Compare drainlayers in Nelson
We checked 24 licensed drainlayers in Nelson against the public register, and scored 4 of them on reviews, licence records and business longevity. Nobody pays to be scored.
- Licensed in Nelson
- 24
- Scored below
- 4
- With a verified licence
- 4
- Median Google rating
- 4.7
- Last assessed
1 further business holds a current licence but is not listed below: we could not confirm its trading name, and we will not publish a business under a name we guessed. Claim your profile to appear here.
Our picks
Best overall
Fusion Plumbing And Solar
LocalScore 84.9
Best reviewed
Allflow
LocalScore 80.8
Longest established
Donaldson Civil
LocalScore 64.7
All 3 listed drainlayers
| Business | LocalScore | Licence | Google rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fusion Plumbing And Solar | 84.9 | Certifying Plumber, Drainlayer | 4.9 | 120 |
| Allflow Richmond | 80.8 | Certifying Drainlayer | 4.8 | 12 |
| Donaldson Civil | 64.7 | Certifying Drainlayer, Drainlayer | 4.6 | 11 |
2 of these are based in Nelson and 1 in Richmond, all within a short drive and all serving Nelson. Each row says where the business is registered.
Also licensed, in Nelson: 20 we could not score
These hold a current licence on the same public register, checked the same way. We could not score them because they have too few public reviews to rank fairly, many are sole traders without a Google listing. They are shown alphabetically, not ranked, and their absence from the table above says nothing about their work.
- Asphalt & ConstructionCertifying Drainlayer
- Blair Ferguson PlumbingCertifying Drainlayer, Certifying Gasfitter, Certifying Plumber
- Chethams & Co Drainlaying RichmondCertifying Drainlayer
- Ching ContractingCertifying Drainlayer
- DN CivilCertifying Drainlayer
- Double U Plumbing RichmondCertifying Drainlayer, Certifying Plumber
- Edridge ContractingCertifying Drainlayer
- Laser Plumbing & Electrical RichmondCertifying Drainlayer, Certifying Gasfitter, Certifying Plumber, Plumber
- Nelson PlumbersCertifying Gasfitter, Certifying Plumber, Drainlayer, Restricted Plumber
- NZ Solar RichmondDrainlayer, Gasfitter, Plumber
- NZ SolarCertifying Drainlayer, Certifying Gasfitter, Certifying Plumber, Drainlayer, Gasfitter, Plumber
- Quantum PlumbingCertifying Drainlayer, Certifying Plumber
- Quattro Plumbing & DrainageCertifying Drainlayer, Certifying Plumber
- Tim Miller PlumbingCertifying Drainlayer, Certifying Gasfitter, Certifying Plumber, Drainlayer, Gasfitter, Plumber
- Tony Downing SiteCertifying Drainlayer
- Tuffnell Plumbing RichmondCertifying Drainlayer, Certifying Gasfitter, Certifying Plumber, Gasfitter, Plumber
A further 4 businesses are counted in the licensed total above but not listed here: we hold a register record for them without a trading name we can confirm, and we will not print one we cannot stand behind.
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Questions about this page
- Which drainlayer in Nelson does KiwiChecked rank highest?
- Fusion Plumbing And Solar has the highest LocalScore (84.9) of the 4 we scored, assessed August 2026. LocalScore combines public reviews, licence records and time in business. Nobody pays to be scored.
- How many drainlayers in Nelson hold a current licence?
- 24 businesses in Nelson appear on the public register for this trade. We could score 4 of them; the rest have too few public reviews to rank fairly and are listed unranked.
- Can a business pay to rank higher on KiwiChecked?
- No. Sponsorship is labelled and sits outside the ranking, and payment has no effect on any score. Claiming a listing does not change a score either.
How we scored these drainlayers
LocalScore combines review quality and volume, how recent those reviews are, verified licence records, and how long the business has been registered. Licences are checked directly against the relevant public register rather than taken from the business. Full weightings are on our methodology page.
Company data sourced from the New Zealand Business Number register, .