Plumber Fassifern

A plumber in Fassifern is up against roots: bushland wraps the village on three sides and keeps pressing into its ageing drains. Fassifern sits beside Blackalls Park, and Blackalls Park Plumbing Co covers it on the same run, clearing drains, fixing hot water and fitting gas at a fixed price agreed first.

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Licensed plumbers and gas fitters · NSW Lic. 359278C

Last updated September 2026

A Junction Village Between Bush and Mangroves

Timber homes by the station

Fassifern grew from the 1880s around sawmilling, a colliery and the rail junction, and a cluster of older weatherboard and fibro houses still stands near the railway station. Many still have the steel water services they were built with, and those rust from inside until the pressure drops or a joint lets go.

Roots from three sides

Bushland crowds the northern and western edges, and old garden trees add to it. Every old sewer joint among the older homes is within a root's reach, and the early clay drains have had a century to settle and open up in the soft ground.

Wet ground toward the bay

The land drops south-east toward the mangrove flats where Fennell Bay begins. On the lowest ground the subsoil stays damp between rains, cracked lines take on groundwater, and buried metal fittings corrode early.

Rain off the ridges

Forested ridges surround the village, and in an east-coast low their runoff all heads for the same small set of drains. Pipes on the bay side can surcharge, and a yard pit that copes in normal rain overflows.

Which Service Fits the Fault?

Blocked drains

For root chokes and cracked clay under the village, cleared and filmed

Hot water

For the tanks in a small, older housing stock, many well into their working life, with a temporary tank if one fails in the cold hollow

Gas fitting

For cooktops and heaters in the timber cottages, plus gas leak checks

Emergency plumbing

For corroded steel services that split without warning, or a single sewer line that chokes after dark and leaves the house without a toilet

When we're not the right call. A scorched power point or flickering lights in an old timber cottage point to the wiring, and only an electrician can fix that.

Questions From the Village

What does it cost to have you come out to Fassifern?

It costs nothing to get us out to your door (excluding after-hours). The plumber looks at the fault, names a fixed figure and waits for your yes before any work starts. The after-hours rate is quoted when you ring.

Can you clear roots from an old clay sewer in Fassifern?

Yes. The jetter or eel cuts the root mass out, and a camera pass confirms the line is open and shows the joint the roots used. If that joint has split, relining is priced as a separate job.

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