WEBSITE SPEED · NOVEMBER 2026
Essential Plumbing and Drainage Solutions: how fast is its website?
95 out of 100 for mobile speed, the middle of three test runs. This is about the website, not the business. A score says how quickly a site loads on a phone in Google’s lab test. It says nothing about workmanship, licensing, reliability or customer service.
The three runs
- Run 1: 97 out of 100, at 7:54 pm on 12 November 2026
- Run 2: 95 out of 100, at 7:59 pm on 12 November 2026
- Run 3: 75 out of 100, at 8:04 pm on 12 November 2026
Where it sits
- 28 of 276 on Australian emergency trades
- 1 of 12 on Newcastle emergency trades
Websites on the same score are ordered by their three runs added together.
What its website says
Essential Plumbing and Drainage Solutions describes itself as a local plumber in Lake Macquarie taking emergency call-outs across Lake Macquarie and Newcastle 24/7, from gas leaks and hot water faults to blocked drains.
- Services it lists: Emergency plumbing, Gas leaks, Blocked drains, Water leaks, Pipe replacement
- Hours it gives: Open 24 hours, Monday to Sunday
- Area it says it covers: Lake Macquarie and Newcastle
- Where it says it is based: Windermere Park
Read from the business’s own website on 12 November 2026. We have not checked any of it, and it may have changed: confirm hours, area and licence with the business.
The listing
- Website: essentialplumbinganddrainagesolutions.com.au
- Listed under: Plumbers, Newcastle
- What it offers: its entry in the TradieToday emergency directory ↗, which records what its own website advertises
See the full check
The score is one number. The free check shows what is behind it and what to fix first.
Is this your business?
Email hello@uptoscratch.au, or write to Matthew through mattg.com.au, for a free re-scan, a correction, or to have this page and your listing taken down. You don’t need to buy anything or sign up to anything.
How this was measured: Google Lighthouse, run as a phone on a throttled mobile connection, on the home page. Lab scores move a few points between runs, and they are not the same as what every visitor experiences.
Who runs this: Matthew Goodwin operates Up To Scratch and also sells website rebuilds. Nobody can pay for a score or a place on a scoreboard.