RTL Trades has been operating across Brisbane since 1948. Five trades, one team, and a phone that gets answered by people who actually know your suburb. We're QBCC-licensed and insured, and we handle the call-out, the quote and the work — without the coordination headache that comes with juggling four different trades.
RTL Trades started in Brisbane in 1948 as a small plumbing operation. Across 78+ years we've grown into a multi-trade team — plumbers, electricians, roofers, carpenters and handymen — without losing the thing that makes a small operator work: people who answer the phone, turn up when they said they would, and stand behind the work.
Most of our work today comes from word-of-mouth: homeowners who used us once for a leaking tap and now call us for the rewire, the roof repair, and the bathroom reno. Property managers who used to chase four different trades for a single end-of-lease and now book it through one person here. Body corporates with scheduled preventative maintenance plans we've been running for years.
One number to call. One quote with everything itemised. One team turning up to handle plumbing, electrical, roofing or carpentry — together when the job needs it, or separately when it doesn't. And one place to come back to next time something else needs doing.
QBCC: 15129925. Every trade on a RTL Trades job carries the licence they're legally required to. Compliance certificates issued where the work requires them.
Quotes back within one business day. Emergency call-outs handled same day across Brisbane — burst pipes, no power, roof leaks, hot water failures.
Plumbing, electrical, roofing, carpentry, handyman. No subcontracting the trade you didn't ask for. Multi-trade jobs coordinated by one project lead.
Operating from Hawthorne, covering 180+ Brisbane suburbs. Three generations of the same business — chances are we've worked your street before.
Burst pipe at 2am? Power out on a Sunday? We run after-hours response for genuine emergencies — same team, same standard, no third-party call-handlers.
Smoke alarms, safety switches, electrical certificates, plumbing compliance forms — we issue what the law requires, when the law requires it, without you needing to ask.
