24/03/2020
As below the Plumbing Board COVID-19 recommendations of essential work.
Under the definition you may continue to provide plumbing services if it is immediately needed to maintain human health and safety at home/work.
Under this definition the services must:
Be needed to maintain human health and safety at home/work; and
that need must be Immediate.
Examples of the type of work that would come under this definition include:
The repair/replacement of hot water cylinders that have failed as the hot water will be required for sanitation purposes.
The unblocking and repair/replacement of sanitary waste pipes where there is an immediate threat to human health and safety.
The repair/replacement of water pipes where there is an immediate threat to human health and safety.
Examples of the things that would not be included in that definition are:
The repair of minor leaks.
The replacement to tap washers.
Routine servicing.
The replacement of sanitary fixtures that are working.
The emphasis is on essential repairs, not those that pose no immediate threat to health and safety.
If the need is not immediate, it needs to wait until Jacinda gives us the all clear..
Take care and be kind.
