Burwood East
Blocked, burst or leaking in Burwood East?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Burwood East, from the late postwar streets to the former brickworks, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Burwood East
The last postwar stop and a brickworks estate
Victorian Places traces postwar building moving east along the main road, through Bennettswood, then Burwood Heights and finally Burwood East. Houses from the tail of that run are younger than those to the west, and their sewer drains are worth a camera before anyone quotes a reline or a dig.
Whitehorse records the Former Brickworks site as fully developed, with a diversity of housing, a shopping centre and new roads. Townhouses and apartments there often share drains under an owners corporation, so the plan of subdivision and its consent come before work on a common pipe.
Jobs in Burwood East
Younger drains and common estate lines
Blocked drains
Common branches where the brickworks became a diversity of housing, and single house lines in the older streets.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to name the pipe material and find the joint at fault before a price.
Gutters and downpipes
Downpipes and pits near the adjoining Melbourne Water retarding basin, checked after a storm.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Burwood East questions
A retarding basin, owners corporations and pipe age
Why does my drain back up only in heavy storms?
Street stormwater beside the former brickworks runs to the adjoining Melbourne Water retarding basin, which fills when rain is heavy. A property line that backs up then may be a surcharged outfall rather than a private blockage, so that is ruled out first.
Who agrees to work on a shared townhouse drain?
The owners corporation, where the sewer branch is common property. One resident's call is enough to book a look, but a jetter or a cut into a shared pipe waits on that consent.
What pipe is likely under a later postwar house?
Usually late earthenware or early PVC, and both turn up in the same streets. Roots get into earthenware joints, while PVC more often fails at a fitting, so the camera result decides between cutting, relining and digging.
