Connector & hose fixes, $100–$200
The brittle flexible connector behind the cooktop, a small part responsible for an outsized share of leaks.
Gas Work, By The Book
Licensed Gas
Plumbers In
Moore Park
Gas is the one trade where "pretty confident" is not a standard. Leaks found and repaired, cooktops and heaters connected, lines run and certified: all of it by licensed gasfitters, all of it pressure-tested before the gas goes back on in Moore Park.
- Licence 368473C, fully insured
- Certified to AS/NZS 5601, every single job
- Smell gas? Leave, then 131 909: before us
Why The Law Keeps Gas Licensed In Moore Park
NSW law reserves every millimetre of gas work for licensed gasfitters, connecting an oven included, because gas fails differently to water. A water mistake stains a ceiling; a gas mistake is a leak you breathe, a fire you host, or carbon monoxide you never smell. It is no coincidence that the leaks we chase most often trace back to a confident handyman and a roll of thread tape.
The licence is not the paperwork, it is the finish line it enforces: the whole installation held against a manometer until the needle stays put, appliances burning correctly with the ventilation they need, work done to AS/NZS 5601, the standard your insurer will ask about if it ever matters. Across Moore Park and the Eastern Suburbs, that gauge test is how every one of our gas jobs ends.
Commercial kitchens: different rules entirely
Jemena is the largest gas distributor in NSW, supplying over 1.5 million homes and businesses, but not every street is connected and LPG changes both the appliance and the pipe sizing.
Gas in a commercial kitchen is a different regime from a domestic one, interlocked ventilation, larger loads, appliance isolation requirements, and inspection obligations that fall on the operator rather than the plumber.
The practical consequence is that a commercial installation cannot be extended casually. Adding a wok burner changes the load, the ventilation calculation and the certification, and all three have to move together.
Adding or moving gas in a strata property
Putting a gas cooktop where there was not one, or moving an appliance during a renovation, is rarely just plumbing in a block. It usually requires an owners corporation approval, sometimes a by-law, and always correct ventilation and flueing for the space.
Two jobs come up most: proving an existing installation is still sound, and running new lines for a renovation or a new appliance. Both are licence-only work.
We will tell you what the work needs before you go to the committee, so the application you submit is the one that gets approved rather than the one that comes back with questions.
A failed appliance is a closed kitchen
For a food business, gas is production. A cooktop out of service is not an inconvenience to schedule around, it is a menu that cannot be served.
So we carry the common commercial failure parts and we work to your service times rather than ours. Where a part genuinely has to be ordered, you will hear that immediately along with what can be kept running in the meantime.
If you smell gas in a block
The procedure does not change because you have neighbours, but the urgency does, a leak in a shared building affects everyone on that riser.
Leave, take others with you, and call 131 909 from outside. Then notify the building manager. Do not attempt to isolate anything in a common meter room yourself; the network operator attends around the clock and that is what they are for.
Certificates, compliance and the folder you need
Commercial premises get inspected, insured and sold, and all three ask for the same thing: documentation that the gas installation is compliant and who certified it.
Every job we do finishes with a compliance certificate, and for commercial clients we keep the history so the paperwork exists when a landlord, insurer or inspector asks for it rather than being reconstructed under pressure.
What it costs in Moore Park
Joints & fittings, $200–$600
Leaking threads and valves sealed properly and proven again under pressure.
Pipe runs, $400–$1,500
Corroded or damaged sections replaced; concealed lines needing access run $800–$2,500.
Appliance connections, from ~$200
Connected, tested, certified. Extending a line or adding a bayonet to reach it is quoted on top, fixed, first.
The going rates, $120–$220/hr
Sydney's 2026 licensed-gasfitter range, call-outs typically $80–$150. The certificate at the end costs nothing extra, it is the job.
No gas job of ours ends without holding pressure on a gauge, that is the receipt that matters. Figures here are indicative of the 2026 Sydney market rather than a quote from us, you get your own number as a fixed price before any work starts.
Anatomy Of A Gas Job
Step 01
Step 01
Isolate Before Anything
Suspected leaks start with the supply off at the meter and air moving through the space. Diagnosis begins only after the installation stops feeding the problem.
Step 02
Let The Gauge Accuse
A manometer says whether the system is losing gas; detection fluid and instruments then walk the installation to the guilty joint, fitting or run.
Step 03
Replace, Never Bodge
The failed component comes out and compliant material goes in, to AS/NZS 5601, whether that is one connector or metres of rerun line.
Step 04
Prove, Relight, Certify
The full installation holds on the gauge or we are not done. Appliances relit, flames checked blue, ventilation confirmed, compliance documented.
That Cooktop Won’t Connect Itself
New cooktop in its box, a bayonet that needs moving, or a smell you are not sure about: call and it gets done properly.
Indicatively: a pressure test and leak location $220-$450; a new bayonet or appliance point $350-$800 depending on the run; an appliance service $180-$320; a cooktop changeover $250-$500 where the point already exists. Market figures for 2026, not a quote, and every job includes the compliance certificate rather than adding it.
Usually, but load comes first: whether the meter and existing runs can supply it alongside everything already connected. A system sized for a cooktop and hot water will not automatically carry a pool heater as well. Establishing that first avoids buying something that can never perform properly.
The installation is isolated, brought to a set pressure and watched on a manometer for a defined period. If the needle holds, the system is tight; if it drops, gas is escaping and the test indicates roughly how much. It is the only way to know the condition of pipework you cannot see.
Compliance certificates, and the history of who certified what. Premises get inspected, insured and sold, and all three ask for the same thing. We keep the record for commercial clients so the paperwork exists when a landlord, insurer or inspector asks rather than being reconstructed under pressure.
The supply to the building and the risers are common property; pipework and appliances inside your lot are generally yours. Individual meters may sit in a common meter room, which frequently confuses access. Establish it before arranging work, common property needs the owners corporation to authorise it.
Substantially. Interlocked ventilation, larger loads, appliance isolation requirements and inspection obligations that fall on the operator. The practical consequence is that a commercial installation cannot be extended casually, adding a wok burner changes the load, the ventilation calculation and the certification together.
Often, but it is rarely just plumbing. It usually needs owners corporation approval, sometimes a by-law, and always correct ventilation and flueing for the space. We will tell you what the work requires before you go to the committee, so the application you submit is the one that gets approved.
Certified Gas Work Booked Today In Moore Park
Licensed, pressure-tested, documented: every time. Smelling gas this minute? 131 909 from outside comes first.
