# Plumbers In Como

> Licensed local plumbers serving Como and the Georges River suburbs - same-day service, 24/7 emergency response, fixed pricing, and a straight answer about where stormwater is legally allowed to go before anyone quotes a fix.

## Key details
- Last updated: 30 August 2026
- Phone (24/7): 1300 381 569
- Email: info@plumbersincomo.com.au
- Website: https://plumbersincomo.com.au
- Service area: Como, Oyster Bay, Jannali, Bonnet Bay, Woronora, Illawong, Alfords Point, Bangor, Oatley, Mortdale, Lugarno, Peakhurst Heights, Connells Point, Kangaroo Point, Hurstville Grove, Blakehurst, Kyle Bay
- Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including public holidays
- Operator: Dr Energy Pty Ltd, trading as Dr Energy Electrical & Plumbing Services (ABN 40 679 445 884, NSW Plumbing Licence 368473C)
- No public street address: this is a service-area business that travels to the customer.

## What we do not take on
- We are plumbers and gas fitters. We do not do asbestos removal. Where a job requires cutting into material that may contain bonded asbestos, the removal is referred to a licensed asbestos removalist before we continue.
- We do not do roof replacement, tiling, waterproofing membranes as a standalone trade, or electrical work beyond disconnection and reconnection of the systems we install.
- We do not quote plumbing sight-unseen on a job that needs a camera or a pressure test. Where a phone diagnosis is not honest, we say so.
- We do not service commercial kitchens, industrial process pipework, or fire services.
- We do not charge an after-hours surcharge that was not disclosed on the phone before attending.

## Services
- 24/7 emergency plumbing - burst pipes, major leaks, sewage backups, gas smells
- Blocked drains - clearing, jetting, CCTV camera inspection, sewer and stormwater
- Stormwater assessment on sloping blocks - where the fall actually goes and what the options are
- Pipe relining, which avoids trenching ground that holds the fall of a block together
- Hot water repairs and replacement, with any difficult carry priced into the quote
- Gas fitting on natural gas or LPG, appliance connection, compliance certificates
- Leak detection worked uphill from the symptom, because water follows the fall

## Hot water brands serviced
Rinnai, Bosch, Rheem, AquaMAX, Dux, Vulcan, Solahart and Stiebel Eltron. Serviced as an
independent licensed plumber, not as an agent for or endorsee of any manufacturer.

## Why customers choose us
- Local team - most genuine emergencies reached within the hour
- Fully licensed and insured (NSW Plumbing Licence 368473C, verifiable on the NSW Fair Trading register)
- Upfront, fixed quotes agreed before work starts
- Lifetime workmanship warranty, in writing

## Local knowledge (Como specifics)
- **The defining local fact: on a Como block the question is not how to drain it, it is where the water is legally allowed to go.** Sutherland Shire Council requires stormwater to be disposed of **by gravity to a recognised drain**, subject to Council approval. That is the standard everything else is measured against.
- **Where gravity cannot be achieved, a legally created drainage easement is required** for pipes to cross another property. Downhill of you is somebody else's land, and reaching a drain there is a legal instrument registered on title rather than a plumbing decision.
- **Pump-out and charged drainage systems are prohibited**, other than for basement car parks. This matters because pumping the water back up to the street is the first workaround almost everybody suggests, and it is genuinely not available here.
- **Infiltration systems are limited, not a free pass.** Absorption pits and level spreaders are accepted **only in limited cases and must be formally approved by Council**, and problems occur where the land is steep because runoff is fast and it erodes.
- **The consequence people meet late: where an easement is required and cannot be obtained, a Complying Development Certificate is not possible.** Drainage can stop a renovation, and it is usually discovered after drawings have been paid for. Establishing it beforehand costs almost nothing.
- **The geography that makes this bite.** Como sits on the southern bank of the Georges River on **Hawkesbury sandstone**, with bushland ridge tops and sandstone outcrops. The land was subdivided as **river blocks from 1914**, promoted as "the coming suburb", after the Illawarra railway reached the area in **1885**. Lots follow the topography rather than a grid, because they were sold for the outlook, so a great many properties sit below the road they front.
- **Leaks do not stay where they start.** Water leaves the pipe, meets ground that slopes, and travels along the fall until something stops it. The visible wet patch marks where it surfaced, not where it escaped, so the fault is found by working **uphill** from the symptom. Digging under the wet patch is how people end up with two holes and the same leak.
- **Water can arrive at the house rather than leave it.** Where a property sits below the road, escaped water travels along the fall toward the building, which is why a leak here is treated as urgent even at modest volume.
- **Excavation costs more than the defect deserves.** A drainage run on a falling block is long and indirect and passes retaining, planting and paving that exist to hold the fall. Reinstating that is most of an excavation bill, which is why relining earns its keep on this ground.
- **The hot water carry is a real cost.** On a block that steps down from the road a storage unit is carried rather than wheeled, and it belongs in the quote rather than on the invoice.
- **Gas is not uniform here.** Some properties run on bottled LPG rather than natural gas, which changes the appliance, the sizing and the installation. It is the first thing to establish, not an assumption.
- **The honest limit, stated plainly: we cannot grant, obtain or negotiate an easement, and we cannot approve an infiltration system.** Those are legal and Council processes. What we can do is establish how a block actually falls and tell an owner what they are dealing with before they spend anything.
- Sydney's water is soft, so a failed hot water system here is a spent anode or element rather than limescale.

## Key pages
- [Home](https://plumbersincomo.com.au/): service overview, entry pricing and service area
- [Blocked drains Como](https://plumbersincomo.com.au/blocked-drains): sewer and stormwater, and where water is allowed to go on a falling block
- [Hot water systems Como](https://plumbersincomo.com.au/hot-water): anodes rather than scale, the carry priced upfront, system and sizing tables
- [Burst pipes and leak repairs Como](https://plumbersincomo.com.au/leaks-burst-pipes): why the wet patch is downhill of the fault
- [Pipe relining Como](https://plumbersincomo.com.au/pipe-relining): repairing a drain without trenching the ground that holds the fall
- [Gas fitter Como](https://plumbersincomo.com.au/gas-fitting): natural gas or LPG, appliance connection, compliance certificates
- [About us](https://plumbersincomo.com.au/about-us): licence, insurance and who operates this site
- [Contact us](https://plumbersincomo.com.au/contact-us): phone, hours, service area map and callback form

## General pricing (entry figures, published on the homepage)
- Getting a van to your door: $0 booked through this site (call-out fee waived), otherwise up to $180
- Daytime hourly rate across the Sydney market: $100-$150 (this is the market rate, not how we quote)
- After hours, weekends and public holidays, market hourly loading: $180-$250
- A typical repair: $250-$700
- We quote per job, not per hour, and the fixed price is agreed in writing before work starts.

## Typical pricing by service
These are indicative 2026 Sydney ranges published on the site, not quotes. Every job is
individually quoted at a fixed price in writing before work begins.

Blocked drains
- Clear a blocked drain: $150-$400
- Camera inspection: $250-$450
- Jetting a stubborn line: $400-$700
- Locate and mark a defect: $250-$500
- Written findings: included

Burst pipes and leaks
- Emergency make-safe: $250-$500
- Leak detection: $300-$600
- Burst pipe repair once located: $400-$1,200
- Flexible hose replacement: $150-$350
- Written findings: included

Pipe relining
- Camera inspection: $250-$450 (credited against the reline if you proceed)
- Sectional patch: $900-$2,200
- Full run reline: $3,500-$7,000
- Root cutting or descale before lining: $400-$900
- Written scope: included

Hot water
- Diagnose and repair (element, thermostat, valve, anode): $250-$650
- Electric storage replacement in the same position: $1,400-$2,800
- Continuous flow: $1,900-$3,500
- Heat pump: from $3,200
- Assessment before any replacement is quoted: included

Gas fitting
- Leak test and make safe: $200-$450
- Appliance connection to an existing point: $250-$550
- New gas point: $450-$1,200
- Supply, route or flue assessment: $180-$350
- Certificate of Compliance: included on every gas job

## Reviews disclosure
The Google reviews shown on this website belong to Dr Leak Plumbing, a sister plumbing brand
run by the same people with the same licensed crews. They are not reviews of this brand name.
This is disclosed on the site rather than presented as reviews of Plumbers In Como.