Blog - Tom Plumb Melbourne Eastern Suburbs

by Tom Plumb

March 10, 2025

Heating, Plumbing Services

Carbon Monoxide {CO}

We were asked the other day by a customer in Camberwell about the recent advertising to do with servicing of gas appliances and the dangers of Carbon Monoxide {CO}...

by Tom Plumb

February 18, 2025

Heating, Hot Water, Plumbing Services

Hot water unit anode

One of our valued Customers in Balwyn we attended to this week was asking about the insides of there hot water unit! They had a faulty pressure temperature relief...

by Tom Plumb

February 4, 2025

Plumbing Services

Leaking Taps

A customer we were called out to in Templestowe was distressed with water flowing excessively from a basin tap. It was an after hours call out and the problem was a...

by Tom Plumb

January 28, 2025

Heating, Hot Water, Plumbing Services

Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards “WELS”

A customer in Camberwell was enquiring about the “Water Efficiency Sticker” that was attached to their new taps packaging and what it was all about. Hot water, appliances, refrigeration and heating...

by Tom Plumb

January 14, 2025

Blocked Drains, Hot Water, Leaking Taps, Plumbing Services

Water Damage to Building Foundations

We recently cleared stormwater drains for a customer in Kew. The home was experiencing flooding under the house every time there was a decent amount of rain. Unlike clearing...

by Tom Plumb

December 13, 2024

Heating, Hot Water, Plumbing Services

Low Pressure Hot Water Float Valve

Gravity feed low pressure hot water A customer in Ashburton this week had water overflowing from their roof! As it turned out it was coming from an overflow pipe...

by Tom Plumb

December 12, 2024

Leaking Taps, Plumbing Services, Toilets

Leaking Tap Issues

This week, a customer in Burwood had several leaking taps throughout their home. The major leak was coming from a kitchen flickmixer tap which had seen its day! It...

by Tom Plumb

November 27, 2024

Blocked Drains, Hot Water, Leaking Taps, Plumbing Services

Cold Water Supply

We were called out earlier in the week to a burst pipe in the Melbourne Eastern Suburb of Surrey Hills, where water was leaking behind an ice-maker fridge. The customer’s...

by Tom Plumb

November 14, 2024

Blocked Drains, Plumbing Services, Sanafoam Vaporooter, Toilets

Tree Root Invasion

A customer in the Melbourne eastern suburb of Hawthorn East was being flooded under their home every time there was a heavy rain event. We diagnosed the problem to actually be...

by Tom Plumb

November 5, 2024

Heating, Hot Water, Leaking Taps, Plumbing Services, Toilets

Hot Water Service in Camberwell

A Customer this week in the Melbourne eastern suburb of Camberwell asked what the advantages were with their new Aqua Max 390 mains pressure hot water unit. So Tom...