Blackburn North
Blocked, burst or leaking in Blackburn North?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Blackburn North, from the Koonung Creek valley to the Gardiners Creek drains, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Blackburn North
Postwar houses under native canopy
Victorian Places says housing came to Blackburn North as urbanisation spread from Blackburn in the postwar years. The earlier lots are likely to have earthenware sewer drains and the later ones early PVC, and a camera confirms which before a reline or a dig is priced.
Flats and apartments are only a little over one in a hundred of the occupied homes here, against about one in eight across Victoria. A blocked drain is usually on one owner's lot, though a townhouse pair may share a branch, so ownership of the section is confirmed first.
Whitehorse describes native trees which dominate areas of Blackburn, Blackburn North, Vermont and Mitcham. Mature natives near older drains are a likely source of roots at the joints, and the camera finds them before cutting or lining is chosen.
Jobs in Blackburn North
Native roots and single owner drains
Blocked drains
Roots in single owner drains, where flats are only a little over one in a hundred homes.
Pipe relining
A lining once roots have opened several joints along a postwar line.
Gutters and downpipes
Downpipes and pits on lots where the suburb extends to the Koonung Creek valley.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Blackburn North questions
Creek outfalls and where stormwater goes
Why does a drain near the freeway back up in heavy rain?
Blackburn North extends to the Koonung Creek, and the freeway follows that valley. Lots near it may sit below the street, so where the stormwater discharges, and whether the creek outfall is surcharging, is checked before a private blockage is blamed.
Is a blocked stormwater line council's problem?
Sometimes. Whitehorse says Gardiners Creek is fed by a number of drains and channels in Blackburn North, so a line past the legal point of discharge may be a council or Melbourne Water asset. That point is confirmed before any work.
Who pays when the drain is under a single house?
The owner, from the house to the sewer connection. With so few shared sites, that is the usual answer here, and a camera report shows where the fault sits.
