Taps, mixers and toilets
Reseating and re-washering, cartridge and mixer replacement, running and leaking cisterns, and toilets that will not fill or will not stop.
The everyday plumbing that keeps a house working. Leaks, taps, toilets, water services and fit-offs — diagnosed, priced, then fixed.
Most calls to Brigs Plumbing are not emergencies. They are the tap that has dripped for a month, the toilet that runs at night, the water bill that has crept up for no obvious reason, or the second bathroom nobody has been able to get a plumber out to look at.
Those jobs still need doing properly. A worn tap seat and a failing mains pressure-limiting valve produce similar symptoms and cost very different amounts to fix, and the only way to tell them apart is to look.
Detail
Reseating and re-washering, cartridge and mixer replacement, running and leaking cisterns, and toilets that will not fill or will not stop.
Tracing a leak back to its source rather than opening the nearest wall, then repairing or replacing the affected run.
Mains and sub-mains, pressure-limiting valves, isolation valves, and meter-to-house runs that have started leaking underground.
Dishwasher and washing machine connections, sink and tub wastes, and the rough-in and fit-off for a new kitchen or laundry.
Low pressure at one outlet or across the whole house — usually a different cause in each case, and worth identifying before anything is replaced.
Testing and replacement, including the tempering valve that controls how hot water reaches your tapware.
Questions
You are quoted before any work starts, and the price you are given is the price you pay. What that includes depends on the job and the distance, so ask when you call and you will get a straight answer rather than a range.
Usually. Most dripping taps need a new washer, seat or cartridge, not a new tap. If the body itself is worn past repair you will be told, and shown why.
A water meter that moves with every tap in the house turned off is the clearest sign. Damp patches, unexplained bills and a hot spot on a slab are others. Any of them are worth a call.
Yes. A single tap or a running toilet is a normal call, not something to apologise for.
Nearby
Describe the problem on the phone. If it can be sorted without a visit, it will be.
Licensed plumbing, drainage, pipe relining and roof plumbing across Brisbane and the surrounding councils — Redland, Logan, Moreton Bay and Ipswich. Based in Thorneside.
QBCC licence 15161521
Member, Master Plumbers’ Association of Queensland
ABN 44 526 011 279