Most commercial work divides into planned attendances and repairs that arrive without warning. We handle both the same way: confirm the fault, agree the work with whoever holds the budget, then fit the job around access and trading hours.
Scheduled site attendances: we check fixtures, tapware, isolation valves, floor wastes and hot water plant on an agreed cycle, and report after every visit.
Breakdown repairs: leaks, failed cisterns, blocked wastes and dead hot water units, with temporary isolation where a full repair needs parts.
Amenities and end-of-trip repairs: pans, urinals, sensor tapware, showers and floor drainage in staff and public amenities.
Commercial hot water plant: we service, repair and replace storage and continuous-flow hot water systems, sized to the building's actual draw.
Pipework repairs and renewals: we replace failing copper and galvanised runs in sections, planning isolation so the rest of the building stays live.
Drainage and waste lines: we clear, repair and re-grade sinks, floor wastes, sewer and stormwater lines where the fall has failed.
Tenancy make-good plumbing: we remove fixtures, cap and make safe services, and reinstate to base-building condition at fit-out handover.
Reactive after-hours attendance: available for commercial breakdowns, subject to availability.
Tempered water and backflow devices
Thermostatic mixing valves and backflow-prevention devices installed and replaced under a Water Supply licence.
Fit-outs and refurbishments
Venue kitchens and trade waste
Grease traps, trade waste and food premises plumbing for hospitality and retail sites.
Below-sewer fixtures
Site water and stormwater
Rainwater tanks, stormwater pits and detention systems installed to an approved hydraulic design.
15+ years' experience
Documented attendances
Agreed before work starts
Work planned around trading hours
Sites left clean
In a building under an owners corporation, the split between common property and tenancy responsibility matters as much as the repair itself.
Access drives commercial pricing more than the repair itself. Working above a ceiling grid, in an occupied tenancy, behind locked plant room doors, or outside trading hours all add labour to the job.
Parts matter too, because commercial tapware and cistern components are often proprietary and sometimes have to be ordered in. Where a shutdown affects other tenancies, coordination time is part of the job. We quote or report every attendance in writing, and price anything outside what was agreed before it proceeds.
Yes. Our standard hours are Monday to Friday, 7am to 4pm, with after-hours attendance available for commercial work subject to availability. Where a repair needs a water shutdown, we usually schedule it before or after trade.
It depends on the lease. Fixtures and equipment installed by the tenant are generally the tenant's, while base-building services usually sit with the landlord. Measured Plumbing documents what was found and where it sits, so the responsibility question can be settled with facts.
We issue compliance certificates where the work performed requires one under Victorian plumbing regulations. Where a job does not attract a certificate, we provide a written report of the work and any test results instead.
We start with an attendance or a walk-through to establish what is actually on site, because commercial jobs priced off a phone description tend to move. The written quote then sets out the work, the access requirements, any after-hours component and what is excluded.
We run multiple sites on the same reporting format and attendance cycle, which makes comparing them straightforward. Site numbers and locations are worth discussing up front so the schedule is realistic.
Call and describe what is happening. We triage urgent commercial faults, and where a same-visit repair is not possible we isolate the affected section so the rest of the site keeps operating. A severe water escape is attended as an emergency call-out.
Commercial plumbing problems usually show warning signs first. A hot water unit loses performance, a drain runs slowly for months, an isolation valve stops turning. Measured Plumbing maintains and repairs commercial plumbing across inner Melbourne. We schedule work to limit disruption and provide service reports clear enough to hand straight to a landlord, property manager or committee.