Mount Waverley
Blocked, burst or leaking in Mount Waverley?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Mount Waverley, from the Damper Creek reserve to the valley south of the station, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Mount Waverley
Brick estates, easement drains and creek reserves
West of the station a post-war by-law banned weatherboard, so only brick, stone, concrete and brick veneer walls were allowed in that precinct. On strip footings, ground movement shows as cracked brickwork and drains sheared at the footing line, and pipes are reached from under the floor or by an outside dig rather than through a wall.
The A.V. Jennings estates in the declared brick area went up around the station in the post-war building boom, and their sewer drains are mostly earthenware. On one main route a single line of mature Portugal Oaks, planted as a memorial avenue, stands on the nature strip right over the service connections. A blockage on those frontages points to roots at the joints, a camera first, and a dig that spares the memorial trees.
South of the station the valley holds a long linear public reserve and flood retarding basins, and Damper Creek runs through a reserve to the north. Houses backing onto either sit at the bottom of the catchment, so the outlet and the overland flow path are checked before the house drain is cleared.
Jobs in Mount Waverley
Clay joints and easement pipes
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to tell a damaged council easement pipe from the house's own line before any quote.
Blocked drains
Clay sewer joints under brick estate houses, and stormwater that backs up near the creek reserves.
Burst pipes
Bursts on the property side of the meter; a burst on the corporation's side goes to Yarra Valley Water.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Mount Waverley questions
Easements, connection permits and the trunk main
Who repairs a council drain that runs through a back yard?
The council does, even though the pipe sits inside private yards. Monash has listed works in one Mount Waverley easement to upgrade and improve the damaged easement drainage system for neighbouring properties, so a camera separates that pipe from the house line before anything is priced.
Does a new stormwater connection need council approval?
Yes. Across Monash a Stormwater Connection Permit is required before connecting to or changing the council's drains, pits or kerb, and the application must include a legal point of discharge report. The permit and the council inspection go into the job's timing before a kerb or pit is opened.
Who gets the call when the main outside the meter bursts?
Yarra Valley Water lists Mount Waverley in its published water quality results, which marks it as the corporation whose network supplies the suburb, not South East Water. A burst on its side is reported to it, and sewer or water connection work goes through its consent and inspection process.
Can digging near the old trunk main need extra consent?
It can. The Silvan to Mount Waverley conduit is part of Melbourne Water's bulk supply, so a trench near its alignment needs a Before You Dig search and Melbourne Water consent first, and a burst on it is never the owner's to fix.
