RD Mein Plumbing is a family-run plumbing business working out of Unit 16, 70 Kingsford Smith Street in Rongotai, Wellington, right by the Lyall Bay junction. At its core is a father-and-son team — Roger and Tim Mein — with a combined 66 years in the plumbing trade. Tim brings 20 years of plumbing and roofing experience and is described as born into the trade, while Roger, who started it all, can usually be found down at the workshop making flashings. A third Mein, Jamie, has recently joined the crew after 20 years as a chef.
The team are qualified as plumbers, drain layers and roofers, and they manufacture and install flashings. They are members of Master Plumbers, a membership they hold to ensure the very highest standards in New Zealand's plumbing industry, offering customers top-quality service and workmanship. Their work spans residential and commercial properties, new builds, plumbing repairs and maintenance, and restoration, with a special focus on kitchens and bathrooms — the two rooms they reckon matter most in a house.
Wellington based but happy to travel, RD Mein takes on any job big or small across the capital and out to the Kapiti Coast and Wairarapa. Free quotes are available by phone, email or through the contact form on their website.
Some trades run in families, and few illustrate that better than RD Mein Plumbing. From a workshop at Unit 16, 70 Kingsford Smith Street in Wellington's Rongotai — right by the Lyall Bay junction — this family firm has built its name one job at a time across the capital. At its core are Roger and Tim Mein, a father-and-son team with a combined 66 years in the plumbing trade, and the story now stretches across the wider Mein family too.
Roger is the man who started it all. His knowledge of the roofing and plumbing trade, by his family's own account, is unparalleled. These days you'll find him down at the workshop at the Lyall Bay junction making flashings — the shaped metalwork that keeps water out where a roof meets a wall or a join. His son Tim grew up around the trade and now has 20 years of plumbing and roofing experience behind him; the family describe him as born into the trade, the man with many talents and an expert plumber. Together they are fast, reliable and efficient, and with a great team on board they can handle any job, big or small.
There's a third Mein on the crew as well. Jamie Mein spent 20 years as a chef before making the jump to join the family business — the newest chapter in a story that shows no sign of slowing down.
Plumbing is a trade where qualifications matter, and RD Mein keep theirs current: qualified plumber, qualified drain layer and qualified roofer, plus manufacturer and installer of flashings. They are members of Master Plumbers, a membership they took on, in their words, 'to ensure the very highest standards in New Zealand's plumbing industry', offering customers top-quality service and workmanship. Alongside that sits a simple promise repeated across their website: customer satisfaction guaranteed.
One of the most practical things about this business is the flashings workshop at Unit 16, 70 Kingsford Smith Street. Rather than ordering flashings and waiting days for them to arrive, you can have yours made onsite with no wait. The workshop stocks aluminium, stainless steel, zincalume, galvanised and colour steel, so the right material is usually on the shelf — and Roger, whose knowledge of the trade runs deepest, is the man making them.
The scope of work is broad. RD Mein work across residential and commercial properties, on new builds, on plumbing repairs and maintenance, and on restoration projects. Kitchens and bathrooms get particular attention — arguably the two most important rooms in the house, as they put it — whether the project is a new build or a renovation. The team specialises in residential homes and brings great customer service and an eye for detail to those jobs, which are exactly the ones where finishing matters most.
The business is Wellington based but happy to travel, taking on work out at the Kapiti Coast and in the Wairarapa as well as around the capital. Getting started is straightforward: free quotes are available through the contact form on the website, or you can call Tim directly on 027 498 1154 or email [email protected]. The site lists opening hours of 7.30am to 5.00pm, though a quick call to confirm is never a bad idea before heading out to the workshop.
Whether it's a leaking pipe, a full bathroom renovation, drainage on a new build or a flashing you need in a hurry, the Meins have almost certainly done it before — and between them, they've got the years to prove it.