Plumbing guides for Randwick homes

Practical guides from the licensed plumbers who work these streets. Written for the small interwar walk-up: a shared stack, an original riser, no manager on site, and a building that forgets its own history every couple of years.

Leaks & Damp

Glass balconies on the corner of a modern residential apartment tower

31 Aug 20269 min read

In a self-managed walk-up, the first question is who we are working for

Six to twelve units, a shared stack, no manager and no records. Establishing who owns the problem comes before diagnosing it.

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Leaks & Damp

An old corroded pipe at the base of a wall

31 Aug 20268 min read

Unit 4 had a pinhole last year. Unit 7 is not unlucky, it is next

The riser was installed once for the whole building and has aged behind every wall at the same rate. A second leak is a pattern.

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Leaks & Damp

A round wheel-style isolation valve on a water pipe

31 Aug 20267 min read

Six weeks in the flat and something has burst: the ten minutes worth spending on day one

In a block with no manager, the building only knows what its residents know. If you just arrived, that is nothing.

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