http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/rss/ www.sydneyplumbers.com.au rss feed en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:11:16 +0000 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:11:16 +0000 custom support@www.sydneyplumbers.com.au webmaster@www.sydneyplumbers.com.au http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2008/04/25/a-drain-on-the-system NEWCASTLE businesses will contribute up to $904,000 next financial year towards the cost of improving and maintaining the city's ageing drainage infrastructure. 2008-04-25 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2007/10/30/plumbers-rolling-in-it-as-cost-of-building-goes-through-roof PLUMBING can be dirty work, and lucrative. 2007-10-30 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2007/10/14/the-sky-is-the-limit These days, rainwater tanks are available for any sized outdoor space, Carolyn Boyd writes. 2007-10-14 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2006/11/14/affordable-water-tanks-to-be-on-tap THOUSANDS of western Sydney households would be eligible for interest-free loans on backyard rainwater tanks under a groundbreaking scheme likely to be introduced by one of the region's biggest councils. 2006-11-14 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2006/09/24/slow-the-flow With a few simple strategies, you'll be amazed at how much water you can save. 2006-09-24 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2005/12/6/odd-fines-flush-a-wouldbe-plumbers-job-plan-down-the-drain A SYDNEY plumber has been asked to agree to have his pay docked $40 when he forgets to recharge his mobile phone. 2005-12-06 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2005/09/18/water-plan-spend-22-to-save-50 SYDNEY Water is boosting its scheme to cut household water use by employing up to 50 plumbers to fit water-saving devices. 2005-09-18 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2004/09/27/onthejob-training-crucial-to-landing-plum-position Ray Hallatt of the southern Sydney suburb of Yarrawarrah started his plumbing training at technical college 35 years ago, and he has his gripes about how standards have fallen. 2004-09-27 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2004/07/13/new-trial-has-families-saving-the-environment-from-home Mums and dads in Sydney and Melbourne are helping to find new ways to save energy and water. 2004-07-13 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2004/07/5/burst-main-taints-water REPAIR work will begin in Hamilton North this morning after a burst water main gouged a giant hole in the pavement and sent dirty drinking water through the plumbing of homes from Merewether to Adamstown. 2004-07-05 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2003/08/5/new-hope-for-plan-to-fix-sewerage Under private homes and businesses across Sydney is 20,000 kilometres of cracked and leaking sewers. 2003-08-05 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2003/05/26/casting-good-bread-on-the-waters James Woodford writes that a Sydney Water scheme to encourage people to put in rainwater tanks is full of holes. 2003-05-26 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2000/05/11/why-plumbers-are-licensed Because of its importance to health, plumbing was the first trade in NSW to require a licence. Bubonic plague swept through inner suburbs of Sydney in the early 1900s, killing more than 100 people. The Fair Trading Department said that following this outbreak, government health authorities pr 2000-05-11 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/1999/07/27/unions-fight-cuts-at-centre STOCKTON Centre maintenance staff will hold a report-back meeting at 7am today on a union meeting yesterday with Department of Community Services director Carmel Niland. Plumbers' union organiser Stephen McCarney said the unions were unhappy with the department's position. `They told us in wri 1999-07-27 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/1998/03/16/unions-to-fight-telstra-selloff Communication unions would fight Prime Minister John Howard's plan announced yesterday to sell the remaining two-thirds of Telstra, the Communications, Electrical and Plumbers Union said. Mr Howard told the Liberal Party's national convention in Brisbane a Coalition government would sell the rema 1998-03-16 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/1998/02/12/plumbing-the-heights Domain salutes Sydney's top tradespeople and introduces the winner of our inaugural Tradesperson of the Year award. Plumbers aren't necessarily used to good press. Let's face it, they're often up to their elbows in other people's unpleasantness, and who hasn't heard the "he ripped me off 1998-02-12 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/1998/01/22/the-drain-brain But don't mind if his plumbers kick off their shoes - it's all part of the service, writes Cerentha Harris. Talk to Gary Mezei, the power behind the budding plumbing empire Drain Savers, and you get the feeling he listens to the Rocky theme song regularly. This man is inspired about his work. Wh 1998-01-22 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/1997/05/21/building-trust Changes to home building laws will encourage builders to lift their games and offer more protection for renovators. JENNIFER STYNES reports. I have just survived seven illuminating months with builders, painters, electricians and plumbers in the house constantly, and can add one truly awful tale 1997-05-21 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/1994/08/30/our-polluted-waterways-now-its-dangerous-to-drink Sydney's waterways have become so polluted that not a single surface water source within the metropolitan area is now deemed safe to drink, new research has confirmed. Many creeks and lagoons are so contaminated that swimming in them would be like bathing in sewage, according to Mr Daniel 1994-08-30 http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/1990/10/13/homes-under-threat-from-drains-bill TWO old age pensioners and a single parent may be forced to sell their homes because of a $5,000 plumbing bill to correct illegal drainage pipes. And thousands of Sydney homeowners are facing similar problems. Alf Gilbertson, 81, his wife Olive, 72, and next door neighbour Dorothy M 1990-10-13