The local plumber who specialises in your problem.

Checked with the PGDB.

Hot water cylinder, blocked drain, gas or a leak: tell us what's up and we'll find a local plumber, gasfitter or drainlayer who does exactly that kind of work. One of them, not a pile of quotes.

Is water leaking, or has the hot water gone cold?

Yes, it's urgent

Not urgent? What's the job?

Hot water cylinder Blocked drain Leak or burst pipe Gasfitting Taps, toilets, showers Something else

A specialist for your kind of job
Authorisation checked on the PGDB public register
Your details go to one tradie only

How PlumbMatch works

1
Tell us what's up
The job, your suburb or town, and the best number to call. A minute, tops.
2
We find the specialist
A local tradie who does your kind of work, with their plumbing, gasfitting or drainlaying authorisation checked on the PGDB register.
3
They give you a call
They ring to talk through the job and give you a quote, and it's your call from there.

Hot water cylinder on its way out?

When a cylinder starts leaking or the water goes lukewarm, it's worth knowing the options before you swap like for like.

Electric cylinderThe common one. Low pressure or mains pressure.
Heat pump cylinderHeats water with a heat pump instead of an element.
Gas califontContinuous flow gas: hot water on demand, no tank.
WetbackWater heated by your wood burner, topped up by the cylinder.
SolarPanels on the roof feed the cylinder.
Mains pressure conversionSwapping a low pressure system for better shower pressure.

Find a hot water specialist

Still deciding? Read our cylinder guide or weigh up cylinder, califont or heat pump.

The right tradie for each job

Plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying are separate trades in New Zealand. Tell us the job and it goes to someone authorised for it.

Hot side

Cold side

See every service, or work out whether you need a plumber, gasfitter or drainlayer.

We check them with the PGDB first

The work they specialise in. A blocked drain goes to someone who does drains, a califont to an authorised gasfitter.
Their authorisation on the PGDB public register: the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board's own search.
Public liability insurance on file.
An active NZBN.
Their Google reviews, read by a real person.

The PGDB's message to homeowners is "Ask for Licensed". We do the asking for you, then check the register again every three months.

When the tradie rings, ask for their registration number and search the register yourself.

Find tradies in your town

Who runs the water where you live, which pipes are yours and what that means for the job.

A specialist, not a pile of quotes.

Plenty of quote sites post your job to a list of tradies and wait for the calls to roll in. We match it to a specialist, and only the tradie who takes it gets your number.

Get matched

Something urgent? Start here

Water going everywhere

Turn the water off at the toby. It's usually at your front boundary, under a small lid in the ground.
Keep well away if water is near power points or the switchboard.
Then tell us the job and a tradie calls you back.

You can smell gas

No light switches, no phones, no flames anywhere near it.
Get everyone outside, and turn the gas off at the meter or bottle if you safely can.
Ring your gas supplier's emergency line, or 111 if anyone is in danger.

Make it safe first. After that, an authorised gasfitter can track down the leak.

Good questions

Something else on your mind? Send us the job and ask the tradie.

Are you a plumbing company?

No. PlumbMatch is a referral service, and we don't do any plumbing ourselves. We match your job with an authorised local tradie who specialises in it.

Do I pay anything?

Not to ask. The tradie quotes you directly and you choose whether to go ahead. Any payment for the work goes to them.

Who sees my details?

Local tradies see your job, first name and suburb, never your number or email. Only the tradie who takes your job gets your contact details, and they're never sold to anyone else.

How do you choose the tradie?

The kind of work comes first: cylinders go to hot water specialists, drains to drainlayers, gas to gasfitters. Then they need to cover your area, be authorised on the PGDB register, carry insurance and have an active NZBN. If two or more tradies fit, the first to take your job gets it, and nobody else ever sees your phone number or email.

Do you cover my town?

The site covers the whole country. Tell us the job and your postcode, and it goes to a tradie who works your area. If nobody local takes it within two days, it opens to tradies across your region.

What's the job? We'll find the specialist.