feeds from sydneyplumbers.com.au http://sydneyplumbers.com.au/rss/ en-au http://sydneyplumbers.com.au/rss/ http://sydneyplumbers.com.au/static/campfire/layouts/images/omg-logo-small.png http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/articles/top-5-common-plumbers-problems/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST Top 5 Common Plumbers Problems Plumbing is usually known as the method that involves the installation of pipes and drains that allow for maximum utilization of our water systems.Water filtration is among the many goals of plumbing. Water is purified once it goes through specialized pipes that filter any substances and debris. This makes the water conducive for drinking and usage by humans and other living species that need clean water in order to sustain the qualit ...

Plumbing is usually known as the method that involves the installation of pipe ...

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/articles/water-saving-shower-heads/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST Water Saving Shower Heads Water is the most important element in this world – next to oxygen – that people need and use on a daily basis in order to survive. Every living organism in our planet also needs water.We use water for drinking, washing ourselves, cleaning our cars, and watering the plants among others. Perhaps, the only time we really acknowledge the importance of water is when shortages arise.Without water, we would not be able to ...

Water is the most important element in this world – next to oxygen &ndas ...

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2008/4/25/a-drain-on-the-system/ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST news NEWCASTLE businesses will contribute up to $904,000 next financial year towards the cost of improving and maintaining the city's ageing drainage infrastructure.Details of the contributions are outlined in Newcastle City Council's stormwater management service charge for businesses.Three options for the charge, which range from $25 per 350 square metres with the charge capped at $5000 to $25 per 350 square metres with the charge capped at $1000, have been put on public exhibition.

NEWCASTLE businesses will contribute up to $904,000 next financial year towards the cost of improving and maintaining the city's ageing drainage infrastructure.

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2007/10/30/plumbers-rolling-in-it-as-cost-of-building-goes-through-roof/ Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST news PLUMBING can be dirty work, and lucrative.Chronic shortages of workers in key trades are driving up building and renovation costs, and the prices paid to plumbers, bricklayers, joiners and builders."We charge people $100 an hour, and I've been working for about 18 months. Other places I know charge much more," said Michael Punzet, who works for Ben's Plumbing in Bondi."And that's on weekdays. After that you've got a minimum $200 call-out at the weekend."In Sydney, prices p ...

PLUMBING can be dirty work, and lucrative.

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2007/10/14/the-sky-is-the-limit/ Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST news These days, rainwater tanks are available for any sized outdoor space, Carolyn Boyd writes. IT'S BEEN estimated that of all the water in the world, just 1percent of it is fresh and available for use. So it makes sense to catch and store as much of it as you can. In NSW, water tank sales are soaring, spurred on by tough water restrictions, enticing Government rebates and the introduction of BASIX's new environmental standards for homes. Up to 90percent of NSW homes built in the past ...

These days, rainwater tanks are available for any sized outdoor space, Carolyn Boyd writes.

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2006/11/14/affordable-water-tanks-to-be-on-tap/ Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST news 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.Parramatta City Council was last night expected to approve the proposal to buy 5000-litre tanks for its residents, who would then reimburse the council in instalments over a year.A Labor councillor, Pierre Esber, who proposed the scheme, admitted it could cost the council tens of tho ...

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.

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2006/9/24/slow-the-flow/ Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EST news With a few simple strategies, you'll be amazed at how much water you can save.If YOU get out of the city and into the drought-stricken countryside as regularly as I do, you become acutely aware of just what a precious resource our water is. Coming into the warmer months the demand for water will only increase. At home I'm trying to do the right thing. I've installed a water tank, keep the garden beds well mulched and only ever wash the car from a bucket. I've seen the good results reflec ...

With a few simple strategies, you'll be amazed at how much water you can save.

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2005/12/6/odd-fines-flush-a-wouldbe-plumbers-job-plan-down-the-drain/ Tue, 06 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST news A SYDNEY plumber has been asked to agree to have his pay docked $40 when he forgets to recharge his mobile phone. Though odd, it is perhaps less strange than the $10 fine for failing to staple blue invoices to yellow copies.While anyone who has spent a day waiting for a tradesman might have sympathy for the $60 fine for turning up to work five minutes late, they might find the $400 penalty for the "third offence" (and any subsequent) a little harsh.This is the agreement that co ...

A SYDNEY plumber has been asked to agree to have his pay docked $40 when he forgets to recharge his mobile phone.

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2005/9/18/water-plan-spend-22-to-save-50/ Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EST news SYDNEY Water is boosting its scheme to cut household water use by employing up to 50 plumbers to fit water-saving devices.The move comes as the price for domestic water goes up on October 1, adding about $60 a year to the average home water bill.Utilities Minister Carl Scully last week ordered Sydney Water to double the number of homes fitted with water-saving devices to 500,000 by 2007.Under the scheme people pay $22 for a plumber to come to their house to fit shower heads, fl ...

SYDNEY Water is boosting its scheme to cut household water use by employing up to 50 plumbers to fit water-saving devices.

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2004/9/27/onthejob-training-crucial-to-landing-plum-position/ Mon, 27 Sep 2004 00:00:00 EST news 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.At 50 per cent, he says, the TAFE pass mark in plumbing courses is too low. It was 65-70 per cent when he went through."If you only have to achieve 50 per cent, that makes it 50 per cent wrong. It allows a lower standard of graduate to come through who is let loose on the general public with what I believe to ...

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.

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2004/7/13/new-trial-has-families-saving-the-environment-from-home/ Tue, 13 Jul 2004 00:00:00 EST news Mums and dads in Sydney and Melbourne are helping to find new ways to save energy and water.Families in the Penrith and Ku-ring-gai council areas are the first in NSW to measure the energy efficiency of their homes with a new "Energy Smart home rating tool" before it is introduced statewide. The pilot scheme over the past three months was organised by the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA).A similar trial in Melbourne aimed at saving both energy and water involves ...

Mums and dads in Sydney and Melbourne are helping to find new ways to save energy and water.

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2004/7/5/burst-main-taints-water/ Mon, 05 Jul 2004 00:00:00 EST news 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.Hunter Water customer service manager Belinda Jones said a 60 centimetre supply main ruptured about 7am near Smith Park off Griffiths Road, opening a hole more than 10 metres across and three metres deep.Supply mains carry water from pumping stations into the city, where it is distr ...

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.

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2003/8/5/new-hope-for-plan-to-fix-sewerage/ Tue, 05 Aug 2003 00:00:00 EST news Under private homes and businesses across Sydney is 20,000 kilometres of cracked and leaking sewers. Green groups and the Sydney Coastal Councils Group started a program called PipeChecks in 1999 with funding from Sydney Water. Its brief was to find a way to certify sewerage under private land and fix leaks. Sydney Water's records show that of nearly 95,000 recent inspections of private sewers, 49,400 defects were found. An estimated 40 per cent of properties also have il ...

Under private homes and businesses across Sydney is 20,000 kilometres of cracked and leaking sewers.

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2003/5/26/casting-good-bread-on-the-waters/ Mon, 26 May 2003 00:00:00 EST news James Woodford writes that a Sydney Water scheme to encourage people to put in rainwater tanks is full of holes. RECEIVING a $400 rebate cheque from Sydney Water should be a moment of rare pleasure a utility handing over a great wad of cash. Yet in fact the occasion was tinged with disappointment because installing my rainwater tank has been one of the most frustrating experiences of my adult life. I live in the Blue Mountains, just one row of houses away from the bush, and ...

James Woodford writes that a Sydney Water scheme to encourage people to put in rainwater tanks is full of holes.

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/2000/5/11/why-plumbers-are-licensed/ Thu, 11 May 2000 00:00:00 EST news 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 produced plans to ensure such a thing never happened again. A new sewerage system was constructed and training standards for plumbers reviewed with the result that it was the first tra ...

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

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/1999/7/27/unions-fight-cuts-at-centre/ Tue, 27 Jul 1999 00:00:00 EST news 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 writing yesterday that the decision to contract out about 70 maintenance services at Stockton, Peat Island and Marsden, in Sydney, will not be reversed,' Mr McCarney said yesterday. Ms ...

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

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/1998/3/16/unions-to-fight-telstra-selloff/ Mon, 16 Mar 1998 00:00:00 EST news 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 remaining publicly owned stake in Telstra if re-elected. "We have made a firm policy ... to allow that the people of Australia ... buy the remaining two-thirds," he said. ...

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

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/1998/2/12/plumbing-the-heights/ Thu, 12 Feb 1998 00:00:00 EST news 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 blind" tale about one of the trade's cowboys? Lay your prejudices aside because the plumbing trade has pulled off a coup with the announcement that one of its own, Rick Lucas, h ...

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

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/1998/1/22/the-drain-brain/ Thu, 22 Jan 1998 00:00:00 EST news 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. Where most people see dripping taps, clogged toilets and grease traps, Mezei sees revolution, fran-chises and national name recognition. At 32, Mezei owns and runs Drain Savers, a company ...

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

http://www.sydneyplumbers.com.au/news/1997/5/21/building-trust/ Wed, 21 May 1997 00:00:00 EST news 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 to my "horrible builder stories" portfolio. Thank heavens, it came to my notice just as my own project was ending without mishap (apart from one electrician who didn't realise ...

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