Pressure testing and pipe certification
An independent pressure test on every line that runs under your future honed concrete or paving, with a signed Pipe Pressure Test Certificate on completion. Above-ground from $245, underground from $345, combined $495.
In Perth, honed concrete around a pool lands at roughly $190 to $210 per square metre to lay. Once it has cured over a leaking return line or a hairline crack in a buried fitting, the cost stops being about laying concrete and starts being about removing it — demolition and disposal at around $185 per square metre, plus the plumber’s work to find and rejoin the line, plus relaying the patch.
For a four-square-metre patch — roughly the strip alongside a skimmer or above a manifold — the typical post-pour remediation runs $2,500 to $6,000. A pressure test before the pour costs $245 to $495 and produces a signed certificate either way.
The honest framing: a pressure test will not stop a leak from forming later. It proves the pipes hold on the day — so if water shows up six months from now, you know it is something that happened after the pour, not something the pour buried.
Service 1 of 2
Everything on the equipment pad. We isolate the visible plumbing and pressurise it independently of the underground lines, so a fitting that has been slowly weeping under load shows itself in minutes instead of months.
What gets tested
On site about 1.5 hours. From $245 — covers up to four fixtures on the pad, plus $30 each beyond that for pools with extra heaters, salt cells, or in-line chlorinators.
Service 2 of 2
The buried lines — the ones you cannot see and cannot reach once the concrete or paving is down. Each line is isolated at its fittings and pressurised on its own, so we know not only whether the system holds, but which line does not if the system fails.
What gets tested
On site about 3 hours. From $345 — covers up to four lines, plus $50 each beyond that. Minimum two lines (any pool worth testing has at least a skimmer and a main drain, or a skimmer and a return).
The plumbing in front of the equipment pad and the plumbing under the slab are physically the same circuit, but they fail differently and they are reached differently. The diagram below shows what we mean by “above-ground” and “underground” on this page.
Standard on every pressure test
Every job ends with a signed and dated certificate of the test result. It is the document you hand to your landscaper before they pour, the document you keep in the house file for the next sale, and the document that lets you separate “something failed after this date” from “something was already failing.”
What it covers
Most pools getting ready for honed concrete or paving want both sides done — that is what the combined price is for. The single-service prices are for pools where only one side needs the test.
Above-ground only
$245
from / +$30 per fixture beyond four
The equipment-pad test on its own. Pump, filter, heater, multiport, and the visible plumbing between them.
About 1.5 hours on site.
Best for: existing pools where the lines are already buried and the concern is the pad alone.
Combined — above-ground and underground
$495
fixed — same line additions if a pool has more than four
Both sides tested in one visit. The full picture — equipment pad and every buried line — on one certificate.
About 3.5 hours on site.
Best for: any pool where the customer is about to lay concrete or paving over the plumbing — new builds, renovations, late-stage landscaping.
Underground only
$345
from / two-line minimum / +$50 per line beyond four
The buried lines on their own. Skimmer, main drain, every return — isolated and pressurised line by line.
About 3 hours on site.
Best for: pools where the equipment pad is new or already known-good, and only the lines under the slab are in question.
Travel and timing. Outer-metro postcodes carry the same travel surcharge as a diagnostic; Saturday is +$80; same-day if available is +$150. The exact total is confirmed with you when we reply to your enquiry.
A few details about the pool, the stage of the work, and a preferred time. We’ll reply within one business day to confirm the scope, the price, and a slot.
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 16:00
Saturday, 8:00 to 12:00
Sunday closed
Australia/Perth time.
Service area
Perth metropolitan area, Two Rocks to Mandurah. Outer-metro and Saturday jobs carry a surcharge, confirmed with your quote.
Diagnosing a leak instead?
Book a leak diagnosticPressure testing proves the pipes hold. Leak detection finds where they don’t.
This reaches the team directly — it is not a live booking. We’ll confirm the scope, the price, and a slot with you by email.
About you
The project
Preferred timing
A preference, not a locked slot — we confirm the time with you. We work Monday to Friday 8:00 to 16:00 and Saturday mornings.
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A pressure test and a signed certificate, before the concrete covers what it covers.