Adelaide & Adelaide Hills
Plumber in Adelaide Hills
Licensed Hills plumbers who plan for tank water, septic systems and sloping bushfire blocks — covering the Adelaide Hills end to end.
Your local plumber
Your dedicated team of Adelaide Hills plumbers
Adelaide Hills plumbers face conditions you simply don't get down on the plains, and after more than a decade working across the region we've learned to plan for them. Assigned Plumbing Services is a family-owned business that covers the Hills end to end — from the leafy high-rainfall towns along the ridge like Stirling, Aldgate and Crafers, through the Onkaparinga and Torrens valleys, out to the growth centre of Mount Barker and the smaller townships in between. Up here you're often on a rainwater tank instead of mains, a septic or community system instead of deep sewer, and a block that slopes, frosts in winter and sits in a bushfire zone. That changes almost everything a plumber does.
The Hills also flip the water equation on its head. Where Adelaide's mains supply runs hard, most Hills homes collect soft rainwater off the roof into tanks — kinder to hot water systems and appliances, but with its own quirks: pumps and pressure systems to maintain, first-flush and filtration to keep clean, and the ever-present question of running dry through a long summer. Many properties also treat their own wastewater on site through septic or aerobic systems, while towns like Woodside, Verdun, Charleston and Birdwood are on community wastewater schemes rather than a city-style sewer. It's a genuinely different set of systems to look after.
We service the whole region the way Hills locals expect — turning up on time, quoting plainly, and understanding that a tank-and-septic property up a dirt road is a different job to a mains-connected townhouse. Whether it's a burst pipe on a frosty morning, a tank pump that's died mid-summer, or a hot water system that needs replacing before winter, you're dealing with a licensed plumber who actually works the Hills, not a city operator who treats every job the same. Call 0410 063 121 and speak to someone who knows the area.
Trusted locally
Plumbing for tanks, septics and Hills weather
The single biggest difference between plumbing the Hills and plumbing the city is that so much of the water infrastructure sits on the property itself. Rainwater tanks mean pumps, pressure vessels, first-flush diverters and filtration that all need servicing, and a failed pump on a tank-only home means no water at all until it's fixed — not a job that can wait. On-site wastewater adds another layer: septic tanks, aerobic treatment units and their soakage trenches are the homeowner's responsibility here, not a utility's, so blockages, pump-outs, drainage and effluent problems all land on the plumber. It's everyday work for us, and work a lot of metro plumbers rarely touch.
Then there's the weather and the terrain. The Hills sit high enough to get real frosts, and exposed or poorly lagged pipes can freeze and split on the coldest mornings before letting go as they thaw. Sloping blocks push stormwater hard downhill, so drainage has to be designed to carry water safely away rather than let it pool against footings or wash out a driveway. And with far higher annual rainfall than the plains — some ridge towns pushing toward 900mm and beyond — stormwater, soakage and roof water simply matter more here than they do in a tightly drained suburb.
On the ground
Covering the Hills from the ridge to the valleys
We treat the Adelaide Hills as our home patch rather than an occasional trip out of the city. From the high ridge towns — Stirling, Aldgate, Bridgewater, Crafers and Heathfield — across to Hahndorf and Verdun, up the Onkaparinga Valley through Balhannah, Oakbank and Woodside, out to Lobethal and Birdwood in the Torrens valley, and down to the fast-growing Mount Barker district, it's all country we cover. Because we already run these roads, an urgent job doesn't mean waiting days for a plumber to find their way up the freeway.
Living in the Hills also means living with bushfire risk, and that shapes plumbing here in a way it never does on the plains. Much of the Mount Lofty Ranges sits within designated Bushfire Protection Areas, and many properties keep dedicated firefighting water storage with the right fittings for a fire unit to draw from. We install and maintain rainwater tanks, fire-service connections, pumps and the stormwater and gas systems Hills homes rely on — with an eye to how these properties actually have to function when the weather turns.
What we do
Plumbing & gas services in Adelaide Hills
A full range of plumbing and gas services for Adelaide Hills, the Adelaide Hills and surrounding areas.
Excellent · 84 Google reviews
What Adelaide Hills locals say
Great service and professional advice to help with positioning and install of wood heater at home. Thankyou Ash!
JHad Ash do two new/renovated bathrooms for us! From quote to completion, couldn’t say a bad word! Everything went exactly as he said on the day he said it would. He was very clean and respectable during the process and the workmanship was perfect. Couldn’t be happier!!
BI had a shitty job no one else wanted to touch and got hold of this great mob of plumbers and in no time they were where I needed them and they completed the job very professionally and in a timeframe that I didn’t think possible. Amazing people, great work ethics and the price was fair and reasonable. I highly recommend them for any plumbing services that you require and I will use them again if the situation arises that needs good work done correctly and within a decent time frame. Thanks Assigned Plumbing Services. 😁
TAshley and team were fantastic. Came on time, provided really good advice and got the job done and went the extra mile with additional materials (did not charge) to get the job done properly. Thanks Ashley and Maxi, appreciate your work and would highly recommend them.
JGreat plumber. Great communication, great job and great value!
SHighly professional service
AAshley and his crew installed a new heat pump hot water system. They were on time (slioghtly early, in fact :) ), left the work area clean and tidy, and did an excellent job. What I was impressed by throughout was that Ashley communicated with me throughout the process – something some tradies don't do well. I cannot recommend Assigned Plumbing Services highly enough. Awesome work!
JHave had Assigned Plumbing on the job many times. Ashley and Max are a great team. Punctual and do a good job with good ideas when doing renovations.
BThese guys are my go to. They always get back to me, always come through, fast, professional and always fair with pricing. I highly recommend!
BPlumber near me
Servicing Adelaide Hills & surrounding areas
We proudly cover Adelaide Hills and all the surrounding suburbs across Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills — fast call-outs, local knowledge and a team that treats your home like our own. Tap the map and give us a call for a free quote.
Why choose us
Why Adelaide Hills chooses Assigned Plumbing
10+ years experience
Over a decade of plumbing and gas work across Adelaide Hills and the Adelaide Hills.
24/7 emergency service
On call day and night for burst pipes, blocked drains and gas leaks in Adelaide Hills.
Licensed & insured
Fully licensed, family owned, with every job done to code and left tidy.
Local to Adelaide Hills
We know Adelaide Hills and the surrounding Hills — fast call-outs and honest, upfront pricing.
Full range of services
Blocked drains, stormwater, hot water, gas and bathroom renovations — one trusted team for Adelaide Hills.
Upfront, honest pricing
Free, no-obligation quotes and clear pricing before we start any job in Adelaide Hills.
Good to know
Plumbing FAQs for Adelaide Hills
Do you charge extra to come up into the Adelaide Hills?
No — the Hills are our core service area, not a special trip, so we're upfront about pricing before we start. Call 0410 063 121 with your town and the job, and we'll tell you exactly what to expect rather than tacking travel charges on at the end.
Can you service homes on rainwater tanks and their pumps?
Absolutely — it's one of the most common things we do in the Hills. We install, repair and replace tanks, pressure pumps, first-flush systems and filtration, and if a tank-only home has lost water because a pump has failed, we treat that as urgent, because you've got no supply until it's back on.
Do you work on septic and aerobic wastewater systems?
Yes. Away from the town wastewater schemes, most Hills properties run their own septic tanks or aerobic treatment units, and blockages, soakage failures, pump problems and drainage all come to us rather than a water utility. We plumb for how your property is actually set up on site.
Is my hot water system better off on Hills rainwater than on mains?
Generally the soft rainwater most Hills homes collect is gentler on hot water systems and appliances than hard mains water, so you'll often see less scale. The trade-off is tank supply and pumps to look after, and we can recommend and install a hot water system suited to a rainwater-fed, pump-pressured home.
Can you help with bushfire water storage and fire-service fittings?
We can. Much of the Hills falls within Bushfire Protection Areas where a dedicated firefighting water supply is expected, and we install and service the tanks, dedicated outlets, pumps and fittings that let a fire unit draw water from your property when it counts.
My block slopes and floods in heavy rain — can you sort the stormwater?
Yes. Sloping Hills blocks and high rainfall mean stormwater has to be actively designed to carry water away from the house and down the slope safely, not left to pool against the footings. We design, install and repair stormwater, soakage and drainage built for Hills terrain and rainfall.
@assignedplumbing
Our recent work on Instagram
A live look at our latest plumbing and gas jobs from across Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills.
#stormwater #rainwatertankandpump #rainandmainswatersplit #assignedplumbingservices #murrybridge
Strip drain install #assignedplumbingservices ##mtbarker #stormwatermanagement
#rainwatertankandpump #assignedplumbingservices #murrybridge #localplumber
Before and after new inbuilt woodfireinstallation #woodfireinstallation #assignedplumbingservices #langhornecreek
open frie place to inbuilt installation #assignedplumbingservices #localbusiness #Littlehampton #woodfireinstallation
#stormwater #stormwaterupgrades #assignedplumbingservices #localplumber #mtbarker
#outdoorkitchens #gasinstallation #assignedplumbingservices #localplumber #mtbarker
#woodfireinstallation #woodfirerelocation #assignedplumbingservices #localplumber #adelaidehillsplumber localbusiness
#hotwaterservicereplacement #hotwater ##assignedplumbingservices ##localplumber #kanmantoo
New build underfloor plumbing ##assignedplumbingservices #tailembend #localplumber #sewerinstallation
#bathroomrenovation #ensweet #assignedplumbingservices #echunga pretty happy how this second story new bathroom addition and powder room turned out
#rainwater #rainwatertankandpump #assignedplumbingservices #mtbarker #localplumber
Free, no obligation
Free quotes for Adelaide Hills.
Assigned Plumbing Services covers Adelaide Hills and all surrounding areas, with over a decade of experience in the trade. From a leaking tap to a complete restoration, call Ash today for a free, no-obligation quote.