Ringwood
Blocked, burst or leaking in Ringwood?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Ringwood, from the old railway estate to the postwar streets, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Ringwood
A late sewer, heavy clay and quartz rock
A full sewerage scheme was planned for Ringwood between the wars, but its commencement awaited the postwar years. Older houses can carry a sewer branch cut in later, catch-up clay runs and abandoned septic lines, so a camera maps the line before it is cleared.
Ringwood's heavy soil was dug for bricks and tiles rather than farmed. That clay swells and shrinks, opening joints in old drains, so relining or re-bedding is more likely than a simple clear.
Stibnite, the antimony sulphide, in quartz veins was mined at Ringwood, and hard veins can sit just under the clay. A trench for a new sewer branch can turn into a rock-breaking job partway along, so the ground is probed before the dig is priced.
Jobs in Ringwood
Late branches, long lines and spouting
Blocked drains
Long private lines across the old villa sites of the Ringwood Railway Estate, near the Eastlink crossing.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to map sewer branches added after the house was built.
Gutters and downpipes
Spouting and tank overflows connected to stormwater, not the sewer.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Ringwood questions
Rainwater in the sewer, basins and discharge points
Can rainwater get into the sewer from my roof?
It can, and Yarra Valley Water has inspected sewer connections in the Ringwood area to find it. Spouting, tank overflows and the overflow relief gully are checked before the sewer branch is touched, since a wrong connection can be treated as the property's defect.
What changed for drainage near the new basin?
Maroondah built a stormwater retarding basin in one of its reserves, with new drainage through a laneway, to cut flooding and protect nearby properties. Close by, the new council pipe is located before a surcharging house drain is dug up.
Where must a new stormwater line end?
At the legal point of discharge, which in Maroondah is usually a council drain in an easement or the street, or the kerb and channel. The statement comes from council and fixes where the drain finishes.
Does work on the station roof need heritage approval?
Yes. The station, built of red tuckpointed brick with half-hipped slate roof, is on the Victorian Heritage Register, so gutters and downpipes there need a Heritage Victoria permit or exemption and matching materials.
