Hampton East
Blocked, burst or leaking in Hampton East?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Hampton East, from the Housing Commission streets built in the 1950s to the new units by the Activity Centre, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Hampton East
One estate, one era of pipe
Before it was renamed, this part of old Moorabbin was a State Housing Commission estate of about nine hundred and fifty homes, built in the 1950s. A planned estate of one era means neighbouring houses likely share the same original pipe, so a fault found on one property may well show up next door. Earthenware or similar mid-century pipe is the likely find.
Today about one in five homes are flats or apartments, and a similar share are townhouses or row houses. A blocked line may be a shared branch serving several dwellings, which changes who pays and who has to give access.
Jobs in Hampton East
Mid-century pipe and shared branches
Blocked drains
Shared branches under units and townhouses, and mid-century pipe in the original houses.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to check whether next door's fault is running along your line too.
Pipe relining
A lining for an original estate drain that has cracked along its joints.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Hampton East questions
Activity centre growth and older shared drains
Does new housing add load to the old drains?
It may. Bayside records that the Moorabbin (Hampton East) Activity Centre was picked as a pilot for new state planning controls meant to unlock more homes. Extra units on existing lots tend to mean shared connections and more flow through older pipes.
Who pays to clear a shared sewer branch?
Everyone it serves, usually through the owners corporation where there is one. Where there is not, the neighbours on the branch settle it between them, and the plumber confirms which homes connect before work starts.
Why does next door have the same drain problem?
Because the houses went up together. Homes from one estate tend to share pipe material, age and layout, so a root problem in one often turns up in the next.
