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https://linktr.ee/BTP.Plumbing Providing industry leading customer service to Melbourne's Eastern & South Eastern suburbs with around the clock 24/7 service. We understand that Plumbing doesn't stop for after hours and weekends, and neither do we! Being a small, locally owned business, we strive to offer solutions for all budgets and circumstances. We pride ourselves on being an agile plumbing service that goes the extra mile for our customers as we are outcome orientated. With 15+ years of experience, you can rest assured in knowing the outcome you desire is only a call away.

16/09/2026

Today was just another day… until it wasn’t.

Called to a job after an excavator driver clipped the mains water feeding the house.

Easy enough. Repair the damage, get the water back on and get moving.

Except while I was carrying out the repair, the homeowner mentioned there was another leak underneath the house.

So I went looking.

And sure enough… there it was.

Lucky for today’s homeowner, when BTP comes, we come correct.

Even though I was only called out for one job, I had the materials on hand to take care of the second problem too.

That’s why BTP carries a serious amount of stock on the ute. When the unexpected happens, I’m not wasting your time driving back and forth to a supplier. I can keep the job moving and get the repair done properly, smoothly and efficiently.

Because sometimes you turn up to fix one problem… and find another one waiting underneath it.

At least one of us gets to have a good day. 😂

Welcome to plumbing through BTP’s lens.

Another day, another surprise.

14/09/2026

“Suck my long muscle Russell”

It’s only Monday, and I’m already spent, searching for the weekend feels…

F**k Russell🖕

08/09/2026

I did something today that cost my business money, and I couldn’t be happier.

My business took a hit today.

My soul took a win.

I had the privilege of doing some work for an elderly couple in my local community. I met them through my local café, and over time, we’ve built a genuine friendship.

Len has recently been through a serious health battle and, after coming home from hospital, they needed some changes made around their home to make life a little safer and easier.

I could have charged them for the work.

Instead, I chose to absorb the cost.

Is it a great business model? Probably not.

But there are some things that are worth more than money.

Being able to use the skills I’ve spent a lifetime building to look after vulnerable members of my community, and seeing the genuine gratitude on their faces, is one of the greatest feelings plumbing has ever given me.

I’ve spent plenty of my younger years taking from the community around me.

These days, I’m grateful to have the opportunity to give something back.

I started plumbing because I loved pushing pipes together.

I stayed for the people.

Purpose over profit.

Uncle BTP.
Protecting the community.

07/09/2026

Before you go and spend $100 replacing your shovel, watch this. 👀

My shovel never lets me down, because I never let it down.

Today, I’m going to show you how I look after one of the most used tools in my kit, my shovel.

A tradesman is only as good as the tools he brings to site, and this is something I learnt years ago from a qualified tradesman I was working with at the time.

One day, we finished work early, and instead of knocking off, he made me restore our shovels.

At the time, I probably thought, “Why the hell are we doing this?” 😂

But it’s a skill I’ve kept with me ever since.

I haven’t bought a new shovel since I started BTP in 2021. That’s five years of getting plenty of work out of the same shovel, simply because I look after it.

And that’s the whole point of this video.

Tools are expensive, especially when you’re an apprentice and every dollar counts.

So before you throw something in the bin and spend money replacing it, ask yourself, can I restore it instead?

Look after your tools, and they’ll look after you. 🔨

Save your money, look after your gear, and take some pride in the tools you bring to work. 💪

02/09/2026

A shot for every time you hear “Mrs. Jones”….

Unadulterated chaos. 😂🔧

01/09/2026

DAYS LIKE TODAY HURT THE EGO🥹

Experience comes from making mistakes.

The difference between a good tradie and a bad one isn’t whether you make mistakes, it’s how you handle them.

I arrived on site to water pooling in the front yard. The mains pressure test was holding, which told me there was no leak showing on the system I was testing.

But the water was crystal clear, far too clean to be stormwater or sewer.

I knew where the water service ran, so I started digging.

Hole after hole, I kept finding water coming in from the higher side of the excavation, telling me the source was further up the hill.

After a handful of test holes between the meter and the house, I exposed the copper-to-poly connection right beside the meter assembly.

Still, the water was coming from further up the hill.

So I kept digging.

Eventually, I looked underneath the meter assembly…

And there it was.

A tiny leak.

The reason the pressure test never picked it up?

The leak was before the non-return valve.

🤦‍♂️

And honestly, days like today are good for you.

Because experience can be a double-edged sword.

The more years you spend doing something, the better you become at recognising patterns. You start solving problems almost automatically.

But sometimes that can become your biggest weakness.

You get locked into a way of thinking because you’ve seen the same problems a hundred times before.

Today reminded me that problem solving isn’t about proving your first instinct was right.

It’s about being willing to change your mind when the evidence tells you you’re wrong.

You never stop learning.

You never stop getting caught out.

And sometimes the best lessons are the ones that hurt the ego a little.

Find the problem. Own it. Fix it. Learn from it.

Then, if you’re lucky, avenge your misery by murdering the previous installer🤣

Then…..

Go home, take the dog for a walk, reset, and do it all again tomorrow.

Love yourself. Love your family.

Uncle BTP out.

19/08/2026

Turns out old love is a s**t client. 😂

Detective Uncle BTP got to the bottom of this mystery…

She was refusing to pay the plumber’s $440 invoice because apparently, half an hour of work wasn’t worth $440.

But here’s what customers don’t see…

That $440 isn’t $440 straight into the plumber’s pocket.

There’s materials, fuel, vehicle costs, tools, insurance, licensing, registration, accounting, advertising, admin, phone bills, software, subscriptions, tax, GST, and all the other costs that come with running a legitimate plumbing business.

And before anyone says, “$440 for half an hour?!”

You’re not paying for the 30 minutes the plumber is standing in your house.

You’re paying for the 15 years it took to become the bloke who can walk in, diagnose the problem, fix it properly, carry the right tools, and stand behind the work.

You don’t pay a good tradie for the time it takes to do the job.

You pay them for knowing how to do the job right.

And I’ve got a strict NO S**T CLIENT POLICY.

If you don’t want to pay for good work, that’s completely fine.

Just don’t call me. 😂

18/08/2026

How the f**k are we not marching on the streets?

How often do you look at your pay packet, your business account, or your tax bill and think…

“F**k. Imagine if I got to keep that money.”

Imagine what you could do with it.

Bills paid a little easier.
A better week for the family.
A bit more breathing room.
Maybe even a few dollars left over at the end of the month.

But instead, more and more gets taken, while the cost of living keeps climbing and ordinary Aussies are expected to just cop it on the chin.

And I reckon this is where our laid-back Aussie attitude has gone too far.

We’re happy to have a laugh, have a beer, complain about the government, then get back to work on Monday and cop it all over again.

But when is enough enough?

I’m not saying I have all the answers.

I’m saying I’ve had a gutful of watching hardworking Australians get squeezed from every direction while being told to just keep tightening our belts.

When are we going to say, enough is enough?

Because if you’ve ever looked at your pay packet, your business account, or your tax bill and thought, “Imagine what I could do if I could actually keep more of what I earn,”…

I reckon we need to start having a serious conversation about it.

How much is too much?

What do you reckon? 🇦🇺

29/07/2026

I’ve crawled under hundreds of houses over the years… but I’ve never seen access this bad.

I got underneath, looked at the opening, and realised…

I wasn’t fitting through it.

So I did what any reasonable plumber would do.

I grabbed a broken roof tile and started digging my own tunnel just to squeeze my measly little body through. 😂

Every centimetre I crawled further under that house, every cell in my body was asking the same question…

“Why on earth did I take this job?”

Somehow, I made it through, got the job done, and lived to tell the tale.

If this doesn’t inspire me to get an office job, I don’t know what will.

I reckon I’ve earned a beer tonight. 🍻

What’s the worst access you’ve ever had to work in?

28/07/2026

For a few seconds… I wanted to drive away.

Today I learnt that integrity isn’t tested when life is easy. It’s tested when you’ve got something to lose.

I woke up this morning with this strange thought: “Life’s been too easy lately. Something bad is bound to happen.”

Looking back, I realise that was a pretty self-limiting mindset.

I spent eight hours repairing one of the toughest burst pipes I’ve ever worked on. I was exhausted. As I reversed out of the driveway, I felt nothing but relief…

Until I heard the impact.

I’d reversed straight into one of the neighbour’s cars.

In an instant, my mind started doing the maths.

There goes today’s wage.

There goes the profit.

This is going to cost me.

Then came the most confronting moment…

The temptation to take the easy way out.

Nobody likes admitting that. But for a few seconds, my mind searched for the easiest option.

Instead, I stopped. I took responsibility. I found the owner and accepted the consequences.

This verse came straight to mind:

“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful… when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”
— 1 Corinthians 10:13

Today reminded me that character isn’t built by never facing temptation.

Character is built in the moment you choose integrity over convenience.

I’m not proud that temptation entered my mind.

But I’m grateful I didn’t let it make the decision for me.

Today cost me money.

But walking away would have cost me far more.

Your character is revealed in the moments when nobody would know the difference.

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