Gasfitting is licensed separately from general water plumbing in Australian states and territories. A person who can legally work on a tap may not be the person who can legally work on a cooktop, a gas heater, a gas hot water unit or the pipe that supplies them. Ask which licence covers the work on the quote, and check that licence in the state or territory where the property is.
If you smell gas
Do not look for the leak. Do not use a flame, a match, or any homemade test. Do not turn electrical switches, including lights, and do not use a phone inside the building. Get people outside. If anyone is in danger, or you cannot get out, call Triple Zero (000). If you are safely outside and the situation is a suspected gas leak rather than an immediate danger to a person, use the gas emergency number printed on your gas bill. Do not re-enter to find the source, to open windows, or to turn the meter.
PlumberQuotes does not send a gasfitter on a timer and does not attend gas leaks. The quote form asks a plumber to contact you. It is not an emergency dispatch.
Describe the job, not a method
Say what the appliance is and what you want done: install a cooktop, move a gas bayonet, replace a heater, connect a new continuous-flow unit, or investigate a smell that has already been made safe by the gas network. Say whether the appliance is staying in the same place. Moving a gas point is a different scope from connecting an appliance to a point that is already there. Say whether other work is happening at the same time, such as a kitchen renovation, because the order of trades matters and the plumber cannot assume it.
Do not disconnect an appliance yourself to “make the quote easier”, and do not cap a pipe. Leave the installation as it is, unless the network or a licensed gasfitter has already isolated it. Tell the plumber if isolation has already happened, and who did it.
What to ask before you accept
Ask whether the quote includes appliance installation, pipework, testing, and the compliance certificate the state or territory requires. A certificate is part of gas work in most states. Ask who issues it, and whether the quote is conditional on the existing pipework passing that test. Ask what is excluded: making good joinery, painting, electrical isolation, or a new appliance supplied by you. If you are supplying the appliance, ask whether the quote assumes a particular connection and what happens if the appliance on site is different.
Ask for the licence number of the person or company who will do the gas work, and look up that number on the public register before you accept. Confirm the class covers gasfitting, not only water supply. The registers for each state and territory are listed on the sources page. A current licence is not a review of the business and it is not a price. This site does not publish a price for gas work. The gasfitter quotes the property.
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