Licensed local plumbers, on the Lower North Shore.
Blocked drains, hot water, leaks, gas and emergency repairs for Lane Cove homes, businesses and strata, with a fixed price agreed before the work starts.
No callout fee on eligible jobs · Free quotes
Land grants were made in 1794 but steep, timbered country discouraged settlement. The suburb filled out after the Second World War, when returning soldiers were given affordable blocks.
Lane Cove is 62.4% flats, 30.3% separate houses and 7.0% semis across 5,546 dwellings: the administrative centre of its municipality and the densest of the Lane Cove suburbs.
Post-war houses and later apartment blocks share the same streets. The post-war stock is now around seventy years old, which is the age at which original drainage starts to fail.
These jobs come up here more than they come up elsewhere. They follow from what Lane Cove is built from, when it was built, and what it sits on.
The suburb filled out after the Second World War on blocks given to returning soldiers. That drainage went in as one generation and is now reaching the same age at the same time.
Around 16% of the municipality is public recreation land, so established root systems sit close to private drainage on a lot of streets.
62.4% of dwellings are now flats, added to a suburb whose underlying network was laid out for detached housing.
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 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 a peninsula at the northern side of Port Jackson where the Lane Cove River opens, with bushland, creeks and steep ground throughout.
Around 16% of the municipality is public recreation land, with extensive bushland, creeks and river frontage close to housing.
Lane Cove sits in the Municipality of Lane Cove, 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 · Lane Cove, New South Wales: Wikipedia
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.
In Lane Cove, 62.4% 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 30.3% of Lane Cove 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 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: post-war houses with reasonable side clearance, and newer blocks needing building management. Bushland edges limit approach on some streets.
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:
24/7, including nights, weekends and public holidays: there is always someone on the line for Lane Cove. 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 usually post-war drainage reaching the same age across the suburb at once. The suburb filled out after the Second World War on blocks given to returning soldiers. That drainage went in as one generation and is now reaching the same age at the same time.
Usually the owners corporation, if the pipe is common property. 62.4% of homes in Lane Cove 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. Post-war houses and later apartment blocks share the same streets. The post-war stock is now around seventy years old, which is the age at which original drainage starts to fail. 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: post-war houses with reasonable side clearance, and newer blocks needing building management. Bushland edges limit approach on some streets. We work that out before quoting, because on constrained sites it decides which repair method is realistic.
Often not. The post-war building boom means a lot of Lane Cove’s house drainage went in as one generation and is now reaching the same age together. 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. Post-war houses reaching the same age together means what is found on inspection is frequently worse than what was described on the phone. A camera first is cheaper than a quote revised halfway through. 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 Lane Cove, 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
