Hampton
Blocked, burst or leaking in Hampton?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Hampton, from Edwardian villas to the beach, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Hampton
Edwardian villas and protected street trees
Hampton filled in slowly. eMelbourne records that many open spaces remained until World War II, and Victorian Places notes the 1930s saw marked growth in Hampton as market gardens were subdivided. Around Orlando Street is the highest concentration of intact Edwardian villas in Hampton, so the oldest drains are generations older than those a few streets away.
Bayside protects its street trees, and boring must be used where large tree roots may be met near a trunk. When a sewer or stormwater line runs under the nature strip, the trees decide how a new pipe goes in.
Along Hampton Street, the Hampton Street Precinct (HO748) keeps its interwar shops largely intact, which is worth knowing before visible pipework or downpipes change on a shopfront.
Jobs in Hampton
Old drains and protected trees
Blocked drains
Old drains under the highest concentration of intact Edwardian villas in Hampton, and roots from big street trees.
Pipe relining
A lining inside the old pipe where digging near a protected tree is not an option.
Gutters and downpipes
Repairs and replacement, with heritage checked on the shopping strip.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Hampton questions
Boundary traps, discharge and easements
Where does my sewer stop and South East Water's start?
South East Water tells plumbers to rod from the property's boundary trap to South East Water's point, and to call its faults line if the connection is still blocked there. Its own pipes are repaired only by the corporation and its contractors.
Can a new stormwater line connect to the council drain?
Only with the paperwork. In Bayside, a legal point of discharge must be obtained before a permit for stormwater drainage works can be issued.
Is digging near the pier restricted?
Yes. The Picnic Point Jetty site in Hampton is listed on the Victorian Heritage Inventory as an archaeological site, so a drain trench there needs Heritage Victoria's consent before anyone digs.
Can I build over the drainage easement?
Bayside requires consent before building over or near an easement or council drain, and warns against planting big trees with intrusive roots near easements.
