Plumber Fennell Bay
Fennell Bay sits beside Bolton Point, and Bolton Point Plumbing Co covers it on the same run. Plumbing here battles a high water table: ground water sits close under the lowest blocks by the bay and climbs with the lake, so drains and trenches stay wet. Every job is priced before any tools come out.
Licensed plumbers and gas fitters · NSW Lic. 359278C
Last updated September 2026
What The Bay Does To The Plumbing Here
A postwar suburb. Fennell Bay was subdivided in 1882, but most houses came after the war: fibro, brick veneer and weatherboard on land sloping gently to the lake. Many of those fibro homes still have their steel water services, now rusted thin from the inside, which shows as weak flow and brown water.
Closer to the water, the ground itself works against the pipes:
- Ground water under the low shore blocks sits near the surface, so a dug trench fills fast and stays wet.
- The clay sewers put in after the war have sagged into dips where the ground by the lake is soft, and waste settles there between flushes.
- Foreshore she-oaks and paperbarks push fine roots into tired joints, chasing the moisture inside the pipe.
- The flat streets near the water give stormwater almost no fall, so it ponds where it lands.
Salt on outdoor gear. Salt carried in off the water eats at outside taps, hot water valves and copper runs sooner than it would away from the water, and a storage tank can rust through at its base while the top still looks fine.
Plumbing Services For Fennell Bay
Each job starts with a fixed quote, whatever the service:
Blocked drains and sewers
Cleared with a jetter or electric eel, then filmed to show the line running. Start on the blocked drains hub.
Hot water
Repairs and new units for every system type, heat pumps to gas and electric, with a loan tank if the old one dies first. See the hot water hub.
Gas fitting
New cooktops, ovens and barbecue points, plus licensed leak work, on the gas fitting hub.
After-hours emergencies
Burst pipes, overflowing sewers and dead hot water, covered on the emergency plumber page.
Hidden leaks, rentals, business premises and gutters are covered too: see water leak detection, rental plumbing, commercial work and gutter guards.
Storms and a high lake together
A storm landing on a high lake
Wet ground keeps cracked lines full
Quick questions before you book
Do you charge a call-out fee for jobs here?
It costs nothing to get us out to your door (excluding after-hours). A Fennell Bay visit gets the same diagnosis and fixed quote as one in Bolton Point, all before any work starts.
Can you replace old galvanised water pipes in a Fennell Bay fibro home?
Yes. Rusted steel supply is replaced with new pipe, routed to keep wall damage to a minimum, and the price is quoted up front. The job carries our 365-day warranty on all work.
Need a plumber? Call or send the form
Call (02) 4063 3469 or send the form below. Available 24/7, you see a fixed figure ahead of any work, and every job carries our 365-day warranty on all work.
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