Campbellfield
Blocked, burst or leaking in Campbellfield?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Campbellfield, from the streets behind the Scots Church to the old claypits, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Campbellfield
Brick clay, a church estate and a trunk sewer
Clay was dug here for the brickworks at Brunswick, and on the west side of the highway the claypits are the site of a reserve. Heavy clay and old pit fill can move and settle, so a sagging or cracked drain is likely in that ground and a camera survey comes before any repair is priced.
Victorian Places says a land company marketed a residential estate east of the Scots Church, and the houses still sit behind the church. Homes of that era are likely to have vitrified clay sewers with mortar joints, where roots and cracked collars are the first failures to look for.
Hume is rebuilding one street's failed pavement and kerb to improve drainage. The works include lowering affected private gas and water services, coordinated with Yarra Valley Water and the gas network, so on that frontage a service may no longer sit where an old plan shows it, and it is located again before a trench is opened.
Jobs in Campbellfield
Settling clay and moved services
Blocked drains
Clay sewers with mortar joints in the estate behind the church, where roots get in.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera along lines that may sag in heavy clay or old pit fill.
Burst pipes
Water services moved during the kerb works, found again before a repair.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Campbellfield questions
Trunk sewers, kerb outlets and a slate church roof
Who fixes a sewer main that overflows into several yards?
Yarra Valley Water. Its trunk sewers cross the suburb, and to cut the risk of spills it built a pipeline joining the existing Northbourne sewer to the new Epping main sewer. A main surcharging into more than one property is reported to the corporation, not cleared as private work.
What happens to a downpipe line when the kerb is renewed?
Its outlet may move with the new kerb. Council's point of discharge is confirmed again before a stormwater line is reconnected, so the water reaches the new channel rather than the footpath.
Can the gutters on Scots Church be replaced like any others?
Not freely. The Victorian Heritage Register describes a small bluestone Tudor Gothic church with a castellated tower and a low pitched, slate roof. Gutters, downpipes and drains there need care with slate and stone, and anything beyond like for like repair is likely to need a Heritage Victoria permit.
