Licensed local plumbers, on the Lower North Shore.
Blocked drains, hot water, leaks, gas and emergency repairs for Gladesville homes, businesses and strata, with a fixed price agreed before the work starts.
No callout fee on eligible jobs · Free quotes
Gladesville is an established river suburb and the commercial centre for this part of the peninsula.
Gladesville is 47.4% flats against 44.1% separate houses across 5,238 dwellings: the largest housing stock in this group and an almost even split between the two.
Older detached streets sit alongside apartment stock built up around the centre, so the age and type of drainage change street by street.
These jobs come up here more than they come up elsewhere. They follow from what Gladesville is built from, when it was built, and what it sits on.
Part of Gladesville sits in the City of Ryde and part in the Municipality of Hunter’s Hill. Anything needing approval depends on which side of that line a property falls.
44.1% houses against 47.4% flats means the first question on any job is which kind of property it is, and that answer changes who authorises the work.
Apartment stock built up around the centre while the surrounding streets stayed detached, so the age and material of the drainage change street by street.
Most repeat blockages are a pipe problem, not a blockage problem. We look before we quote.
Every job below is handled by a licensed plumber, quoted before it starts, and covered by the lifetime labour warranty on eligible work.
Cleared properly, with a camera down the line to find out why it blocked.
Fix a cracked or root-damaged pipe without digging up the garden.
Burst pipes, sewage overflows and gas faults, 24 hours a day.
Repairs and replacements across electric, gas, solar and heat pump.
Find a hidden leak before anyone opens a wall or a slab.
Licensed gas work: appliances, new lines and suspected faults.
See what is actually in the pipe instead of guessing at it.
Isolate, repair and make good, usually the same day.
Get roof and surface water away from the house properly.
Describe what’s happening at your Gladesville property and we’ll tell you straight, including when the simple fix is the whole job.
What a job looks like here depends on what the suburb is built from and built on. Start with how people actually live in it:
On the Parramatta River, spanning the boundary between the Hunters Hill peninsula and the Ryde district.
Established street planting through the older residential streets.
Gladesville sits in the City of Ryde and the Municipality of Hunter’s Hill, postcode 2111. Work needing a compliance certificate is lodged the same way across the LGA.
Local figures sourced from: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats, Gladesville · Municipality of Hunter’s Hill: constituent suburbs
Nobody likes ringing for a price and being told “it depends”. Most of these are typical ranges across the Sydney market; the relining rates are Voyager’s own. Either way they are a yardstick to judge a quote against, not a quote.
| Drains and pipes | |
|---|---|
| Clearing a simple blockage | $150-$400 |
| Clearing a blocked main sewer line | $300-$600 |
| High-pressure jetting | $250-$600 |
| Cutting tree roots from a line | $400-$1,200 |
| CCTV drain inspection | $250-$550 |
| Pipe relining, 100mm sewer, per lineal metre | $450-$800 |
| Pipe relining, 150mm sewer, per lineal metre | $550-$1,000 |
| Pipe relining, setup and establishment | $2,000-$4,000 |
| Pipe relining, typical whole job | $4,000-$10,000 |
| Repairs | |
| Leaking tap: washer or cartridge | $120-$450 |
| Burst pipe, accessible | $250-$600 |
| Burst pipe, underground | $600-$2,500+ |
| Leaks and emergencies | |
| Water leak detection | $250-$1,000+ |
| After-hours emergency attendance | $200-$800 |
Relining costs more per metre than digging, but that comparison ignores excavation, spoil removal and putting your driveway back, which is where dig jobs get expensive. Relining is also priced by pipe diameter, plus a setup charge for getting the gear on site and preparing the line.
These are indicative ranges to judge a quote against, not a quote. Voyager prices by the job, not by the hour, and every job is quoted fixed and in writing before it starts, so the number you approve is the number you pay.
Gladesville is genuinely mixed: 44.1% separate houses, 47.4% flats or apartments and 8.2% semis or townhouses, so the answer depends on which of those you are in.
In a freestanding house: you are responsible for the wastewater pipes between your property and the point of connection. Sydney Water maintains the main. A Sewer Service Diagram shows where your private pipework actually runs.
In a strata block: section 106 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) makes the owners corporation responsible for common property, generally any pipe serving more than one lot.
Sources: Sydney Water: maintaining your service · Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW)
Some problems wait for a booking. Burst pipes, sewage backing up, a hot water unit emptying itself into the floor and any suspected gas fault do not.
Voyager runs a 24/7 line for Gladesville and the rest of the Lower North Shore. When you call, say what’s happening, where it is, and whether water, sewage or gas is involved. That’s what decides how fast someone needs to be there.
Before we arrive: turn off the affected supply if it’s safe to do so, and move what you can away from the water. Don’t pour drain chemicals down a blocked line. It makes the pipe unsafe to inspect and rarely clears the blockage.
Access is mixed. The apartment stock around the centre needs building management booking; the surrounding detached streets have ordinary suburban access.
We assess access before quoting rather than discovering it on the day. On constrained sites it often decides which repair method is realistic, and that changes the price.
Storm season finds every drain that was never quite right. Better to know before it rains.
A short call is usually enough to tell whether it’s urgent, and what’s likely to be involved.
Where it matters, that means a camera down the line rather than a guess from the surface.
Priced by the job, not the hour. You approve it before anything starts.
You get told what caused it and whether anything else needs attention, including when the answer is nothing.
Voyager covers the whole Lower North Shore. These are the closest to Gladesville:
24/7, including nights, weekends and public holidays: there is always someone on the line for Gladesville. Arrival time depends on where crews are when you call, and genuine emergencies (burst pipes, sewage overflows, suspected gas) go ahead of booked work. Say what is happening when you call 0485 028 787 and you will be told honestly how long it will be.
It is the council boundary: which side a property sits on decides which approvals apply. Part of Gladesville sits in the City of Ryde and part in the Municipality of Hunter’s Hill. Anything needing approval depends on which side of that line a property falls.
In a house, you. In a strata block, usually the owners corporation. Gladesville is 44.1% houses and 47.4% apartments. In a house you maintain the pipes from your property to the point of connection, and Sydney Water maintains the main. In a strata block, common property is the owners corporation’s. Villas and townhouses are the grey area and worth checking first.
There’s no callout fee on eligible jobs, and quotes are free. You get a fixed price for the work before anything starts: priced by the job, not by the hour, so a job that takes longer than expected doesn’t cost you more.
Usually because the blockage was cleared but the cause wasn’t found. Older detached streets sit alongside apartment stock built up around the centre, so the age and type of drainage change street by street. A camera inspection shows whether you’re dealing with a one-off or a damaged pipe that will keep catching.
Usually yes, but access shapes the method. Access is mixed. The apartment stock around the centre needs building management booking; the surrounding detached streets have ordinary suburban access. We work that out before quoting, because on constrained sites it decides which repair method is realistic.
Often not. Gladesville is split between two councils: part sits in the City of Ryde and part in the Municipality of Hunter’s Hill. For anything needing approval, which side of the line a property falls on decides who you deal with. Relining repairs the pipe from the inside, which leaves driveways, paving and established gardens intact. Whether it suits your pipe depends on its condition. That’s what the camera inspection determines.
Across the Sydney market a simple blockage runs $150-$400 and jetting a main line $250-$600. Relining is priced by pipe size: a 100mm sewer runs $450-$800 per lineal metre and a 150mm line $550-$1,000, plus $2,000-$4,000 for setup, with most whole jobs landing between $4,000 and $10,000. These are indicative ranges, not a quote. Whether the line is common property or private decides the cost before anything else, and at a 44/47 house-to-apartment split it genuinely goes either way. Which council the property sits in matters for anything needing approval. Voyager prices by the job, not the hour, and the price is agreed before work starts.
Yes. Voyager Plumbing holds NSW Contractor Licence 476657C, which you can check directly on the NSW Fair Trading register. All work is carried out by licensed plumbers and covered by public liability insurance.
Voyager Plumbing was founded by Mathew Veselcic, a licensed plumber, drainer and gasfitter who has held his own NSW contractor licence since December 2016. He is the nominated supervisor on the company licence that covers the work in Gladesville, and personally accountable for it.
Free quote, a fixed price agreed before the work starts, and someone on the end of the phone at any hour.
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Page reviewed and updated 12 October 2026
