Plumber & gasfitter in Upper Hutt.

Upper Hutt grew fast through the sixties and seventies — Trentham, Totara Park, Silverstream — and a lot of those houses still run the plumbing they were built with. Copper of that era is reaching the end of its service life, and original cylinders, some still tucked up in ceiling spaces, are overdue for retirement.

That makes Upper Hutt classic renovation-and-replacement country: bathrooms on their original layout, kitchens due a rework, and hot water systems ready for a mains-pressure upgrade. Reticulated gas runs through much of the valley too, so gas hot water and hobs are on the table.