Plumber Langford

Langford WA 6147, City of Gosnells. About 11 km south-east of the Perth CBD.

Langford lies about eleven kilometres south-east of the Perth CBD in the City of Gosnells, laid out from the late 1960s as a State Housing Commission suburb. Much of that housing has since been renovated or sold into private hands, and the suburb is served by Albany Highway and Roe Highway. For a plumber the key fact is the gap between the surface and the services: modern kitchens and bathrooms sitting on original drainage and pipework from the original build.

• Renovations over original servicesA Langford house often has a refitted kitchen or bathroom connected into drainage laid in the late 1960s. That is why a renovated home can still block repeatedly, and why a camera inspection is worth doing before a fourth clear of the same line.
• Pipework at the end of its lifeHouses of this age are the ones where a replumb is a genuine question rather than a sales pitch. Pressure problems, discoloured water and repeat leaks in a Langford house are usually the pipework itself rather than the fitting on the end of it.
• Redevelopment and subdivisionA lot of the original stock has been replaced with new dwellings, each needing its own water meter and sewer connection, often down a shared driveway. Setting those connections out correctly decides who is responsible when something blocks later.
• A high share of tenanted housingMuch of Langford is rented, and we do a steady run of landlord work here: hot water replacements, leaking tapware and blocked drains. We quote before starting and report what we found, since the owner is usually not on site.