Keilor East
Blocked, burst or leaking in Keilor East?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Keilor East, from the high ground over Essendon to Steele Creek, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Keilor East
Quarry fill, a wetland and a split council
The land was first sold as the City View Estate, on high ground looking across to Essendon, and the houses came about a decade later. Homes from that wave are likely to have clay sewers with rubber ring or mortar joints and early copper water services, so roots and settling are the usual suspects.
West of Steele Creek an old bluestone quarry was filled for housing, and Valley Lake is a remnant of the quarry hole. Filled ground can keep settling long after the houses are up, so a drain on it may sag or crack, and a camera goes down before any digging is planned.
Runoff from the streets around Rosehill Park now passes through a wetland built by council and Melbourne Water before it reaches the creek. What goes down a stormwater pit matters there, so silt, paint and cleaning chemicals from a job are kept out of it.
Jobs in Keilor East
Settling ground and sixties services
CCTV drain inspection
A camera on drains laid over filled quarry ground, where a run can sag out of line.
Blocked drains
Roots through the rubber ring and mortar joints of the first clay sewers.
Pipe relining
A lining near protected gums, where cutting through roots is not an option.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Keilor East questions
Two councils, protected gums and filled ground
Which council handles my stormwater approval?
It depends on the side of the railway. When council boundaries were redrawn, the Albion to Jacana line became the border between Moonee Valley and Brimbank, dividing the suburb in two. The property's council is confirmed before any point of discharge or drainage permit is applied for.
Can a drain be dug up near the old preschool's gums?
Carefully, if at all. At the heritage listed East Keilor Pre-School the mature lemon-scented gums are part of the place's significance, so cutting their roots may need a heritage permit. Relining or another trenchless repair is the likely answer close to those trees.
Who fixes a blocked sewer main?
Greater Western Water, which owns the main and the junction the house connects to. The branch up to that junction belongs to the owner, and the plumber opens the inspection shaft to see which side the blockage is on.
