Licensed local plumbers, on the Lower North Shore.
Blocked drains, hot water, leaks, gas and emergency repairs for Lane Cove North homes, businesses and strata — with a fixed price agreed before the work starts.
No callout fee on eligible jobs · Free quotes
Became a separate suburb on 20 January 2006, having been part of Lane Cove. It began as a post-war veterans’ housing area.
Redevelopment has changed it substantially: 70.8% of occupied dwellings are now flats or apartments, against 23.0% separate houses — a very different profile from the veterans’ housing it started as.
New apartment stock sitting alongside surviving post-war houses, so the drainage under one street can be sixty years older than the next.
These jobs come up here more than they come up elsewhere. They follow from what Lane Cove North is built from, when it was built, and what it sits on.
The Lane Cove and Willoughby boundary runs along Mowbray Road. Which side a property sits on decides where council paperwork goes.
It began as post-war veterans’ housing and is now 70.8% apartments. Sixty-year-old house drainage and brand-new building services sit in the same streets.
Bounded by the Lane Cove River to the west and Chatswood Golf Course to the north, with established vegetation on both edges.
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 Lane Cove North 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:
Bounded by the Pacific Highway, Epping Road, the Lane Cove River and the golf course, about 11 km north-west of the CBD.
Bordered by the Lane Cove River to the west and Chatswood Golf Course to the north, with established planting through the older streets.
Lane Cove North sits in the Municipality of Lane Cove and the City of Willoughby, postcode 2066. Work needing a compliance certificate is lodged the same way across the LGA.
Local figures sourced from: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats — Lane Cove North · Lane Cove North, New South Wales — Wikipedia
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.
In Lane Cove North, 70.8% of homes are flats or apartments — so on most jobs here the first question is not what is wrong, it is whose pipe it is.
Under section 106 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW), the owners corporation has to maintain and repair common property. Section 153 puts the opposite duty on a lot owner: not to cause a nuisance or hazard to other lots.
For the 23.0% of Lane Cove North properties that are freestanding houses, the line is simpler: you maintain the pipes from your property to the point of connection, and Sydney Water maintains the main.
Sources: Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) · Sydney Water — maintaining your service
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 Lane Cove North 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.
Newer apartment buildings are generally well set up for service access; the surviving post-war houses are the harder ones, with narrow side paths.
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 Lane Cove North:
Voyager runs 24/7 for urgent work in Lane Cove North. 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.
Two councils, one suburb. The Lane Cove and Willoughby boundary runs along Mowbray Road. Which side a property sits on decides where council paperwork goes.
In Lane Cove North it usually depends on whether the pipe is common property. 70.8% of homes here are apartments, and under section 106 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 the owners corporation maintains common property — which generally means any pipe serving more than one lot. A pipe inside your apartment can still be common property. We identify which it is before any work is authorised.
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. New apartment stock sitting alongside surviving post-war houses, so the drainage under one street can be sixty years older than the next. A camera inspection shows whether you’re dealing with a one-off or a damaged pipe that will keep catching.
Newer apartment buildings are generally well set up for service access; the surviving post-war houses are the harder ones, with narrow side paths. We work that out before quoting, because on constrained sites it decides which repair method is realistic.
Often not. Lane Cove North straddles two councils — Lane Cove and Willoughby — with Mowbray Road as the boundary, so which side of that road a property sits on decides where any council paperwork goes. 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. Two councils and two housing generations. New buildings are quick to work in; the surviving post-war houses have narrow access and older drainage, and cost accordingly. 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
