Montmorency
Blocked, burst or leaking in Montmorency?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Montmorency, from the shopping village to the Plenty River slopes, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Montmorency
Orchard land, steep falls and Pecks Dam
Most of Montmorency was orchards, dairying and poultry farms until after the war, then the population jumped as shops and factories went up through the fifties. Houses on that former farm land are likely to have earthenware sewers and galvanised water pipe of the period, with roots and rust the common failures.
The suburb sits on the eastern flanks of the lower Plenty River, between Greensborough and Eltham. Sloping properties mean steep sewer and stormwater runs and deep inspection points, and a steep driveway can rule out a machine, so hand access is planned for.
At Pecks Dam Reserve, Banyule and Melbourne Water collect rainwater from the streets above the dam and filter it through a rain garden. Runoff on those slopes heads toward the reserve, so a blocked drain uphill can send water across lower yards on its way down.
Jobs in Montmorency
Hillside drains and village shopfronts
Blocked drains
Steep sewer runs on hillside properties, cleared from the lowest inspection point up.
Gutters and downpipes
Downpipes and gutters on the cream brick shops, with the overlay checked before visible work.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera along a postwar clay sewer laid on former orchard ground.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Montmorency questions
Shopfront overlays, falling ground and the boundary point
Do the village shops need a permit for new downpipes?
Possibly. The Montmorency Shopping Village is in the heritage overlay as an intact postwar local shopping centre of cream brick shops, many with their original awnings, so changing visible roof plumbing there can need a planning permit, which adds lead time.
Where does council's part of the stormwater system begin?
Banyule leaves the private drain with the owner as far as the legal point of discharge, and takes over beyond it. On a sloping property that point is found before anything is dug.
Why does water cross my yard from next door in a storm?
On the river slopes, overland flow from higher properties runs downhill by nature. If an uphill drain is blocked, more of it comes across, so the source is traced before your own drain is blamed.
