Launching Place
Blocked, burst or leaking in Launching Place?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Launching Place, from the old village centre by the river to the newer streets on the Melbourne side, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Launching Place
A river village and its newer streets
Victorian Places puts the original village centre near the hotel, where the Yarra River flows close to the main road. A flooded yard or a backed up stormwater pit in those streets may be river level and overland flow rather than a blocked pipe, so the flood overlay is looked at first.
The residential area on the Melbourne side of the village began during the late 1970s. Houses from then on are likely to have copper supply and PVC or earthenware drains, laid out more simply than in the old centre, and some may still have a septic system.
Jobs in Launching Place
Seventies drains and undecided street drainage
Blocked drains
Earthenware and PVC lines in the seventies houses, and septic lines where there is no sewer.
Gutters and downpipes
Roof water taken to the outlet council names while street drainage plans are still undecided.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to trace a house drain before any new stormwater connection is dug.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Launching Place questions
Rain gardens, kerb plans and roof water
Where does roof water go before any kerb is built?
One street group is still being consulted on sealing that would add a Water Sensitive Urban Design rain garden, paid for by council, beside kerb or edge strip with pipes underneath. Until that is decided the street keeps its present drainage, so council is asked where a property may connect now.
Why might a planned kerb connection never arrive?
Another sealing plan, running to a dead end near the rail trail, would have brought kerb and underground drainage, but the landowner survey recorded insufficient support. That street's drainage is likely to stay as it is, so how water leaves each property today is checked before a new line is planned.
What does a camera show on a seventies drain?
Root entry at earthenware joints, a sag where the ground has moved, or a PVC joint that has pulled apart. It also shows the route, which helps when the drain went in long before the current owner arrived.
