Licensed local plumbers, on the Lower North Shore.
Blocked drains, hot water, leaks, gas and emergency repairs for Putney homes, businesses and strata — with a fixed price agreed before the work starts.
No callout fee on eligible jobs · Free quotes
A riverside residential peninsula on the northern bank of the Parramatta River.
83.9% separate houses and 15.3% semis, with almost no apartment stock, across 1,449 dwellings.
Waterfront and near-waterfront blocks on low-lying ground, where drainage works close to the water table and tidal influence is a real consideration.
These jobs come up here more than they come up elsewhere. They follow from what Putney is built from, when it was built, and what it sits on.
A riverside peninsula at low elevation. Drainage here works close to the water table, and tidal influence is a genuine factor in how a fault presents.
Waterfront and near-waterfront blocks often have very little grade between the house and the connection, which changes both diagnosis and method.
15.3% semis means shared party-wall drainage on a number of blocks.
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 Putney 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:
A peninsula on the Parramatta River, with Kissing Point Park on the foreshore.
Riverside reserves and established garden planting.
Putney sits in the City of Ryde, postcode 2112. Work needing a compliance certificate is lodged the same way across the LGA.
Local figures sourced from: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats — Putney
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.
Putney is 83.9% separate houses — but 15.3% of its dwellings are semis, terraces or townhouses, and only 0.8% are flats. That middle group is where the ownership question actually gets difficult.
On a freestanding block the line is simple: you maintain the wastewater pipes between your property and the point of connection, and Sydney Water maintains the main.
On a shared wall it often is not. A party-wall property frequently shares a drainage line with next door, and unlike a strata block there is no owners corporation to decide who is responsible or how a repair is split. That has to be agreed between owners — and it is far easier to agree before the work than after the invoice.
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 Putney 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.
Riverside blocks that often fall away from the street towards the water, so equipment has to be brought down rather than driven in.
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 Putney:
Voyager runs 24/7 for urgent work in Putney. 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.
Tidal ground. A riverside peninsula at low elevation. Drainage here works close to the water table, and tidal influence is a genuine factor in how a fault presents.
It depends whether you share a wall. Putney is 83.9% freestanding houses, where you maintain the pipes from your property to the point of connection and Sydney Water maintains the main. But 15.3% of dwellings here are semis, terraces or townhouses, and those frequently share a drainage line with the neighbour — with no owners corporation to settle who pays. We establish what the line serves 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. Waterfront and near-waterfront blocks on low-lying ground, where drainage works close to the water table and tidal influence is a real consideration. A camera inspection shows whether you’re dealing with a one-off or a damaged pipe that will keep catching.
Riverside blocks that often fall away from the street towards the water, so equipment has to be brought down rather than driven in. We work that out before quoting, because on constrained sites it decides which repair method is realistic.
Often not. River frontage is what changes the work here: low-lying drainage, tidal influence, and properties where the fall to the connection is minimal. 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. Minimal fall and a high water table on riverside blocks limit which methods work, and that limits the cheap options. 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
