Chum Creek
Blocked, burst or leaking in Chum Creek?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Chum Creek, from the edge of Healesville to the old school, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Chum Creek
Rural lots, tanks and roadside channels
Victorian Places describes rural/residential living near Healesville, with houses thinning out towards the north past the school. Scattered homes like these are likely to run on rainwater tanks and an onsite septic system rather than a sewer main, so the first question on any job is what the property actually drains to.
Council's special charge scheme on one Chum Creek road is now marked complete, with crushed rock shoulders and existing table drains reshaped, and concrete lining in sections where stormwater needed it. A driveway pipe or roof outlet that once spilled into the old channel may now sit at the wrong level, so its fall is checked against the new drain and with council before anything is changed.
Jobs in Chum Creek
Tank lines, septic and roadside outfalls
Blocked drains
Septic lines and yard drains on rural lots, followed back to the tank first.
Burst pipes
Split poly lines between a rainwater tank, its pump and the house.
Gutters and downpipes
Downpipe outlets brought into line with existing table drains reshaped under the council scheme.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Chum Creek questions
A heritage schoolhouse, septic tanks and table drains
Does the old school's heritage listing change roof plumbing work?
It can. Yarra Ranges records the timber one-room school as Included in Heritage Overlay, so new gutters, downpipes or visible pipework on it may need a planning permit. Council is asked before parts are ordered.
Is a slow toilet on a rural lot always a blocked pipe?
Not always. A full septic tank or a tired effluent trench backs water up the house drain just like a blockage, so the tank lid is found and the tank checked before the line is jetted.
Who has a say over where roadside stormwater goes?
Yarra Ranges manages the roadside drains it has just rebuilt, so a new outlet into them is raised with council first. Water sent to the wrong spot can scour the new lining or flood a neighbour's driveway.
Septic backing up in Chum Creek?