backing up or a smell of gas, call 0403 404 307 straight away.
Peter. The person who answers the phone is the plumber who comes out and finishes the job. No call centre and no handovers.
Yes. Peter holds NSW licence 464374C, which covers plumbing, drainage, gas fitting and roofing, with public liability insurance. Gas and water work is done by the same person.
In the older houses, tree roots in the original clay sewer lines. In the unit blocks near the station, a shared stack that keeps getting the wrong things put down it. A camera inspection tells us which.
Yes. Strata managers get a fixed quote before work starts and a written job report. Property managers get photos and an invoice they can forward straight to the owner.
Call Peter and you’ll get a straight answer about what’s wrong and what it’ll take to fix. No call centre, no runaround, and no one trying to sell you more than you need. Most jobs can be quoted over the phone or from a photo, so you’re not waiting on a site visit just to get a price.