PLUMBING SERVICES
Plumbing Services North Shore
Everything inside the building line.
Hot water, supply, fixtures and the pipework between them, across the North Shore and the Hibiscus Coast. Every service below has its own page covering what the work involves, what drives the cost, and the questions people ask before they book.
What we cover
Plumbing services across the North Shore
Asset Plumbing & Drainage handle the plumbing side of a property: the pressurised supply coming in, the hot water system, the fixtures and tapware, and the waste pipework attached to them. If it is inside the building line, it is on this page.
The work splits fairly evenly between three kinds of call. Something has failed and needs fixing. Something is being renovated and needs planning. Or a building has ongoing maintenance obligations, which is most of the commercial and rental work.
Dominic and Tyler do the work themselves, so there is no gap between the person who looks at the job and the person who quotes it.
Where plumbing stops and drainage starts
Roughly at the building line. Inside it, supply and fixtures, which is us. Outside and below ground, gravity drainage, which is the drainlaying side of the same business. It matters because the two get confused constantly, and the wrong trade turning up wastes a morning. If you are not sure which you need, describe what you are seeing and we will tell you.
Services
Pick the work you need
Eight of the main ones below. Spouting, commercial plumbing and renovation work all have their own pages as well.
Hot water cylinders
Replacement, sizing and repair of mains and low pressure cylinders, valves and tempering.
Hot water
Leak detection
Finding the leak before opening the wall. Supply side leaks, damp patches and unexplained water use.
Leak detection
Bathroom plumbing
Rough-in through to fit-off. Mixers, wastes, vanities, showers and baths.
Bathrooms
Kitchen plumbing
Sinks, wastes, dishwasher and fridge connections, island benches and tapware.
Kitchens
Renovation plumbing
Whole-project plumbing, sequenced around the builder, the tiler and the inspection.
Renovations
Water mains
New supply lines, toby to house runs, pressure problems and old galvanised replacement.
Water mains
Backflow prevention
Device installation, annual testing and the paperwork that goes with a building warrant of fitness.
Backflow
Plumbing maintenance
Repairs and ongoing maintenance for houses, rentals and commercial buildings.
MaintenanceHow we work
The same approach on every job
Diagnose before quoting
Plumbing is mostly hidden. We would rather spend twenty minutes finding out what is actually wrong than give you a number that changes once the wall is open.
Set out against the real fittings
Mixer heights, tap centres and waste positions get measured against the fitting being installed, not a standard dimension. It is why our fit-offs land where they should.
Told what can wait
Not everything needs doing now. If a repair will hold for another two years we will say so and let you decide where the money goes.
Both trades in one business
When a plumbing job turns out to be drainage, or the other way round, nothing gets handed to a stranger. Same team, same phone number.
Records where they matter
Commercial work, backflow testing and warrant of fitness items all come with paperwork. Dominic’s commercial background means that side is handled rather than improvised.
The room left clean
Fit-off happens after the tiling. We work around the other trades and leave the space in a state the owner can use.
Before you call
Things worth knowing first
None of this is essential, but it makes the first phone call much more useful.
Where the toby is
The main shutoff for the property, usually near the street boundary under a small lid. Knowing where it is turns a burst pipe from a flood into an inconvenience, and it is worth finding on a dry day rather than a wet one.
How old the house is
Pre-1970 on the North Shore usually means galvanised supply somewhere in the system, and that changes what is likely wrong and what a repair will cost. It is the single most useful thing you can tell us on the phone.
Whether one fixture or all of them
One slow basin is a fixture problem. Everything slow at once is a main line problem, which is drainage rather than plumbing. This one detail decides which half of the business you need.
What the tapware is going to be
On any renovation, the selection drives the set-out. If it is not chosen yet, the rough-in either waits or gets guessed, and guessing means moving pipework after the linings are on.
On phone quotes. We do not give them, because the job described at the door and the job behind the wall are rarely the same. What we will do is tell you honestly whether it sounds like an hour, a day, or something that needs looking at this week.
Drainage
When the job is actually drainage
Some of what people ring a plumber about is not plumbing. Water surfacing at a gully trap outside, a whole house draining slowly, a driveway that floods every winter, tree roots in a main line. All of that is below-ground work outside the building line.
Asset Plumbing & Drainage do that side too, under the drainlaying arm and on a separate site, because it is a different specialty with a different set of equipment behind it. Drain laying, relaying, CCTV surveys, stormwater, subsoil and septic tanks all sit there.
The practical benefit is that you only make one phone call. If what you describe turns out to be drainage, the same two people handle it rather than referring you on.
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Where we work
Across the North Shore and up the Hibiscus Coast. Each suburb has its own page with the local detail that changes how a job goes.
Devonport peninsula
Takapuna and the bays
Central and west
Albany and Hibiscus Coast
Questions
Questions about our plumbing services
Do you charge to come and look?
For small repairs we work on time and materials from when we arrive, so the look and the fix are usually the same visit. For larger work, a bathroom, a renovation or a cylinder replacement, we come and assess it and then put a written quote together. Tell us which kind of job you think it is when you ring and we will be clear about how it is charged before we turn up.
How quickly can you get to a job?
It depends on the week and where you are. We are a two-man business rather than a franchise with a fleet, which means the diary is honest but it is not infinite. If something is actively leaking, say so on the phone and we will tell you straight away whether we can get there or whether you are better off ringing someone else. We would rather do that than book you in and let you down.
Do you do gasfitting or califonts?
Gasfitting is a separately certified trade in New Zealand and it is not listed as a service on this site. If your job involves gas, mention it when you ring and we will be honest about whether it is something we can take on or whether you need a certifying gasfitter. We are not going to imply a certification we have not put in front of you.
Can you work with my builder on a renovation?
Yes, and it goes much better when we are talking to them early. Plumbing rough-in has to happen at a specific point in the programme, before linings and after framing, and the fit-off comes after waterproofing and tiling. If we are brought in at the right time the job is straightforward. If we are brought in late, the choices narrow and the costs go up.
Do you take on commercial and property management work?
Yes. Dominic spent eight years on commercial projects around Auckland, so staged work in tenanted buildings, backflow device testing and building warrant of fitness items are familiar territory. Rental portfolios work well too, because the same handful of problems recur and having someone who already knows the building saves a lot of explaining every time.
Not sure which service you need?
Describe what is happening and we will tell you which it is, including when the answer is that you do not need a plumber at all. Dominic or Tyler will take the call.
Or call the team09 213 9815