Every business below is checked against the QBCC licence register and ranked by quantified Google-review themes — never by who paid.
Based in Kewarra Beach
AVS PLUMBING AND GAS PTY LTD has 4.9 stars across 49 Google reviews as of 22 August 2026. In a 47-review sample, Response time (29) and Professional & friendly (29) are the most-mentioned themes, followed by Value & pricing (13). The QBCC register records a current Plumbing and Drainage licence, verified on 22 August 2026.
Based in Bayview Heights
As of 22 August 2026, Bayview Plumbers is a Bayview Heights plumber whose 33-review Google sample mentions Response time most often (17 mentions), followed by Professional & friendly (16) and Quality of work (8); its Google listing records 4.9 stars across 36 reviews; the QBCC register listed its Plumbing and Drainage licence as current on 22 August 2026.
Based in Quaid Crt Tinaroo
Brenton Neville Plumbing has a current QBCC licence in the Plumbing and Drainage class, confirmed by the QBCC register on 22 August 2026. Google records 4.8 stars across 29 reviews for this plumber in Quaid Crt Tinaroo, as of 22 August 2026. Response time appeared in 15 of the 27 reviews sampled, followed by Professional & friendly in 12 and Quality of work in 11.
Based in Redlynch
As of 22 August 2026, Briody Plumbing has 4.8 stars across 19 Google reviews and is a Redlynch plumber. Across the 19 reviews analysed, Professional & friendly was mentioned 11 times, with Response time mentioned 7 times and Quality of work 5 times. On 22 August 2026, the QBCC register showed Briody Plumbing holding a current Plumbing and Drainage licence.
Based in Gordonvale
As of 22 August 2026, Copeys Plumbing appears in Gordonvale as a plumber, with Response time leading its 30-review Google sample at 18 mentions; Professional & friendly and Clean & tidy each have 9. Google records 4.9 stars from 36 reviews for Copeys Plumbing as of 22 August 2026; the QBCC register check dated 22 August 2026 covers a Plumbing and Drainage licence.
Based in Stratford
As of 22 August 2026, Coral Sea Plumbing holds a current QBCC Plumbing and Drainage licence, with the QBCC register listing it as current on 22 August 2026; Google lists Coral Sea Plumbing at 4.5 stars from 80 reviews as of 22 August 2026. Across 74 analysed reviews, Professional & friendly had 42 mentions, Response time 37, and Quality of work 16.
Based in Mooroobool
As of 22 August 2026, Google lists De Rose Plumbing as a Mooroobool plumber with 4.6 stars across 19 reviews; a 16-review sample records Professional & friendly 8 times, Response time 5 times and Reliable & trustworthy 4 times. Its Plumbing and Drainage licence was confirmed current against the QBCC register on 22 August 2026.
Based in Craiglie
Fox plumbing and gas services, a Craiglie plumber, has Response time as the most-mentioned theme in a 41-review sample, with 21 mentions; Professional & friendly has 18 mentions and Quality of work 11, while its Google listing records 5 stars across 44 reviews as of 22 August 2026. The QBCC register confirms a current Plumbing and Drainage licence, verified on 22 August 2026.
Based in Craiglie
KJO Plumbing & Gas holds a QBCC licence in Plumbing and Drainage, with the QBCC register verification dated 22 August 2026. For this Craiglie plumber, Google lists 4.9 stars from 35 reviews as of 22 August 2026; within the 32-review sample, Response time drew 25 mentions versus 16 for Professional & friendly, while Quality of work received 8.
Based in Manunda
LJ's Plumbing and gas is listed by Google at 4.1 stars from 62 reviews as of 22 August 2026, and within a 55-review sample, Professional & friendly leads with 27 mentions while Response time reaches 24 and Quality of work 13. The QBCC register confirmed its current Plumbing and Drainage licence on 22 August 2026.
Based in Parramatta Park
NBS Plumbing Pty Ltd's Google review snapshot records Response time and Professional & friendly in 9 of the 15 reviews sampled as of 22 August 2026; Quality of work appears in 5. Google records 4.9 stars from 17 reviews for this Parramatta Park plumber as of 22 August 2026. Its Plumbing and Drainage licence was verified through the QBCC register on 22 August 2026.
Based in Kanimbla
Oakland Plumbing holds a current QBCC licence in the Plumbing and Drainage class, confirmed in the QBCC register on 22 August 2026. Its Google snapshot records 4.9 stars across 94 reviews as of 22 August 2026 for this Kanimbla plumber. In an 89-review sample, Professional & friendly led Response time, with 50 mentions to 46; Quality of work had 21 mentions.
Based in Craiglie
Paul Voerman Plumbing P/L has a 4.9-star Google rating from 16 reviews, dated 22 August 2026. Across the 16 reviews analysed, Response time and Professional & friendly each appear 5 times, while Value & pricing appears twice. The QBCC register listed its Plumbing and Drainage licence as current on 22 August 2026.
Based in Mount Sheridan
Stattons Plumbing Company’s dominant theme in a 31-review Google sample is Response time, with 19 mentions as of 22 August 2026. Professional & friendly appeared 12 times and Communication 9 times in that sample; Google records 4.7 stars across 45 reviews for the Mount Sheridan plumber as of 22 August 2026. The QBCC register confirms a current Plumbing and Drainage licence, verified on 22 August 2026.
Based in Bungalow
Tomkins Plumbing, a Bungalow plumber, appears in the QBCC register under Plumbing and Drainage; that register record was checked on 22 August 2026. Its Google snapshot from 22 August 2026 shows 5 stars from 73 reviews. Across 69 analysed reviews, Response time led the theme counts with 35 mentions, while Professional & friendly had 30 and Quality of work had 20.
About plumbers in Cairns
A cap over a sanitary drain's inspection opening. The grate on its trap. A jumper washer in a tap, a float valve washer in a cistern. Queensland's Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2019 confines unlicensed work to a short list like that — everything past it, including refitting the tap itself, needs a QBCC-licensed plumber, no $3,300 floor the way building trades get. Gas connections sit under a separate ticket: Gasfitting, not an extension of the plumbing licence. Every business below is checked against the QBCC register itself; prices below are quotes and completed jobs gathered for Cairns, not a national figure with the city name swapped in.
Cairns sits in the wet tropics, not the subtropics: Köppen classifies it Am, tropical monsoon, against the Cfa humid-subtropical climate Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast share. The wet season runs November to April, close to 2,000mm of rain a year in monsoonal downpours, inside a tropical cyclone belt those three sit outside. Afternoon humidity holds around 55–70% most of the year, corroding outdoor tapware and hot water fittings faster than a milder coastline. Geography splits the city too: northern beach suburbs from Machans Beach to Palm Cove sit on the coastal strip, the centre sits on Trinity Inlet, and Douglas Shire to the north — Port Douglas and Mossman — runs lower-density and often on septic, not mains sewer. Cairns is a tourism gateway too, not a purely residential city: short-stay letting is common through the northern beaches and the inner city, so a fair share of the work here is on properties that turn guests over weekly.
Typical prices in Cairns
Ranges reflect quotes observed locally — not national averages, not advertised "from" prices.
| Service | Typical range (A$) |
|---|---|
Small plumbing repair or call-out (tap, minor leak, blocked toilet) Airtasker's Cairns plumbing category page states an $85–$175 range with a $110 median across 58+ completed local tasks (44 reviews, fetched this session). Recent Cairns jobs shown on the same page include a kitchen sink tap tightened for $85, a tap washer replaced for $100 and a blocked toilet cleared for $100 — real per-task bids tied to Cairns suburbs (Redlynch, Mount Sheridan, Cairns North), not a national figure with the city name changed. | A$85 — A$175 |
Toilet repair (cistern valve, seal, seat) — fitting extra Real completed Cairns tasks from Airtasker's plumbing category page (fetched this session): a leaking toilet bidet fixed for $50, a blocked toilet cleared for $100, a toilet flush and inlet valve replaced for $110, and two toilet seat covers plus two flush buttons changed for $150. A separate listing titled fitting a new toilet reached $500, but that is a full supply-and-fit job, not a repair, so it sits outside this line's scope. | A$50 — A$150 |
Gas appliance / cooktop connection (licensed gas work) Real completed Cairns gas-fitting tasks from Airtasker (fetched this session): installing a gas cooktop for $100, removing and installing a new gas cooktop for $150, connecting a new gas cooktop for $200, and installing a gas stove plus electric oven for $150 — all straightforward cooktop or appliance connections. A gas regulator-and-cooktop install in a camper trailer reached $369 and a bare gas-bottle-connection swap came in at $45; both sit outside this line's cooktop-connection scope — one above it, one below — so neither moved the range. | A$100 — A$200 |
Hot water system — connect or install Two genuinely local install-scope tasks from Airtasker's Cairns hot-water-system page (fetched this session): installing an electric hot water system for $200 (Bentley Park) and connecting a hot water system for $500 (Mount Sheridan). Other tasks on the same page — troubleshooting, leak repairs, a $250 stand repair — are repair jobs, not installs, and sit outside this line. The install-scope sample is thin, just two tasks; none of the 13 Cairns plumbers' own websites checked this session published a rate for standard, heat-pump, solar or continuous-flow units, so this range covers standard connection/install jobs only. | A$200 — A$500 |
Common questions
A short list, yes. Queensland's Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2019 (Schedule 3, s 1) lets a homeowner replace a jumper valve or washer in a tap, a shower head or filter cartridge, and the washers inside a toilet cistern without a licence — and specifically also the caps on a sanitary drain's ground-level inspection openings and the grate over its trap. Anything past that list, including fitting a new tap or drain fitting rather than just its washer or cap, is licensable plumbing work regardless of job value.
It changes what tends to fail first, more than what's checked. Far North Queensland's wet season runs heavier and longer than South East Queensland's storm season, so stormwater and roof drainage carry more sustained load, and sealed penetrations around external pipework matter more where wind-driven rain is a real possibility. None of that is licensed plumbing work by itself — the building envelope and roof drainage sit partly with a builder or roofer — but a Cairns plumber checking external tapware, gully traps and stormwater connections before the wet season is common local practice, not an upsell.
More likely than it would be further south, but still worth having checked rather than assumed normal. Cairns runs sustained high humidity for most of the year, and that combination of heat and moisture accelerates corrosion in external metal fittings and hot water system components faster than a drier or cooler climate sees. A licensed plumber can tell you whether it's cosmetic surface corrosion or something shortening the unit's working life — visible corrosion within a few years of installation shouldn't just be shrugged off as the weather.
No. Short-stay letting is common through the northern beaches and the inner city, but the licensing requirement doesn't change for that use. A holiday-let's plumbing and drainage work is licensable at any job value exactly as it would be for an owner-occupied home; higher guest turnover just tends to mean faults get reported and fixed faster, not that a lower standard applies.
It depends what the job is. Queensland's unregulated-work list covers maintaining the irrigation line that disposes of effluent from a septic tank or on-site sewage facility, so routine upkeep of that disposal line doesn't need a licence. Installing, relocating or repairing the septic tank or treatment plant itself isn't on that list, so that work needs a QBCC Plumbing and Drainage licence regardless of value, same as it would on mains sewer in Cairns proper.
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