BMH Plumbing Solutions is based in Frenchs Forest, so this is home ground rather than the edge of a service area. Licensed plumbing and gas work for houses, townhouses and strata, from a blocked drain to the plumbing for a new bathroom.
Frenchs Forest sits up on the plateau in the middle of the Northern Beaches, and most of its streets were built out as family homes decades ago. That gives the suburb a fairly consistent kind of plumbing: established houses on decent sized blocks, a lot of them still running on their original sewer line, with mature gums and other big trees growing in the same ground.
That combination is behind a lot of the work here. Older clay and earthenware lines are fine until roots find a joint, and on a big block with big trees they usually do eventually. The other common thread is age inside the house. Bathrooms, hot water systems and taps that went in a long time ago tend to come up for replacement around the same time, which is why renovation plumbing is a steady part of the work in this suburb.
The suburb has also changed in parts, with newer townhouses and units mixed in among the older homes. Those buildings bring different questions, like shared drainage lines and strata, and we cover those below. Wherever you are in Frenchs Forest, you are a short run from our base, and you can send us a message if you would rather not ring.
These are the kinds of jobs that go with the housing here. Each one links to a page with more detail.
Roots getting into older clay lines are the most common cause of blocked drains we find on the Northern Beaches. We clear the line with jet blasting and put a CCTV camera down to see whether it is roots, a cracked joint or something else. More on our blocked drains page.
Rough-in before the tiler and fit-off once the tiling is done, working in with your builder, tiler and waterproofer. Laundries and kitchens too. See bathroom renovation plumbing for the order a bathroom actually goes in.
Gas, electric, continuous flow and heat pump systems. If your unit went in with the house or not long after, it is worth reading how long a hot water system lasts before it lets go. Repairs and replacements are on our hot water and gas page.
Dripping taps, running cisterns, leaks inside the wall and pipe replacement or repiping. Small jobs are worth saving up and booking together, so send us the list and we can sort them in one visit.
Licensed gas work for cooktops, ovens, heaters and gas hot water, plus finding and fixing leaks. If you can smell gas, turn it off at the meter if you can reach it safely and ring.
Shared drainage and common property work a little differently. We work on strata buildings as well as houses, and we'll tell you if a problem looks like it sits in a shared line rather than your own.
Three small things that save a lot of trouble in an established Frenchs Forest home.
As in most homes, it is usually at the front boundary, often in a small box near the fence or the driveway, and the tap turns clockwise to shut off. Find it on a calm afternoon rather than at 2am with water coming through a ceiling.
The grate outside, set lower than the lowest fixture inside, is where a blocked sewer is meant to overflow. On older blocks it often ends up under a pot plant, mulch or paving. Uncover it and a blockage overflows in the yard instead of your shower.
The compliance plate on the unit usually tells you when it was made. If it is getting on, replacing it on your own schedule beats a cold shower and a rushed decision.
We work right around Frenchs Forest, including Forestville, Killarney Heights, Davidson, Belrose, Allambie Heights and Beacon Hill. There are local pages for Forestville, Belrose and Allambie Heights, and the full list of suburbs is on our Northern Beaches plumber page.
“Blake arrived on time as arranged. He explained the problem clearly and resolved it efficiently with no fuss. Professional at all times, showed us clear photos of the work and cleared up afterwards. Would highly recommend BMH.”
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Yes. BMH Plumbing Solutions is based in Frenchs Forest, so the suburb is home ground rather than the edge of a service area.
Yes. We handle the plumbing from rough-in to fit-off and work alongside your tiler, waterproofer and builder. More on our bathroom renovation plumbing page.
It is common, but it is not something to live with. A drain that blocks on a schedule usually means roots are getting back in or there is a cracked section catching waste. A camera shows which, and then the cause can be fixed rather than the blockage cleared again.
Yes. If the problem is in a shared line it may be common property, in which case your strata manager may need to be involved. Locating the problem tells you which side of that line it sits on.
Ring and tell us what is going on, or send a message from our homepage with your suburb and the job. You get a price before any work starts.
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