Taps and toilets
Dripping tap or running toilet? Sorted in one visit
Washers, cartridges, mixers, cisterns and seals. Small jobs done properly, and still no call out fee.
- $0 call out fee & free quotes
- 24 hours, 7 days, public holidays
- Price agreed before we start
- 5.0 stars from over 50 Google reviews
- Licensed plumber, drainer & gasfitter
- Angelo answers the phone himself
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What we get called for
What we fix, and how?
Why it happened
What actually goes wrong with taps and toilets
These are the small jobs, and small jobs are where people get overcharged most, because nobody shops around for a dripping tap. Nine faults cover almost all of them.
Worth fixing now
Small signs that cost real money
None of these are urgent. All of them are cheaper this week than next year, and two of them end in a flood.
- A tap dripping, even slowly
- A cistern you can hear refilling when nobody has flushed
- A tap that needs more force than it used to
- Water seeping from the base of a mixer tap
- Low flow at one tap while the rest of the house is fine
- Flexi hoses under a sink or vanity older than five years
- A damp or dark patch inside a vanity cupboard
- A toilet that needs two flushes
How we do it
Repaired rather than replaced, where we can
The fast way to turn a dripping tap into a four figure invoice is to call it tapware that has had its day. Most taps are worth keeping.
What to expect
How the job runs
- 1 A real time, and a call firstA booking window and a phone call before Angelo arrives, rather than a day spent waiting in.
- 2 Priced before we startNo call out fee and nothing charged to quote, even on the smallest job. There is no minimum charge to get us out.
- 3 Done in one visitThe common parts are on the van, so a dripping tap does not turn into a second appointment next week.
- 4 Everything else checkedWhile we are there the other taps, cisterns and flexi hoses get a look. Finding a problem early is free.
What it costs
How a small job gets priced
Small jobs should be small bills. Four things move the number and none of them is a surprise at the end.
Our pricing promise
- No call out fee and no minimum charge
- The quote is free whether you go ahead or not
- Repaired rather than replaced wherever the tapware allows
- Several small jobs on one visit, priced as one visit
Before you ring
What is worth trying, and when to stop
Worth ten minutes
- Unscrew the aerator from the tap spout and rinse the scale out of it
- Check the isolating valve under the sink is fully open
- Lift the cistern lid and check whether the inlet valve is sitting at the right level
- Check whether it is one tap or the whole house, which tells you a lot
- Count the drips. One a second is thousands of litres a year
Stop and ring instead
- There is water inside the vanity or under the sink
- A flexi hose is bulging, rusted or weeping at the fitting
- The tap is stiff and you are about to use force on it
- Water is coming from the wall behind the tap
- The cistern is overflowing into the pan constantly
- You have the tap apart and a part has broken off
The sum
What a drip actually costs you
A tap dripping once a second wastes in the order of twenty thousand litres a year. On Sydney Water rates that is not a catastrophe, but it is considerably more than the repair, and it happens every year you leave it.
A running toilet is the bigger one and the one nobody hears. A failed outlet seal lets water trickle from the cistern into the pan continuously, and because it goes straight down the drain there is nothing to see and nothing to mop. A single running cistern can waste more water than the rest of the household uses, and the first anyone knows is a quarterly bill that has doubled.
The one that is not about money is the flexi hose. Braided hoses under sinks and vanities have a service life of around five years, they are the leading cause of internal water damage claims in Australian homes, and they fail without warning by bursting at full mains pressure. If nobody has replaced yours and the house is more than five or six years old, they are overdue. The part costs very little. The flood does not.
So the honest advice on this page is to save the small jobs up, get them done in one visit, and have whoever is there replace the flexi hoses while the cupboard is already open.
While we are there
Other things we get called for
What Sydney says
Every review below is on our Google Business Profile. None of them are edited.
Can't recommend Angelo at Cesco Plumbing highly enough. We'd been dealing with a leaking basin tap for ages, and other plumbers had quoted us thousands to fix it. Angelo came in and provided a super cost-effective repair that solved the problem properly. He also organised a leak detection service to help us pinpoint the source of another tricky leak we couldn't track down. His service, expertise, and pricing are hard to beat. Absolutely would recommend to anyone looking for an honest, skilled plumber.
We hired Cesco plumbing recently to do some repair works at our warehouse. Apart from doing a great job, the three things that really impressed me were: 1) they arrived on time 2) they cleaned up after themselves 3) they quoted honestly saving my business thousands compared to our other quotes. Thanks Cesco. Highly recommended!!
Absolutely fantastic service! Angelo and his Apprentice were prompt, professional, and completed the gas compliance thoroughly and quickly for my new home. I highly recommend Cesco for any plumbing or gas needs!
Questions
Before you call
Is a dripping tap worth calling a plumber for?
A tap dripping once a second wastes thousands of litres a year. It is one of the cheapest jobs we do and it pays for itself on the bill.
How much to fix a leaking tap?
It depends which part has failed, and a washer is a very different price to a full mixer body. Quoted before we start, with no call out fee and no minimum charge.
Do you do small jobs?
Yes. No job is too small and there is no minimum charge to get us out.
Can you fix it or does the tap need replacing?
Most taps are worth repairing. We tell you honestly when one is not, and quote both.
My toilet runs constantly. Is that costing much?
A running cistern can waste more water than the rest of the house combined. Worth fixing this week, not next year.
Why does my tap drip again a month after it was fixed?
Because the seat was not re-cut. A new washer closing onto a pitted brass seat wears out almost immediately. Doing both is what makes the repair last.
What is a flexi hose and why do they matter?
The braided hose under your sink or vanity. They have a service life of about five years, they fail by bursting at full mains pressure, and they are a leading cause of internal water damage claims in Australia.
My mixer tap is stiff. Does it need replacing?
Usually not. Stiff or leaking mixers are almost always the ceramic cartridge, which is a part. The whole tap only goes where parts are not available.
Only one tap has low pressure. Why?
Almost always the aerator, which is the screen in the spout filling with scale. You can unscrew it and rinse it yourself in two minutes.
Can I book several small jobs at once?
Please do. Four small things on one visit costs a fraction of four separate call outs. Make a list and tell us when you book.
Do you supply the tapware or do I?
Either. Bring your own and we will fit it, or we can supply. If what you have chosen has no parts available down the track we will tell you before it goes in.
Is there a minimum charge for a tiny job?
No minimum charge and no call out fee to come and look. Small jobs should be small bills.
Worth knowing
Things worth knowing before you need us
Where we work
All of Sydney, based in the Inner West
Every corner of the city, from the beaches to the west. Ring and we will tell you straight away how long we will be.
- Inner West
- Sydney CBD & Inner City
- Eastern Suburbs
- North Shore
- Northern Beaches
- Northern Suburbs & Hills
- Western Sydney
- St George & Sutherland
- South West Sydney
Suburb by suburb
Contact us
Want to speak to Angelo?
He answers his own phone, day or night. No call centre, no message bank, no waiting until Monday. If it can hold until the morning, send the form instead and he will ring you back.
0434 410 612- Hours 24 hours, 7 days, public holidays included
- Email [email protected]
- Areas All of Sydney, based Inner West
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