Clyde North
Blocked, burst or leaking in Clyde North?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Clyde North, from the new estates to the Cardinia Creek Conservation Corridor, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Clyde North
A new precinct over old farm wells
The Victorian Planning Authority records the Clyde North Precinct Structure Plan as approved by the Minister for Planning and gazetted on 10 November 2011. Nearly every house since then has PVC sewer and stormwater pipe, so a blockage is more often builder's rubble, a badly made joint or settled ground than roots.
Under some of that housing was farmland with buried water stores. Two domed farm wells listed on the Victorian Heritage Inventory are circular red brick, concrete-rendered structures, and the paddocks around them were sold for residential development.
Jobs in Clyde North
New pipe, old ground
Blocked drains
Builder's debris and loose joints in new PVC lines across the precinct.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to show whether a near new pipe has settled, before anyone digs.
Leak detection
A hidden leak in new pipework traced before a slab or path is opened.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Clyde North questions
Wells, cisterns and the creek corridor
Can a trench run into an old farm cistern?
It can. A second Heritage Inventory site holds two domed underground cisterns, likely built before the technology for rainwater catchment evolved to above ground tanks. A void like that can open under a trench, and disturbing an Inventory site is likely to need Heritage Victoria's consent, so the site plan is checked before digging.
Where does stormwater go on the eastern streets?
Towards the creek. Casey describes the Cardinia Creek Conservation Corridor along the precinct's eastern boundary, so outfall levels and the legal point of discharge are confirmed before a new stormwater line is added on a lot near it.
Why does a near new drain block?
Usually from what went into it during the build: mortar, offcuts or packaging, or a joint never pushed fully home. A jetter shifts most of it, and the camera shows whether the pipe itself has dropped.
