Essendon North
Blocked, burst or leaking in Essendon North?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Essendon North, from the interwar streets to the shopping strip, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Essendon North
Interwar earthenware under a new street canopy
A tram, a school and churches came first, and interwar house building carried on through the twenties and thirties. Houses from those decades are likely to have glazed earthenware sewers with rigid joints, and once roots find a gap the blockage keeps returning. A camera shows whether the pipe wants relining rather than another clean.
Moonee Valley's streetscape plan for the main road through the suburb includes canopy street tree planting, answering locals who asked for more green. As those trees grow, their roots spread over the sewer and water connections crossing the footpath, so an old earthenware connection is worth checking before the canopy matures.
Jobs in Essendon North
Rigid joints and spreading roots
Blocked drains
Root entry in glazed earthenware laid in the years of interwar house building.
Pipe relining
A lining for a cracked connection under the footpath, where a dig would disturb young trees.
Gutters and downpipes
Visible roof plumbing on older buildings, checked against the overlay before anything changes.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Essendon North questions
School heritage, young trees and repeat blockages
Does heritage listing affect plumbing at the primary school?
Yes. Essendon North Primary School is in the Heritage Overlay, so replacing its visible downpipes, roof plumbing or outside pipework is likely to need council consent first, and that time is built into the job.
Who fixes a blocked connection under the footpath?
It depends where the fault sits. Greater Western Water owns the sewer main and the junction on it; the pipe from that junction back to the house belongs to the property, wherever it runs.
Why does the same drain block every few months?
Because the cause is still there. Roots that get into a rigid joint are cut back by a clean but grow again, so a recurring blockage is a reason to put a camera down and price a lining.
