Gas Fitters

I Can Smell Gas? What Do I Do?

You may have a gas leak. Leaking gas is a serious hazard and should be dealt with only by a licensed gas fitter or professional that is highly trained in assessing and repairing a damaged gas unit.

If you think you have a gas leak call Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas NOW

on 9791 1608 (Bunbury) or 9759 1317 (Dunsborough), we are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week including Christmas Day.

For most people, the smell of gas is distinctive. The odour added to an otherwise unscented gas that we use in our homes is very unpleasant, and for a good reason. The smell is there to indicate that gas is present, and when you can detect this odour in a place you shouldn’t be able to, it signifies that either someone has left the gas on, or you have a leak.

Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas are your licensed and highly trained professionals when it comes to gas fitting and repairs in the South West. They can assist you with all of your commercial and household gas needs including:

Hot Water Systems
Gas Cooking Appliances
Gas Repairs and Maintenance

Hot Water Systems

Hot water installed Installing, replacing and repairing your hot water system is simple with Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas. Our licensed tradesmen are fully qualified plumbers and gas fitters who take pride in their work and strive to bring you a quality product with superior after sales service. Whether your unit is older and needs upgrading, your elements need replacing, or you need a brand new system installed in your new home, the premium products and service provided by Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas is second to none.

Gas Cooking Appliances

Everybody knows that cooking with gas results in more control over the heat you use when cooking and can be significantly more economical than electric elements. Stove top cooking with gas is a traditional method that has maintained its’ popularity due to the more efficient cooking times and higher-grade quality of heat production. Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas can install and service all of your gas cooking appliances to the highest industry standard for both town gas supply and bottled gas supplied services.

Gas Repairs and Maintenance

If you find your gas appliances or hot water unit needing attention, Mainline Plumbing are your first point of call. Maintenance of your gas appliances is essential to ensure they run smoothly and that a small problem doesn’t turn into a disastrous emergency. For yearly service and maintenance, your Mainline plumber and gas fitter can assess your unit or appliance and address any issues that may be evident. Should your unit or appliance need repairing, Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas can assist you with fast and cost effective service.

Who Can Help Me With My Gas Leak?

Servicing the South West for over 35 years, Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas offer years of knowledge and experience in all areas of gas fitting as well as a 24/7 availability and no call out or extra fees for after-hours emergencies. Call the team at Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas on 9791 1608 (Bunbury) or 9759 1317 (Dunsborough) for more information, or for a free quote today.

Why Choose Natural Gas?

Natural gas is fast becoming the energy source of choice for residential homes and it’s easy to see why. With numerous benefits and plentiful resources, gas combines convenience and comfort as well as being an efficient and environmentally friendly choice for your home.

The top 5 reasons to choose natural gas for your home are:

Savings and Value
Environmentally Friendly
Convenience
Versatility and Comfort
Safety

1. Savings and Value

Natural gas costs considerably less to run than electricity, especially when it comes to heating. When you consider that gas can replace electricity for home heating, cooking and warming your water, that’s a significant amount of savings. Due to the safety considerations surrounding gas, you are far less likely to leave your stove top or gas heater on, whereas electric systems are often left on for hours unnecessarily, resulting in higher energy costs.

2. Environmentally Friendly

Natural gas is the cleanest burning energy source for residential housing. It produces significantly less sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and airborne particles than other fuel sources and conserves natural resources.

3. Convenience

Natural gas runs straight from local lines to your home. You don’t have to worry about ordering replacement bottles or running out of gas in the middle of a hot shower and there is no need for chopping wood for the fire place either with a gas heater. Natural gas also cooks faster on a gas cook top or in a gas oven and your hot water system warms up faster and recovers quicker than an electric system.

4. Versatility and Comfort

Natural gas not only heats your home, but also provides heat for cooking, water heating and more advanced comfort appliances like outdoor kitchens and gas fireplaces. You can even hook up your natural gas to heat your swimming pool or spa, your outdoor lighting or your BBQ.

Natural gas can also produce heat quicker, making a room feel warmer, faster. Maximise the comfort of your home in the colder months with quick, reliable natural gas heating.

5. Safety

Gas work by Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas Bunbury Due to its many applications, natural gas safety standards on appliances are strict and all precautions and training is undertaken by professionals to ensure maximum compliance. An odour is added to natural gas as a means to detect leaks and even though natural gas is dissipated into open air more quickly than other heavier fuels, a licensed gas fitter should always be called to address any safety or maintenance issues with natural gas appliances or pipes.

Why Choose Natural Gas?

Choose natural gas because it is economical, environmental, convenient; Mainline Plumbing & Cheap Hot Water & Gas are licensed gas fitters and experts in natural gas installation and maintenance. Call the team on 9791 1608 (Bunbury) or 9759 1317 (Dunsborough) for a free quote and get connected today.

Heating Your Home Safely with Gas

Coming home to a toasty warm house is one of the best parts about winter. When your gas heater is doing its job and heating your home, it’s easy to forget about its maintenance and safety. The maintenance and safety side of things and just enjoy the warmth, but the condition of your heater is more important than you think.

Gas work by Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas Bunbury

Gas heating is widely used in Australia. We heat, cook and refrigerate with it. With gas we are enjoying the conveniences more and more with the supply of natural gas plus technological advances in gas products. However, it is essential to recognise the safety risks associated with not properly maintaining your gas appliances to prevent damage to the unit, explosion or fire in the home or even carbon monoxide poisoning.

Damage to The Unit

Reading and adhering to safety and operating instructions for all gas appliances is essential for efficient running of the unit and to prevent damage to the structure itself and surrounding areas. Incorrect use of the product will more than likely void a warranty and leave you with a costly repair bill (and a cold house!).

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Explosion or Fire

An obviously highly undesirable outcome from faulty use of gas appliances is the explosion of gas with heat and fire. A small incident can leave you without an appliance, a more significant one can leave you without your house, or with serious injury. Follow all operating and safety instructions on your gas heater to prevent disastrous consequences.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Faulty, un-serviced heaters are the main source of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in the home. An odourless gas that can be fatal if consumed for too long in a closed space, carbon monoxide can leak from gas heater units at any time, despite how old the system may be. All gas heating systems in your home should be serviced and tested for CO spillage at least every two years.

Call Mainline Plumbing & Cheap Hot Water & Gas your trusted professionals on 9791 1608 (Bunbury)
or 9759 1317 (Dunsborough) today to service your gas heating systems and ensure the safety of your home and family.

Please note, gas servicing must be performed by a licence gas fitter.

Getting Your Gas Appliances Checked Can Save Lives

Did you know you can get your gas appliances tested?

Gas appliances need to be maintained and checked from time to time. Heaters, hot water systems, and stoves should be checked by a licensed gas fitter to have sure that they are not leaking, carbon monoxide poisoning can be caused by leaking gas appliances.

Why Do I Need a Licensed Gas Fitter to Check My Appliances?

Carbon monoxide leaks are very hard to detect because the poisonous gas is colourless, tasteless, and odourless. Carbon monoxide poisoning can be fatal and can be avoided by having your appliances checked.

A licensed gas fitter is trained and qualified to check and test your gas appliances to make sure they are safe and working efficiently. Plus, they can fix any gas leaks.

What are the Symptoms of Gas Poisoning

Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning can be headaches, shortness of breath, dizziness tiredness, nausea and vomiting.

Gas Appliances and Rental Properties

It is the landlord’s responsibility to ensure all gas appliance are working, maintained and are safe.

How to Get Your Gas Appliance Tested

Simple, call Mainline Plumbing & Cheap Hot Water & Gas; we have a team of plumbers who are licenced and experienced gas fitters. Call today on 9791 1608 (Bunbury) or 9759 1317 (Dunsborough) and will have any problems sorted for you quickly and cost effectively.

Mainline Plumbing & Cheap Hot Water & Gas your local licensed gas fitter

What to do with a noisy tap?

Do you have a noisy tap, that is driving everyone crazy?

Especially in the middle of the night when someone gets up to go to the toilet and tries to wash their hands quietly and wakes the whole household up with dreadful banging, rattling and vibrating noises. Is it just a one off noise or is it persisting? Luckily, noisy taps are usually pretty easy to fix – so, give Mainline Plumbing & Cheap Hot Water & Gas a call.

Tap Problems Call Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water & Gas

Possible causes for a noisy tap

Sometimes this is also referred to as water hammer. It is when a shock wave of high water pressure in the pipes is caused by the sudden closing of a valve. Want to know what could be causing your tap to scream and make those unbearable noises? It could be any of the following reasons:

Faults in your plumbing design
Mineral deposits on the aerator
Faulty tap washers
Wrong size of tape or pipe
A buildup of scale
Solenoid valves on appliances
High water pressure

Why is my tap constantly dripping?

Firstly, check your water meter when no water is being used to see if it is still ticking over. If so, the leak will be either through your pipes or from your tap washers. You will be pleased to know that this is a quick fix. However, if there is a leaking pipe – you may need to search for damp patches in either your garden or your lawn. These are sometimes a little trickier to locate.

Do you have any idea how much money your dripping tap is costing you? You would be surprised to know that just one leaky tap is costing you thousands of litres of water – just going straight down the drain. Don’t hesitate – call Mainline Plumbing right away.

Call Mainline Plumbing for all of your tap problems

Choosing a good plumber who uses proper installation techniques is the only way of ensuring that these problems don’t continue to happen. If you have guests coming these holidays – noisy and dripping taps is the last thing you need.

Phone Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water & Gas on 9791 1608 (Bunbury) or 9759 1317 (Dunsborough) and get those small inconveniences fixed before they turn into major problems.

We are open 7 days a week – 24 hours a day!

Professional Gas Fitters in Bunbury

Mainline Plumbers Team

Honest and professional gas fitters in the Bunbury area

Mainline Plumbing & Cheap Hot Water & Gas is not just a business in Bunbury, it is a team of motivated professionals. We are all about sharing our knowledge and passion for solutions. This is something you can rely on when you need plumbers and gas fitters.

Fully equipped

Bunbury based Mainline Plumbing & Cheap Hot Water & Gas owner Brendan Martin has a large team of plumbers and gas fitters in Bunbury. The team has 10 fully equipped vehicles containing stock, oxy and acetylene and welding equipment.

At Mainline Plumbing & Cheap Hot Water & Gas we have machines that are designed to clear blocked drains and to clear clogged drains. Plus a backup service for septic or stormwater drain pump outs.

Burst Pipe The team can supply and install hot water units with a same day service and attend to other plumbing problems within a 24 hour turn around for emergency work.

Qualified

Every plumber and gas fitter is fully qualified and accredited, as well as police cleared. All installations and repairs are done with utmost professionalism. Quality and safety are guaranteed.

Honest

Plumber or gas fitter, each employee is prompt, efficient, honest and friendly. There is always a helping hand available at Mainline Plumbing & Cheap Hot Water & Gas, for all your plumbing and gas fitting needs.

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