Plumber Carrington

Carrington sits beside Stockton, and for a plumber on these old cottage streets Stockton Plumbing Co covers it on the same run: cracked clay sewers, rusted supply pipe, tired hot water tanks and gas work. You see a fixed figure ahead of any work, and every job carries our 365-day warranty on all work.

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Licensed plumbers and gas fitters · NSW Lic. 359278C

Last updated September 2026

Built on Ballast, Plumbed in Clay

Ships tipped ballast onto harbour flats to lift this ground out of the tide

The port municipality followed in 1887, and the Victorian and Federation workers cottages, weatherboard and brick heritage stock on the narrow grid above that fill, still drain through clay sewers put in as the streets were built out.

A century of settling ground tells on old pipe

The jointed clay runs crack and drop out of line as the reclaimed fill beneath them moves, so drains here block, clear and block again until the damaged stretch is relined. Because the flat barely clears the harbour, the high water table means a trench for repairs strikes groundwater almost as soon as it opens.

Salt works on everything outside

Ringed by the working port and Throsby Creek, outdoor pipework, hot water casings and roof plumbing here age faster than the same fittings inland. Plenty of cottages also still draw water through original galvanised steel supply pipe, rusted narrow inside, which shows up as brown water and pinhole leaks.

Mostly houses, not blocks

At the last census, 856 dwellings stood here and 61.6 per cent of them were separate houses, so the pipework under most roofs belongs to a single cottage rather than a shared unit block.

The Work We Cover on This Run

Four hubs carry the jobs, each through a local cause:

Blocked drain clearing

For cracked clay joints letting groundwater and roots in, with a camera check before and after the clear

Hot water systems

For tanks whose casings the harbour salt eats through, with a temporary tank while a replacement is sorted

Gas fitting

For exposed brass and steel fittings weathering the same salt air, from appliance connections to leak repairs

After-hours emergencies

When a corroded supply line bursts under a cottage floor. Available 24/7.

When a drain here blocks a second time, the next move is a camera inspection rather than another clear, and a cracked stretch that will not hold is a candidate for pipe relining instead of digging up a yard that fills with water the moment you open it.

From the First Ring to the Warranty

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Ring or send the form
Call (02) 4063 1093 or use the form to explain the fault. We ask enough to bring the right equipment the first time.
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A fixed price first
A plumber inspects the job and names a fixed figure up front. Nothing gets started until you give the go-ahead.
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Clear, fix and confirm
We clear, repair or install, then put the camera down any drain we have cleared to confirm it flows.
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Covered for a year
Every job carries our 365-day warranty on all work. If something we did isn't right, ring the same number.

Questions From the Peninsula

Can you reach the peninsula when there is only one road in?

Yes. Every vehicle comes on and off the peninsula by a single bridge, so we plan the trip around that crossing and pack the van for what the fault needs. Ring and we give you an arrival time we keep.

Do you work on the old earthenware sewers under the cottages here?

Yes. The camera goes down before we clear anything, so the footage shows whether the line needs a clear, a jetting run or a reline, and you approve the figure before we begin.

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Call (02) 4063 1093 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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