Rosebud
Blocked, burst or leaking in Rosebud?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Rosebud, from the foreshore to the foot of Arthurs Seat, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Rosebud
Paddocks turned streets below Arthurs Seat
Victorian Places records that in the postwar decade inland Rosebud's rural setting fell to suburbanisation, where walkers had once crossed dairy farms, sheep runs and market gardens. Houses from that wave are now around seventy years old, so the drain under one may well be clay or early fibre cement, and it is worth a camera look before a repair or a lining is priced.
South of the freeway lies Rosebud South, with residential subdivisions extending to the foot of Arthurs Seat State Park. Those lots catch water running off the higher ground, so a choked pit or stormwater line there fills quickly in a downpour, and the surface drains around the house are looked at along with the pipe.
Jobs in Rosebud
Hill runoff and postwar pipe
Blocked drains
Ageing house drains from the postwar spread across inland Rosebud.
Gutters and downpipes
Downpipes and pits on residential subdivisions extending to the foot of Arthurs Seat State Park, where hill water arrives in a rush.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to tell clay from fibre cement before anything is lined.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Rosebud questions
The sound shell, hill water and the sewer main
Does plumbing at the foreshore sound shell need a heritage permit?
Sometimes. The Rosebud Sound Shell is on the Victorian Heritage Register, but works to the interiors of the amenity rooms at the rear of the stage are permit exempt. External pipework, a new trench or ground works anywhere else on the registered site wait on Heritage Victoria.
Who deals with a sewer smell coming from the street?
Rosebud's sewer mains belong to South East Water. When a smell or an overflow is traced past the property boundary it is reported to the corporation; the house drain up to the connection stays the owner's.
Why does water pool in the yard after heavy rain on the southern side?
Runoff comes down the Arthurs Seat slopes onto lower lots, and a pit half full of silt or leaves cannot take it. Clearing the pit and the line out to the street usually comes before anything is dug.
