Which suburbs does this page cover?

Bayswater and Maylands. Morley, Embleton and Bedford have their own page, and so do Bassendean, Eden Hill and Ashfield. Mount Lawley and Inglewood are on our list. If you’re not sure, call (08) 6187 3999 with the street.

How far is Bayswater from your base?

It’s a straight run down from Ellenbrook, so it isn’t a long trip, but the ETA still depends on where we are and the traffic when you ring. We’ll give you a real time rather than a guess.

Do you work in Maylands unit blocks?

Yes. Leaks, blocked drains, hot water and gas inside a unit, and work on shared services when the strata manager authorises it. Tell us who manages the building and how we get in.

We’re building on a subdivided Bayswater block. When should we talk to a plumber?

Before the slab. The new house needs its own sewer and water connections, and Water Corporation requires the builder’s plumber to confirm the location and depth of the sewer connection point before work starts. Ask early so it doesn’t hold up the build.

Our older Maylands house has poor water pressure. What causes it?

In older homes it’s often galvanised supply pipe that has rusted up inside, a stop tap that isn’t fully open, or a pressure limiting valve that has failed. Do the meter test on our water pressure page first. If the street supply is fine, we’ll find where the flow is being lost.

Inner north-east · City of Bayswater

Plumber in Bayswater and Maylands

The railway reached Bayswater in 1881, laid on the north side of the river, and the Bayswater Estate was sold off beside the line a few years later. Maylands followed in the 1890s, with a brickworks digging clay pits near the water. Houses here span more than a century, and splitting an older block in two is now common.

The short answer

Yes, McDermott Plumbing covers Bayswater and Maylands for licensed plumbing and gas: burst pipes, blocked drains and sewers, hot water repairs and replacements, leak detection, gas fitting, and work in units and strata blocks. Call (08) 6187 3999 or text 0406 882 648. It’s a straight run down from our Ellenbrook base. Not around the corner, but not a cross-town trip either. We’ll give you a real ETA when you ring.

A railway suburb, built in stages

Bayswater grew in waves. The Bayswater Estate came first, after the railway opened through the district in 1881. In 1904 the Oakleigh Estate filled the gap between the two built-up parts. Housing then surged after the Second World War, including Meltham Heights, and by the early 1970s the suburb was almost fully developed. The last streets to go in were in the north-east. Many of the roads running parallel to the river follow an old subdivision into 5-acre lots, and splitting older house blocks is now commonplace.

Complaints about factories in the late 1920s led to one of WA’s first town planning schemes, which kept industry to the eastern end of the suburb. The light industrial area is still there. So a Bayswater call-out could be a workshop on the east side one day and an old house near the town centre the next.

Maylands: brick clay, an old airport and a lot of units

Maylands was developed in the 1890s on the north bank of the Swan. The Maylands Brickworks dug clay for bricks and tiles, and the old pits are now part of a golf course and housing. Maylands was also home to Perth’s main airport until the early 1960s, and the old airfield is now a police training area.

Maylands is far more unit-heavy than most of Perth. At the 2016 census about a third of its dwellings were apartments or flats, and about half were rented. That means plenty of strata and rental plumbing: shared pipes, leaks that travel from one unit to the next, and jobs booked through a property manager.

What we see around Bayswater and Maylands

The jobs follow the age of the house and how the block has been carved up:

Older houses with their original sewer lines, well past the 15-year mark that Water Corporation says makes PVC pipe less likely and tree roots more likely: slow drains, gurgling toilets and an overflow relief gully that fills up.
Split blocks, where the new house needs its own sewer and water connections. Water Corporation requires the builder’s plumber to confirm where the sewer connection point is, and how deep it is, before work starts, so it pays to ask early.
Original galvanised or old copper supply pipe in unrenovated homes: low pressure, rusty water after works on the street, or pinhole leaks.
Units and townhouses: leaks between floors, shared hot water and after-hours access. Give us the strata or property manager’s details when you book.
Hot water units in post-war and 1960s homes that are on their second or third replacement, often squeezed into a laundry or onto a side wall.

Jobs we do around Bayswater and Maylands

24/7 burst pipe and leak call-outs
Blocked drains, toilets and gullies
Hot water repairs and replacements (gas, electric, continuous flow)
Leak detection, water pressure and high water bill checks
Gas fitting and gas leak checks
Strata and property manager work, and bathroom renovations

Common questions

Which suburbs does this page cover?: Bayswater and Maylands. Morley, Embleton and Bedford have their own page, and so do Bassendean, Eden Hill and Ashfield. Mount Lawley and Inglewood are on our list. If you’re not sure, call (08) 6187 3999 with the street.
How far is Bayswater from your base?: It’s a straight run down from Ellenbrook, so it isn’t a long trip, but the ETA still depends on where we are and the traffic when you ring. We’ll give you a real time rather than a guess.
Do you work in Maylands unit blocks?: Yes. Leaks, blocked drains, hot water and gas inside a unit, and work on shared services when the strata manager authorises it. Tell us who manages the building and how we get in.
We’re building on a subdivided Bayswater block. When should we talk to a plumber?: Before the slab. The new house needs its own sewer and water connections, and Water Corporation requires the builder’s plumber to confirm the location and depth of the sewer connection point before work starts. Ask early so it doesn’t hold up the build.
Our older Maylands house has poor water pressure. What causes it?: In older homes it’s often galvanised supply pipe that has rusted up inside, a stop tap that isn’t fully open, or a pressure limiting valve that has failed. Do the meter test on our water pressure page first. If the street supply is fine, we’ll find where the flow is being lost.

Nearby

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The jobs we get called for most here.

Official sources

Last updated 7 October 2026. General information only. Every property is different, so call us to talk about yours.

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