Hot water, sorted.
Gas, electric, solar and heat pump hot water — serviced, repaired or replaced by a licensed plumber and gas fitter who knows how coastal WA treats a tank.
A hot water system on the Turquoise Coast lives a harder life than most. Salt air works at the tank and fittings until a unit that should last a decade rusts out early. That is exactly the job North Contracting was built for. Kim is a licensed plumber and gas fitter handling gas, electric, solar and heat pump systems across coastal and remote WA. Repair, replacement or new install — you deal with the person who does the work.
“The person who quotes your hot water job is the person who turns up and does it.”
Every System, One Point of Accountability
Gas, electric, solar, heat pump — we work across all four, and we help you choose between them honestly rather than pushing whatever is easiest to fit. Continuous flow gas for fast recovery. Electric and heat pump where gas isn't run. Solar on blocks with the sun to make it worthwhile. Because Kim holds both plumbing and gas licences, a gas changeover is handled by one tradesperson from disconnect to commissioning. No coordinating between a plumber and a separate gas fitter, no gaps where accountability slips. One person, one standard, one number to call.
Service, Repair or Replace — Straight Answers First
Not every failed unit needs replacing, and not every old unit is worth repairing. When your hot water goes, Kim will tell you which side of that line you are on before anyone commits to a job. Sometimes it's a valve, an element or a thermostat and you're back running the same day. Sometimes a corroded tank is past saving and a replacement is the smarter spend. Either way you get a clear upfront quote with no surprises, so the decision is yours and the cost is known before the work starts.
Built for Salt Air and Coastal Blocks
A tank that would happily last inland can corrode early metres from the coast. We fit and position hot water systems with salt exposure in mind, choosing placement and fittings suited to constant sea breeze rather than treating a Lancelin install like a suburban one. Add limestone and sand soils, bore water and the demands of holiday-rental turnarounds, and coastal hot water needs local knowledge — not a generic install. That local read on how these homes and systems actually behave is what keeps a unit running its full life instead of failing halfway through it.
Remote, Off-Grid and Self-Sufficient
Kim spent six years based in Newman working across the Pilbara — the mines and remote communities — building a reputation for getting hard, far-flung jobs done properly. That experience carries straight into hot water work on remote and off-grid WA properties: bottled gas, bore-fed systems, solar and heat pump setups on blocks well off the mains, and long distances between the road and the tank. We carry everything needed to work off-grid, so a remote block doesn't stop the job being done right. Remote work is subject to availability, so it pays to book early.
Compliant, Licensed and Lodged
Hot water sits across both plumbing and gas regulation, and cutting corners on either is not worth the risk to your home or your certification. North Contracting is compliance-first: every job is completed to Western Australian standards with the correct paperwork lodged, not left half-done. Plumbing Licence PL10419, Gas Licence GF18995, Backflow Licence BF5405, ABN 68 686 886 233. When you sell, insure or simply want the peace of mind that it was done properly, the documentation is there to prove it.
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One licensed tradesperson for plumbing and gas across coastal and remote WA. Straight answers and a clear quote — same-day where availability allows.