Quick-Action Residential Plumbing Team
When your toilet’s overflowing or water’s coming through the ceiling, you don’t want a call centre in Auckland — you want a van that can be in your street in 30 minutes. Southern keeps vans stationed across Wellington city, the Hutt Valley, Porirua and the Kapiti Coast so we can respond fast. Every call is answered by a real person — not a chatbot.
For Residential Plumbing.
Call 0800 484 353 for 24/7 emergency service, every public holiday, every weekend.
Trusted Residential Plumbers
The cheapest quote often costs the most. Companies tackling a job for the first time hit unknowns — and you end up paying for the guesswork. Southern has been solving Wellington plumbing problems since 1982. 40+ years, around 29,000 completed jobs, every suburb from Paekakariki to Martinborough. That depth means we walk in, spot the issue, and quote it fixed-price before we start.
Yes — always get 3 quotes. We’ll be one of them. Backed by the Master Plumbers Guarantee.
Fixed-Price Quotes. No Hourly-Rate Games.
Before we start work, you get a price in writing. That price is the price — no “we found another problem, that’s another $400” halfway through. We diagnose first, quote second, and only pick up a spanner once you’ve signed off.
Simple residential plumbing jobs like a new tap or a hot water cylinder swap are free to quote. More complex problems — hidden leaks, ground-water seepage, recurring blockages — get a diagnostic service call and any repairs required are priced before we start. Some residential plumbing visits are investigative and can take some time to find. But once we have found it we let you know the repair costs to finalize the job.
24/7. All Year. Even on Christmas Day.
Plumbing emergencies don’t respect office hours. Southern is open 24 hours, 7 days a week, on every NZ public holiday. When you call after hours, you reach one of our team directly — not a paging service that promises to “try and find someone”.
We back it with our own promise: Your Job On Time, or It’s Free. We come when we promise, or you don’t pay.
Call 0800 484 353 any time — 24/7 emergency plumbers.
Hot Water Specialists
Cold shower? Tank leaking into the garage? We do more hot water work than any other residential job, and we stock every major type:
- Standard electric hot water cylinders
- Gas continuous-flow water heaters (Rinnai Infinity)
- Heat pump water heaters
- Solar hot water systems
- External cylinder installations
- Underbench and remote-sink cylinders
We’ll size the system to your household so you’re not paying to heat more water than you need.
Blocked Drains, Leaks & Low Pressure
Most of what keeps a Wellington home running isn’t dramatic — it’s the blocked sink, the dripping mixer, the toilet that takes three flushes. We handle all of it:
- Blocked drains — CCTV inspection and mechanical unblocking
- Blocked toilets, slow-draining sinks, gurgling pipes
- Hidden leak detection using thermal and acoustic tools
- Low shower pressure investigations
- Dripping tap repairs and mixer replacements
- Burst pipe repairs — copper, PEX, or replacing old Dux QEST runs
Residential Plumbing Small jobs get the same fixed-price quote as big ones. No surprise charges.
For Residential Plumbing Call 0800 484 353
Bathroom, Kitchen & Laundry Plumbing
Whether you’re replacing a single mixer or renovating the whole room, we do the plumbing end-to-end and coordinate the other trades so you’re not chasing five subbies:
- Full bathroom renovations (budget to luxury)
- Shower enclosure upgrades and mixer replacements
- Toilet pan and cistern installation
- Kitchen renovations — sinks, taps, waste disposers
- Laundry renovations and tub installations
- Dishwasher and washing machine plumbing
- Bidet installation (including RPZ backflow protection)
- Laundry Tub replacements.
Frequently Asked Questions
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For genuine emergencies — burst pipes, flooding, no water — we aim to be on-site within 30 to 60 minutes across Wellington city, the Hutt Valley, Porirua and the Kapiti Coast. Non-urgent jobs are booked same-day or next-day.
