Licensed local plumbers, on the Lower North Shore.
Blocked drains, hot water, leaks, gas and emergency repairs for Hunters Hill homes, businesses and strata — with a fixed price agreed before the work starts.
No callout fee on eligible jobs · Free quotes
Settled from 1835 and proclaimed a municipality on 5 January 1861, making it one of Australia’s oldest local government areas — and widely described as the country’s oldest garden suburb.
70.8% separate houses, 11.8% semis or townhouses and 17.5% flats across 2,908 dwellings.
The oldest housing stock Voyager works on. From 1847 the French merchant Didier Joubert brought out stonemasons from Italy to build in local sandstone, and much of that fabric is still standing — which means drainage that has been altered, extended and patched across a century and a half rather than laid once.
These jobs come up here more than they come up elsewhere. They follow from what Hunters Hill is built from, when it was built, and what it sits on.
Housing built from the late 1840s means pipework that has been altered, extended and repaired across generations rather than laid in one campaign. What is actually under a property often does not match any plan of it.
A heritage-listed sandstone property is the clearest case for no-dig repair on the whole peninsula — the garden, path or stonework above the pipe is frequently the part that cannot be put back.
Around 650,000 square metres of parks and reserves and a century of garden planting means root intrusion into old jointed pipe is the usual cause, not the unusual one.
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 Hunters Hill 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 peninsula that separates the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers. The Aboriginal name for the area is Moocooboola, meaning ‘meeting of waters’.
Heavy established canopy — the municipality holds around 650,000 square metres of parks and reserves.
Hunters Hill sits in the Municipality of Hunter’s Hill, postcode 2110. Work needing a compliance certificate is lodged the same way across the LGA.
Nobody likes ringing for a price and being told “it depends”. These are typical ranges across the Sydney market — not Voyager’s price list, but a realistic yardstick to judge any quote against, including ours.
| 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, per lineal metre | $450 – $800 |
| Pipe relining, typical whole job | $4,000 – $10,000 |
| Excavate and replace, per metre | $300 – $600 |
| Repairs | |
| Leaking tap — washer or cartridge | $120 – $250 |
| Burst pipe, accessible | $250 – $500 |
| Burst pipe, underground | $800 – $2,500+ |
| Hot water, leaks and emergencies | |
| Hot water repair (element, thermostat, anode) | $150 – $550 |
| Hot water replaced, supplied and installed | $1,200 – $3,500 |
| Water leak detection | $250 – $600 |
| After-hours emergency attendance | $400 – $900 |
Hot water replacement above is supplied and installed — labour-only quotes look cheaper because they are not the same thing. And 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.
Voyager prices by the job, not by the hour, so the number you approve is the number you pay.
Hunters Hill is genuinely mixed — 70.8% separate houses, 17.5% flats or apartments and 11.8% 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 Hunters Hill 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.
Heritage properties with established gardens, stone paths and long driveways. Reaching the line without disturbing what sits above it is the planning question on nearly every job here, and it is assessed before quoting.
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 Hunters Hill:
Voyager runs 24/7 for urgent work in Hunters Hill. How fast depends on where crews are at the time, but genuine emergencies — burst pipes, sewage overflows, suspected gas — are prioritised over booked jobs. Call 0485 028 787 and describe what’s happening.
Drainage older than the rest of the North Shore. Housing built from the late 1840s means pipework that has been altered, extended and repaired across generations rather than laid in one campaign. What is actually under a property often does not match any plan of it.
It depends which kind of property you are in — Hunters Hill is 70.8% houses and 17.5% 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. The oldest housing stock Voyager works on. From 1847 the French merchant Didier Joubert brought out stonemasons from Italy to build in local sandstone, and much of that fabric is still standing — which means drainage that has been altered, extended and patched across a century and a half rather than laid once. A camera inspection shows whether you’re dealing with a one-off or a damaged pipe that will keep catching.
Heritage properties with established gardens, stone paths and long driveways. Reaching the line without disturbing what sits above it is the planning question on nearly every job here, and it is assessed before quoting. We work that out before quoting, because on constrained sites it decides which repair method is realistic.
Often not. Age and heritage listing are the two facts that shape every job here. Nineteenth-century sandstone properties on a heritage-listed peninsula are the strongest case on the North Shore for no-dig repair — what sits above the pipe is often the part that cannot be replaced. 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, jetting a main line $250–$600, and pipe relining $450–$800 per lineal metre with most whole jobs landing between $4,000 and $10,000. Those are market ranges rather than Voyager’s price list. Reinstatement is the whole conversation. On a heritage-listed sandstone property the cost of putting back what was dug up can exceed the cost of the repair, which is why relining usually wins here even at a higher headline rate. 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.
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 13 August 2026
