Greensborough
Blocked, burst or leaking in Greensborough?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Greensborough, from the sixties streets to the newer houses across the Plenty River, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Greensborough
Orchards to subdivisions, sixties drains
Greensborough stayed a horticultural district and popular picnic location until the 1950s, so most house drains went in with the first subdivisions rather than in an old town. Expect postwar clay or early plastic, and a camera through the branch before a repair or lining is priced.
The 1960s were the beginning of Greensborough's sustained growth. Homes from that boom usually have earthenware drains with cement or rubber ring joints, plus extensions plumbed later, and roots find those joints.
The bypass crosses the Plenty River through the more recent 1980s housing area to the east. Drains there are newer plastic or later clay, so the work shifts from likely replacement to checking joints, falls and roots.
Jobs in Greensborough
Clay joints, river reserves and old gums
CCTV drain inspection
A camera along a sixties clay branch to see where roots have opened a joint.
Blocked drains
Stormwater lines running down to the river reserves, cleared and checked at the outfall.
Pipe relining
A lining for old joints near big eucalypts, where a dig would disturb the roots.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Greensborough questions
River reserves, bush slopes and the memorial park
Where does stormwater from my property end up?
Greensborough sits on the Plenty River, with numerous reserves along the Plenty River Valley and linear reserves off it. Many lines run to a creek-side outfall or through an easement, and work there can need Melbourne Water or council consent.
Why do drains beside Browns Nature Reserve crack?
The reserve has Candlebark vegetation on the slopes and Manna / Swamp Gum vegetation in the creek area, and those eucalypts send roots toward drains. The creek-side ground also stays wet and moves, so the line is filmed before choosing a patch or a lining.
Can a drain be dug next to the War Memorial Park?
Not without a check. Greensborough War Memorial Park sits in Banyule's heritage overlay with significant trees, so a stormwater connection or pipe repair backing onto it needs a permit check and care near mature roots.
Who clears a blocked sewer main in Greensborough?
Yarra Valley Water supplies water and sewer here. A blockage or burst in its main is the corporation's, while pipes inside the boundary are the owner's, and sewer work needs its consent.
