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Case Study: Doncaster Stormwater Drains
March 14, 2023 9:41 amComments Off on Case Study: Doncaster Stormwater Drains
2022 was the wettest year in Melbourne since 2011, with October and November being particularly wet months. For some homeowners, this increased rainfall put more pressure on their drains, resulting in blockages and structural problems – never an ideal situation, and even less so leading up to the holidays! In this blog, we’re going to focus on how we helped a client in Doncaster who was experiencing a blockage in their stormwater drain. Our team were recommended to the homeowners by one of their work colleagues who we had helped just a couple of months earlier with a similar issue.... View Article
Case Study: Clearing Stormwater Drains in Balwyn North
January 17, 2023 3:38 pmComments Off on Case Study: Clearing Stormwater Drains in Balwyn North
With a more intense wet season than usual, some of the older homes in Melbourne’s beautiful eastern suburbs were hit hard. As a result, there was some serious flooding at the home of one of our customers in the suburb of Balwyn North, which required a lot of work to sort out. How Did Newman Plumbing Help? Our experts at Newman Plumbing quickly got to work, assessing the damage and deciding on the most suitable plan of action. This included clearing all stormwater drains around the home and emptying the spouting and downpipes at the front of the house of... View Article
Case Study: Replacement of Old Gas Ducted Heating Units In Templestowe
October 13, 2022 3:32 pmComments Off on Case Study: Replacement of Old Gas Ducted Heating Units In Templestowe
Gas ducted heating is an asset to any Melbourne home. As qualified plumbers Melbourne eastern suburbs residents know and trust, the Newman Plumbing team knows just how important it is to maintain the performance and quality of your gas ducted heating unit. We recently attended a property in Templestowe to check gas fitting lines for leaks, and to determine whether replacements were needed. New Gas Lines For Improved Performance After we assessed the old gas fitting lines, we arranged repairs and replacements. The detailed assessment from our expert plumbing team and equipment enabled us to identify the various factors contributing... View Article
Case Study: Plumbing Maintenance In Camberwell
September 13, 2022 11:07 amComments Off on Case Study: Plumbing Maintenance In Camberwell
As experienced plumbers in the Melbourne eastern suburbs, the Newman Plumbing team understands how challenging accessibility problems can be when addressing plumbing problems. This was an issue we recently faced in Camberwell, when a customer had just moved into their new home and found themselves with a few plumbing issues to resolve (despite a building inspection before purchase which told the customer that everything was fine). Who To call? This Camberwell resident needed a reliable, well renowned plumber in the Melbourne eastern suburbs to assess the property properly so that they could settle into their new property, once and for... View Article
Blocked Stormwater Drains in Kew: Case Study
July 12, 2022 5:41 pmComments Off on Blocked Stormwater Drains in Kew: Case Study
Do you have a blocked drain? Have you found yourself searching online for a ‘plumber Kew’ to help? Well look no further, as the experienced Newman Plumbing team can perform quality storm water drain repairs in an efficient and timely manner. In fact, a recent blockage was discovered during a roof maintenance call out to a local Kew property. Maintenance Leads to Unexpected Discovery One of our valued, long-term clients in Kew recently called us to arrange roof repairs after recent heavy rainfall in Melbourne. When we arrived, we found the gutters were rusted and the downpipes were overflowing. To... View Article
Gas Fitting Case Study – Blackburn
April 21, 2022 2:39 pmComments Off on Gas Fitting Case Study – Blackburn
Did you know that Newman Plumbing are both licensed plumbers and licensed gas fitters? Recently, our team assisted a Blackburn homeowner with these exact services, all as a result of a simple installation of a new hot water system. New Hot Water Unit Leads To A Discovery Recently one of our clients called us to fix a leaking hot water service in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Blackburn. The hot water unit was faulty and needed to be replaced. This was a standard service replacing the old hot water system with a new unit and to remove the old hot... View Article
Urgent Hot Water Unit Replacement in Kew
March 8, 2022 4:41 pmComments Off on Urgent Hot Water Unit Replacement in Kew
At Newman Plumbing, we recently received a call recently from a customer in Kew, one of the many Melbourne eastern suburbs where we provide our plumbing services. The Issue the Customer Had The customer heard running water late at night and, thinking it was probably just a leaking tap, and got up to find it and turn it off. What they discovered instead, was that their old hot water unit had burst and was leaking! They were unable to turn the water off to their old unit due to an old valve not working properly. Unfortunately, the only way for... View Article
Gas Ducted Heating Problem In Box Hill
November 11, 2021 11:49 amComments Off on Gas Ducted Heating Problem In Box Hill
A call came into our Newman Plumbing team recently requesting an emergency Box Hill plumber. That’s one of the many Melbourne eastern suburbs where we provide professional plumbing services and repairs. In this case, there was a problem with the property’s gas ducted heating system. The Situation We Discovered and What We Did About It On arrival, we assessed the Box Hill resident’s heating system and found that it was clearly showing signs of age and was definitely faulty. Our assessment found a cracked heater exchange. When such cracking happens in a heating system like this one, it can lead... View Article
Excessive Water Pressure in Balwyn – A Case Study
October 12, 2021 3:21 pmComments Off on Excessive Water Pressure in Balwyn – A Case Study
We received a call recently from a customer in their Balwyn home who had identified an issue with their plumbing – a very loud and noisy issue! This included what is often called ‘water hammer’ sounds from their pipes. For instance, the washing machine was much louder than before and even the toilets appeared to be making more noise as they refilled. What These Symptoms Suggested This excess of noise can suggest a problem with excessive water pressure. This can be a problem throughout whole areas of a suburb, rather than in just an individual property. This is why it... View Article
Hot Water Problems In Kew
September 15, 2021 1:24 pmComments Off on Hot Water Problems In Kew
It’s probably fair to say that many of us pay little attention to our hot water heating system. It just sits there and does its job. Until it doesn’t. Suddenly, we’re faced with an anxious situation. In normal times, that’s bad enough, but during a Covid-19 lockdown scenario (something we are all too familiar with here in Melbourne), it’s easy to understand how this can become a major cause of stress and anxiety. That’s Our Starting Point This was the situation at a home in Kew recently. A family of six contacted us when they suddenly realised that their hot... View Article