What comes up most often in the Jamisontown houses and unit blocks:
At 26.0% flats, a solid share of Jamisontown work is in unit blocks. Before we touch anything we establish whether the fault sits inside your lot or on shared pipework, because chasing the wrong one is money you will not get back from anyone.
Jamisontown houses date from the 1960s subdivision onward and their drainage has been in the ground accordingly. A drain that clears then blocks again is a pipe fault, not a one-off, so we camera it and show you the footage before recommending a repair.
Houses here run full sized systems with room around them. Units run smaller units in cupboards and alcoves with almost none. Both fail, both need replacing eventually, and the right answer is completely different depending on which one you have.
In a suburb with this much attached housing, a leak rarely stays in one dwelling. Getting the water off fast and finding the actual source matters more here than almost anywhere, which is why we run 24/7.
Tell us what it is doing and we will tell you what is involved, and what it costs, before any work starts.
Every service we offer is available across Jamisontown, in houses and units alike:
Blocked drains cleared and camera inspected so you see the cause, not just a briefly clear pipe. More on blocked drains.
Burst pipes isolated fast, including leaks that have started to reach a neighbouring dwelling. More on burst pipe repair.
Hot water systems repaired or replaced, electric, gas and heat pump, sized to the space you actually have. More on hot water.
A licensed plumber on call around the clock for anything that cannot wait until morning. More on emergency plumbing.
Licensed gasfitting with a compliance certificate issued on completion. More on gas plumbing.
The everyday jobs done properly, with the cause fixed rather than patched. More on tap repairs.
Need a plumber in Penrith? Jim's is on the way.
On the tools in Jamisontown
A freestanding house and a unit in a block are different jobs with different answers and different people paying for them. We sort out which one you have before we start charging.
Jamisontown stayed rural land for a century and a half after the original land grant. Subdivision only started in the 1960s and it was gazetted as a neighbourhood in 1976. What sits there now is a real mix: at the 2021 Census, 64.0% of occupied private dwellings in Jamisontown were separate houses, 9.9% semi-detached or townhouses and 26.0% flats or apartments, across 2,172 occupied dwellings.
A 26.0% flat share is high for this part of Penrith, and it sits alongside a clear majority of freestanding houses rather than replacing them. That means we run two kinds of job in the same suburb on the same day. A house call is a straightforward diagnosis with the whole drainage line yours to the boundary. A unit call starts with a boundary question, because the same symptom might belong to you or might belong to the block.
Because subdivision here only got going from the 1960s, the housing is not all one vintage either. Homes from the first releases and homes added later sit in the same streets, so we do not walk in assuming what is under the floor. We check, then we quote.
Why calling a plumber who covers Jamisontown daily is worth it:
With 64.0% houses and 26.0% flats, Jamisontown needs a plumber comfortable in both. We are in the houses and the unit blocks in the same week, so neither one is unfamiliar territory.
If the fault is common property in your block, we will tell you before doing the work rather than after invoicing you. Better a short conversation now than a bill you cannot recover.
Jamisontown was subdivided from the 1960s and added to since, so the housing is not one vintage. We check what is actually there rather than guessing from the street.
You get the price before any work begins, with a $0 call-out fee. The number we quote is the number you pay.
The same terms on every job, quoted before we start.
Service Area
Same-day plumbing across Penrith and the surrounding Western Sydney suburbs.
Not sure if we cover your street? Give us a call and we'll let you know straight away.
Call and speak to a licensed plumber, not a call centre. Tell us whether you are in a house or a unit and we will tell you what is likely wrong and what it costs before anyone turns up.
No. There is a $0 call-out fee on every Jamisontown job, houses and units alike. You get a fixed price for the work before it starts, and that is the price you pay.
Yes. 26.0% of Jamisontown dwellings are flats or apartments, so this is regular work for us. We identify whether the fault sits inside your lot or on common property, tell you which before we do anything chargeable, and can deal with the strata manager if that is where it needs to go.
Turn off what you can and call us. Getting the water stopped comes first, then finding the actual source, which is often not where the water is appearing. In attached dwellings the source and the damage are frequently in different lots, and we will work out which is which.
It varies. Subdivision here started in the 1960s and the suburb was gazetted in 1976, but homes have been added since, so there is no single vintage. That is exactly why we camera a problem drain instead of assuming what is down there.
We work across Jamisontown every day, so same-day service is usually straightforward. For emergencies we are available 24/7 and we will give you a realistic arrival window when you call.
Yes, 10% off for seniors on every job in Jamisontown. Afterpay is also available on eligible jobs if you would rather spread the cost.
If it leaks, drips, breaks or bursts... we can fix it!
