Good plumbing means… never having to say sorry

Good plumbing means… never having to say you’re sorry, Michael Green believes.

 The local family man — his company, Greenjet Plumbing, incorporates the initials of his three children, Joel, Esther, and Tahlia — believes in doing the job right the first time.

 “It’s about taking pride in your work and making sure you get it right the first time,” Michael said.

 “I say to my customers, if you’re happiest with the end-result, there’ll be no need to come back for the rest of my life,” he added.

 Because much work by plumbers is carried out either underground or behind fixed features such as walls and roofs, it is one trade that you don’t want to have to rectify six-months after completion. “With plumbing, it is so important to get it right the first time,” he said.

 Michael applies the same high-standards of his work and attention to detail with his young apprentice, Lincoln.

 “I try and ensure that Lincoln gets the widest variety of work imaginable, teaching skills like welding, while many plumbers now just use crimping and plastic pipes to save cost,” Michael explained.

 With much of his work now revolving around repairs and maintenance of older pipes, Michael has a secret weapon for that perennial Orange problem; tree roots growing through underground pipes.

 “It’s a high-pressure hose that produces 5000 pounds per square inch pressure, I mean this can through a piece of four-by-four timber, that’s the pressure we’re talking about,” Michael said. It will cut right through a tree-root without any problems at all.”

 “It’s also faster than the electric eel and, because the hose doesn’t lose pressure as it moves down the pipe, it is more powerful and effective,” Michael said.

 “Because the eel is further from the engine as it traverses the pipe, it loses power and is often unable to remove the whole of the tree roots,” he added.

 Michael originally grew-up in outer western Sydney but decided to make the Colour City his home after seeing the lifestyle benefits of the tree change that is becoming increasingly-popular.

 “I was paying about $500 a week for the vehicle and tolls, leaving for work at 6am and getting home after seven,” he said.

 “Now I’m living in the country with my family and loving it, why wouldn’t you live in Orange?” he concluded.