Plumber Bowden
Licensed plumbers for Bowden apartments, townhouses, older homes and the businesses between them, landlords and agents included, with upfront pricing and round-the-clock availability.
Licensed Bowden Plumbers, Available 24/7
Water through the ceiling from the apartment upstairs, a toilet cistern that never stops filling, a shower drain that empties at a crawl. When something like that happens you want a straight answer on what’s wrong and who fixes it.
A real person answers, day or night. Ceiling dripping? We can typically be there within 60 minutes. Then the plumber finds the source, tells you plainly whose pipe it is, and prices it in writing, options included. No work starts without your yes.
- We Fix It or It’s Free*
- Lifetime Workmanship Guarantee
- Upfront quotes, agreed onsite before we start
- Available 24/7, 365 days a year
- We clean up after ourselves
- Every plumber on the team is police-checked and holds a current individual licence, and you might even get one of the owners on your job.
- 260+ five-star Google reviews
- Fully licensed & insured. Plumbing Licence PGE #360928
Bowden calls come from owners, tenants, landlords and property managers, and from the eateries and ground floor tenancies around Plant 4. The business holds Plumbing Licence PGE #360928, and bookings go through 08 8152 9100.
Two Mates, a Van & the Standard We Bring to Bowden
Co-owners Michael Heinrich and Colin Archer-Bourke started Adelaide Expert Plumbing & Gas on a simple belief: Adelaide families deserve better than unreliable tradies and surprise bills. What began as two mates with a van has grown into a team of six, tradesmen and apprentices trained in the same few habits. Turn up when we said we would. Explain the job in words that make sense. Leave the place cleaner than we found it.
In Bowden that last part matters more than usual, because the person who lets us in is often not the person who owns the pipe. We are comfortable talking to a resident, a property agent and a community corporation on the same job, and we put what we found in writing so nobody ends up paying for somebody else’s problem. Every job carries our Lifetime Workmanship Guarantee, and there are more than 260 five-star Google reviews behind it.
Honest pricing is the rest of it. You get a fixed quote before we start, and that is the whole pricing conversation. If you would rather talk it through before booking anything, send our team the details and we will come back to you.
Plumbing Services for Bowden Homes, Apartments & Businesses
Bowden holds more than one plumbing world inside a few hundred metres. On the old Clipsal site there are apartments and townhouses certified to a minimum 5 Star Green Star, with fittings chosen for water efficiency and, in the apartments, pipework that commonly runs in risers and service shafts. A short walk away, older homes sit on narrow 19th century streets and share a party wall. In among them are the eateries and bar at Plant 4 on Third Street, the Adelaide Bike Kitchen on Gibson Street and the ground floor tenancies the precinct was planned around. The list below is what all of them call us out for.
General Plumbing
Taps, mixers, cisterns, flexi hoses and the small repairs that keep a home working. In an apartment we isolate your lot rather than the riser, so the rest of the building keeps its water while we work.
Blocked Drains & Slow Fixtures
Your own branch line, or the stack the whole building shares. We establish which before anything comes apart, then clear the blockage from $79, T&C's Apply.
Hot Water Systems
One bathroom, one kitchen, no hot water. We repair and replace storage, instant and heat pump units, and we measure the cupboard, the access and the drain line before recommending anything for a Bowden apartment.
24 Hour Emergency Plumber
A burst flexi hose under a vanity, or a wet patch spreading across a ceiling. We answer around the clock, every day of the year, holidays included.
Taps & Toilets
In a connected Bowden home the cistern runs off the recycled line, not the drinking one. We confirm which supply we are on before touching a valve.
Backflow Prevention
Two supplies on one property, or fire services running between buildings, and something has to keep each where it belongs. We assess the hazard level, fit a rated device to AS/NZS 3500 and carry out backflow testing once it is in.
Heat Pump Hot Water
Bowden has buildings where every apartment is all-electric, so a failed unit here usually means a heat pump hot water system rather than a gas one. Different clearances, different drainage, different lead times.
Dishwasher Installation
A new machine in a joinery run built to the millimetre needs the right isolation tap, a compliant drain connection and a hose that reaches without kinking. We fit it, test it and check underneath before we leave.
Commercial Plumbing
Plant 4 on Third Street, Plant 3 on Fourth, and the ground floor tenancies through the precinct. We look after commercial kitchens, grease lines, staff amenities and backflow devices, and we work around your trading hours.
Reviews from Bowden Homes & Businesses
Our plumbers cover every part of Bowden, from Park Terrace and Gibson Street to Parfitt Square and the older streets off Drayton Street. Read what customers from all over Adelaide have said below.
On a horrible night, Aidan came out and did an amazing job. Following him, Michael and Mitch couldn’t have done more to sort out the problem. I would recommend them to anyone. The fees were very reasonable too. I would highly recommend them to anyone.
Much thanks to Adelaide Expert Plumbing for coming out at short notice today. Thanks to Sammy who took our call and organised everything, and Aidan who showed up to do the job. Aidan was friendly, knowledgeable and did a great job plumbing our new fridge when it turned out not
Thank you Michael and Ross for your very speedy and professional service (emergency gas hot water system replacement). Reasonably priced and excellent quality installation. I definitely recommend these guys photos of before and after.
Michael was excellent in his work, located the leak behind my wall tiles and fixed it leaving minimal damage in his method of getting to the leak. Very knowledgeable and was great for information on what to do going forward. Highly recommend for anyone that needs a good plumber.
Thankyou Aiden for fixing our water meter leak. Aiden was very friendly and has excellent communication skills and was amazing. Very happy with the work done and thanks to Michael as well for his help. Highly recommend Adelaide Expert Plumbing and recommend Aiden for your next plumbing service Thank you
Aidan helped us with an emergency plumping situation on a Saturday. He was super helpful, knowledgeable & friendly. He provided great advice and communication. The team came back the next week to complete the work. We were very happy with service. Would definitely recommend and use again!
Why Bowden Homeowners & Managers Choose Us
More than 260 five-star Google reviews sit behind this team and almost none of them make for interesting reading. The usual verdict is that we arrived when we said we would, that the price we quoted was the price that got paid, and that the place was tidy when we left. Dull, and deliberately so.
What changes in Bowden is who we are answering to. It might be an owner in a two bedroom apartment, a community corporation holding the common property, a managing agent, or someone opening a venue at seven who needs the kitchen back before lunch. So we establish which side of the lot boundary a pipe falls on before anyone argues about it, we put it in writing, and we book the noisy part of the work for a time the building can live with. Connected properties here also carry a second set of pipework in purple, running to its own purple meter and feeding the toilets, and keeping the two apart is routine for us. Whatever we leave behind carries our Lifetime Workmanship Guarantee.
Where We Work In & Around Bowden
Our plumbers cover the whole of Bowden, from the buildings along Park Terrace and Gibson Street to the older pocket around Drayton and Fourteenth, and through the eateries, bar and ground floor tenancies at Plant 4 and Plant 3. That takes in the homes around Parfitt Square and Kevin Taylor Park as well as the newer buildings off Second and Third Streets. Brompton is right on the boundary to the north west and is mostly houses and two-storey townhouses rather than apartments, which makes it a different job on the same morning. Ovingham sits directly east and Hindmarsh directly south, and between the two there is as much commercial work as residential. Fitzroy and Ridleyton are close by rather than next door, and the same team covers them on the same fixed pricing. If your street is not named here, have a look at the full list of areas we cover.
Whatever the building, the routine does not change. We look, we explain what we found in plain words, we give you a fixed price, and nothing starts until you have agreed to it. Where a shop or a kitchen is involved we schedule around opening hours so the doors stay open. Payment plans through Humm are there if the timing is awkward. Terms and conditions apply.
Phone 08 8152 9100 or book online. If a seniors discount applies to you, mention it when you call. T&C’s Apply.
Bowden Plumbing Questions, Answered
Bowden throws up questions that do not come up a few streets away, mostly about the second water supply and about who is responsible for what inside a building with shared walls. These are the ones we get asked most. If yours is not here, call 08 8152 9100 and ask us.
Why Does My Bowden Apartment Have Two Water Meters?
Because Bowden is one of only four residential areas where SA Water manages a recycled water supply. Your drinking water arrives through the usual meter, and the recycled supply arrives through a separate purple one that feeds the toilets. Two meters means two sets of readings, which is why a bill that looks high here is worth a proper look rather than a guess. We can isolate each supply in turn and work out which side the water is disappearing on.
Can You Repair A Toilet Or Cistern That Runs Off The Recycled Supply?
Yes, it is routine work for us. In a connected Bowden home the cistern is fed from the recycled line, so before anything else we confirm which supply we are on and which isolation valve belongs to it. After that it is an ordinary cistern or pan repair. We leave the purple pipework and its identification exactly as we found it, because that colour coding is what keeps the two supplies apart.
Is A Pipe Inside My Wall My Responsibility Or The Community Corporation's?
It depends on where the lot boundary falls on the plan for your building, which is a document rather than an opinion. Common property sits with the corporation, and everything inside your lot sits with you. Before we quote, we establish which side of that boundary the pipe falls on and put it in writing, so nobody is billed for somebody else’s pipework. In the newer Bowden buildings that body is a community corporation rather than an older strata one.
The Problem Is In A Common Area. Who Should Be Calling You?
Either you or whoever manages the building, and honestly it does not matter which comes through the door as long as somebody does. We deal with community corporations, facilities managers and property agents constantly, so you can hand it straight to us and we will take it from there. We report what we found to both sides, which saves the resident being the go-between on something they did not cause.
Water Is Coming Through My Ceiling From The Apartment Above. What Do You Do?
We contain it before we diagnose it. That means shutting off the supply to the home above, getting sheeting and a catch under the water and stopping more of it arriving, then tracing the source properly. In a building where one home’s floor is the next home’s ceiling, that order saves far more than it costs. Pipework here usually runs in a riser or a service shaft rather than under a slab, so we trace it back through the building, then tell both parties plainly what we found.
Will I Know The Price Before You Start?
Yes. Our team give an upfront quote on every job before any work begins. Our receptionist does not have a price book in front of them, because their job is keeping the team running to schedule, getting plumbers dispatched and looking after customers. So the quote happens on site, with a few options put in front of you, and you never feel pressured one bit. If you’re calling outside regular business hours, a call-out fee may apply, so call our friendly team to check our availability. We’re on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Is Anyone Available After Hours In Bowden?
Yes. We are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, and Bowden is covered overnight the same as it is at midday. For something urgent we can typically be there within 60 minutes, and for anything that can safely wait we aim for a same day response. The business holds plumbing and gas licence PGE #360928, and whoever arrives holds a current individual licence of their own, along with insurance and a police check. Consumer and Business Services is the regulator here in South Australia.
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