
Gas Leak at Home? What to Do Right Now
What to do in the first five minutes if you smell gas, how to turn it off at the meter, and what a gasfitter does next.

Cold shower, slow drain or a damp patch that keeps growing: we fix it at a price you agree to before we start. Wattlewater Plumbing is a licensed Maitland plumber, and when you ring, a plumber answers.
NSW plumbing, drainage and gasfitting Lic. 000000C (demo)
Licensed and insured for plumbing, drainage and gasfitting (demo). Free, fixed quotes before any job starts.

Start with the problem
Cold shower, lukewarm taps, or a tank leaking at the base.
Slow shower, gurgling toilet, or the gully overflowing outside.
A damp patch, a doubled bill, or a meter ticking with taps off.
Leave the house, don't touch a switch, then ring us from outside.
Urgent?
Burst pipe, sewage coming up, or no water at all: ring, don't email. A 24 hour plumber answers for emergencies across Maitland and the Lower Hunter. Turn the water off at the meter while you wait.
What we do

Heat pump, gas and electric. Same-day swaps when the old one gives out.

Cleared, then a camera down the line so you know why it blocked.

Hidden leaks found with thermal and acoustic gear, before a wall comes out.
Tap one to book it. One visit, one price.






Reviews
Hot water died on a Monday morning with three kids to get to school. Rang at 7, had a new heat pump in by lunchtime, and he walked me through the rebate paperwork before he left.
Leanne RutherfordHot water
Third time the drain had blocked in a year. They jetted it, put the camera down and showed me the roots at a cracked joint under the jacaranda. Relined it the next week and it's been fine since.
Greg LornBlocked drain
Our water bill doubled and nobody could find why. They found a pinhole leak under the slab in about an hour without lifting a single tile, and the report got us the allowance from Hunter Water.
Amira ThorntonLeak detection
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How it works
Ring, or send the form with a photo of the problem. A photo of the hot water unit's sticker or the gully trap tells us a lot.
Small jobs priced from the photo, bigger ones after a free look. Usually the same day, with no obligation.
On the day we said, with a text when we're 15 minutes out. The compliance certificate lands in your inbox when it's done.
Where we work
We're based in Maitland, so Rutherford, Thornton and East Maitland are minutes from the van, and Cessnock and Raymond Terrace are a short run out.
Your suburb not listed? Ring anyway. If you're in the Lower Hunter, we'll get to you.

About us
Wattlewater has worked out of Maitland since 2012. The plumber who quotes your job is the one who turns up to do it, and most of our work comes from people who've used us before.
Questions
For emergencies, yes: burst pipes, gas smells, sewage backing up, or no water at all. Ring any time and a plumber answers. Everything else is booked in business hours, Monday to Saturday.
Yes. Wattlewater holds a NSW contractor licence for plumbing, drainage and gasfitting, 000000C (demo). Work that needs one gets a compliance certificate, and you get a copy.
Only for emergencies and fault-finding, where nobody knows what's wrong until we look, and we tell you the fee when you book. Quotes are free with no obligation, and the price you agree to is the price you pay.
We're based in Maitland, so most jobs in Maitland, East Maitland, Rutherford and Thornton are within 20 minutes of the van. For an emergency in business hours we're usually there within the hour.
Yes. Gas cooktops, heaters and hot water, new gas lines and leak checks, all done under our gasfitting licence and certified. If you can smell gas, leave the house first and ring us from outside.
Maitland and the Lower Hunter: Maitland, East Maitland, Rutherford, Thornton, Morpeth and Lorn, out to Cessnock, Kurri Kurri, Raymond Terrace, Greta, Branxton and Paterson.
From the blog

What to do in the first five minutes if you smell gas, how to turn it off at the meter, and what a gasfitter does next.

Plunger, hot water or an auger: how to clear a blocked toilet yourself, and the signs that it's the drain and time to ring a plumber.

How a heat pump heats water, what it costs to buy and run, the NSW rebates, and whether it's worth it for a home in the Hunter.