Plumber Lockridge

Lockridge WA 6054, City of Swan. About 11 km north-east of the Perth CBD.

Lockridge is a suburb about eleven kilometres north-east of the Perth CBD in the City of Swan. For a plumber it reads in two layers: residential development began in 1969 under the State Housing Commission, and an urban renewal programme in the late 1990s replaced or rebuilt part of the stock. So one street can be running fifty-year-old services while the next is half that age. A large share of housing here is rented, which shapes how repairs get approved.

• Two generations of housing in one suburbThe original 1969 development and the late 1990s renewal left water and sewer connections of quite different ages across Lockridge. The same symptom points at different causes in the two, so we establish which part of the suburb a property sits in before quoting rather than pricing from an average.
• Original services from around 1969The earliest Lockridge homes have run their supply pipe and sewer connections for over fifty years. Galvanised pipe narrowed by corrosion and earthenware sewer joints reached by roots are the two faults we deal with most often in those streets.
• A high proportion of rented homesMost repairs here need a written fixed-price quote approved by an agent or owner before the work can start. We provide that rather than leaving a tenant to relay messages, which is what stops a leaking tap or a slow drain running for months while nobody authorises the fix.
• Eleven kilometres out on our eastern runLockridge sits on the route our vans work through Bassendean, Kiara and Beechboro, so there is usually someone nearby. For a burst pipe that matters more than the distance on a map, and we will give you a straight arrival time.