Chelsea Heights
Blocked, burst or leaking in Chelsea Heights?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Chelsea Heights, from the old dune to the low streets around it, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Chelsea Heights
A sand dune ringed by old swamp
Chelsea Heights stands on an ancient coastal sand dune that the Carrum Swamp once surrounded. The dune drains quickly but a trench in it can slump, while the lower ground around it stays wet, so conditions can change within a few lots and trench support is planned to suit.
The land was subdivided in 1912, but houses only filled those lots from about the sixties. Drains of that era are more likely to be vitrified clay or early plastic than very old earthenware, and roots at the joints are a likely reason a drain keeps blocking.
Jobs in Chelsea Heights
Clay joints and changing ground
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to check whether a drain on the ancient coastal sand dune has shifted or let roots in.
Blocked drains
Vitrified clay and early plastic lines from the sixties, blocked by roots at the joints.
Pipe relining
A lining through a root-opened clay drain, with no trench to dig.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Chelsea Heights questions
Council pumps and low-lying yards
Is a flooded yard always a private drain problem?
No. Kingston is building a network of pipes and pumps across the area to cut flood risk in the low-lying streets, so a flooded yard or a stormwater connection that will not clear may be the council's network as much as the property's, and the plumber works out which before digging.
Can a sixties clay drain be relined?
Often. Where roots have opened the joints but the pipe still holds its line, a lining seals them and avoids digging altogether.
How is a repeat blockage handled?
It is cleared, then filmed. Clearing alone treats the symptom, while the footage shows whether roots, a crack or a dip is causing it, and that decides the repair.
