
Shower Repairs
Shower mixers stripped and cleaned of scale and salt, cartridges or reseating washers replaced, and hot and cold temperatures checked at the outlet before we hand the bathroom back.
Bathroom plumbing in Woody Point covers showers, baths, vanities, floor wastes and renovation rough-ins, handled by Plumber Woody Point under QBCC No: 15024607, with a fixed quote before any work starts. The full service list sits on the Woody Point home page.
If we're late, $100 comes off your bill

Showers, baths and vanities here lean old, and the parts behind the tiles lean older, so most bathroom jobs start with finding which fitting has actually failed before anything comes apart.

Unit blocks and bayside cottages near Gayundah Esplanade and Picnic Point take spray that pits chrome and eats brass mixer bodies years before inland fittings give out.
Streets fall from the ridge toward the foreshore, so bathroom wastes run fast gradients and a partial blockage backs up into the lowest fixture first.
Cottages over the ageing mains in Donald Street and Ellen Street can still carry galvanised supply pipe that furs up and chokes shower pressure long before it fails anywhere else.
Bathroom plumbing runs from a single dripping mixer to a full renovation rough-in, and these are the six jobs we get called out for most often around this headland:

Shower mixers stripped and cleaned of scale and salt, cartridges or reseating washers replaced, and hot and cold temperatures checked at the outlet before we hand the bathroom back.

Bath spouts, mixers and pillar taps pulled apart, worn washers and o-rings renewed, corroded chrome swapped for coastal-rated replacements, and the waste and plug chain both checked before we pack up.

Vanity basins and mixers pulled or re-seated, leaks at the bottle trap and flexible connections cured, cupboard interiors dried, and new spouts or mixers fitted where the old ones fail.

Floor wastes and shower drains cleared of hair and soap, smells traced to dry traps or open joints, grates and surrounds cleaned, and water put down to seal the trap.

Full rough-ins for bathroom renovations, with supply and waste lines set to the plan, old galvanised or copper replaced where needed, and every new line pressure tested before handover.

Tempering valves supplied and fitted where the job requires them, mixed water checked at the safe delivery temperature, and failing valves swapped when hot and cold cross at the tap.
$0 call-out fees, available 24/7, and same-day where we can.

Most of the bathroom jobs we get called to here come down to four faults, and when the fault is located in the pipework instead of the fitting, blocked drains and leak detection detail those jobs in full:
A shower that has dropped to a drizzle points to a furred galvanised supply line or a clogged mixer strainer, and either can be cleared or renewed in one visit.
Water that scalds and then freezes mid-shower means a dying mixer cartridge or tempering valve, and swapping that one dead part beats tearing open a whole tiled shower wall.
A sewage smell in the bathroom is often a dry floor waste trap, so a jug of water down the grate cures it, and anything persistent gets investigated same visit.
A damp ceiling below a bathroom means the shower base, the waste or a hidden joint, and each one gets traced and written up before any tiles come up.

Bathrooms stack water supply, waste lines, gas bayonets for heaters and mixed-temperature delivery into one small room, so a small fault there quickly touches everything else in the house and the rooms below it:
A shower base or mixer drop that leaks in an upper unit runs through the slab and stains the ceiling of the flat below. Caught early it is a morning's work; left alone it becomes two bathrooms of repairs.
Because the ground drops from the Oxley Avenue spine down to the bay, a partly blocked waste line backs up into the floor waste or the shower before any other fixture. That slow drain is the warning, not the problem.
An older cottage can wear new chrome on the wall while the galvanised pipe behind it narrows to a trickle. We check what sits behind the tiles before pricing anything on the surface.

Phone (07) 3524 7117 with what's happening in Woody Point. A few questions on the call mean the right parts come with us.

Flat-rate pricing and no hidden fees, set before the job starts. Give the go-ahead and we begin.

We strip the mixer or cap the waste, run hot and cold through every line, and name the failed part on the spot before any fix is priced.

Settle by card or EFTPOS when the work is done, or ask us about Fix now, pay later.

Every job on this headland runs on those four cards, from a washer swap to a full rough-in.
You pay zero call-out fees in Woody Point, and there's no extra charge for nights, weekends or public holidays.

Our Fix-It-or-It's-Free guarantee covers the job (T&Cs apply), and if we're late, $100 comes off your bill.
Every job is handled by a licensed plumber under QBCC No: 15024607, and the labour has a lifetime labour warranty.
Locally owned and operated, licensed and insured, with flat-rate pricing on every job.

Unitywater owns the sewer main and the connection point, while every pipe and fixture on the property side of that boundary belongs to the owner, which is the side we work.
It does, because bay spray corrodes chrome plating and brass internals on exposed fittings, so we strip, clean and fit coastal-rated replacement parts whenever the old mixer has had enough.
Usually yes, because most smells come from a dry trap or a blocked vent under the shower grate, and either gets fixed from above with no tiles lifted at all.
Usually yes, because most replacement showers need one fitted, and we confirm what your job requires on the day, with the valve listed as its own line on the written price.
It can, because storm water gets into the old clay and asbestos cement mains through open joints and lifts wastewater toward the lowest traps, which on this headland sit near the foreshore.
Call (07) 3524 7117 and let the Plumber Woody Point crew explain the bathroom problem; we will arrange a visit, arrive with parts matched to your fittings, and give you a written quote before any work begins.
Ring (07) 3524 7117 and tell us what's happening. We're available 24/7, jobs in Woody Point come with zero call-out fees and flat-rate pricing, and every job is done under QBCC No: 15024607, same-day when we can.
For the wider run of household work, the general plumbing page lists tap repairs, toilet repairs, kitchen plumbing and gas fitting.
To claim your $0 call-out fee, call (07) 3524 7117 today.