Roxburgh Park
Blocked, burst or leaking in Roxburgh Park?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Roxburgh Park, from the first southern streets to the Arena estate in the north, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Roxburgh Park
A planned estate settled south to north
Victorian Places says the suburb was planned as thousands of house lots, released under the supervision of the Urban Land Authority, and settled generally from south to north. Homes on those lots are likely to date from the nineties onward, with PVC sewer and stormwater drains, so a blockage is more often roots at a junction or a fat build-up than cracked earthenware.
Households here are big. At the last Census they averaged 3.7 people against a Victorian figure well below that, and nearly half the occupied homes had four or more bedrooms. More people means heavier daily loads through toilets, sinks and the house drain, so grease in the kitchen line is likely to show sooner than in a smaller household.
Jobs in Roxburgh Park
Family loads, PVC junctions and builder connections
Blocked drains
Grease in kitchen lines and roots at PVC junctions in busy family homes.
Blocked toilets
Toilets under heavy daily use in larger households, cleared before they overflow.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to see how the builder laid the original connection on the newest streets.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Roxburgh Park questions
The Arena streets and the homestead ground
Why would a drain fail in a house only a few years old?
In the newest stage, the Roxburgh Park Arena development, the drains are PVC with modern fittings, so age is rarely the cause. A fault there may trace back to how the original connection was laid, and a camera shows a dropped or poorly joined section.
Does digging near the old homestead need permission?
It is likely to. The homestead complex site, now a community and learning centre, is on the Victorian Heritage Inventory, which lists remnants of outbuildings, a possible boundary ditch and a trackway. A trench for a new sewer or stormwater line there is expected to need Heritage Victoria consent before it is opened.
How is a stormwater connection approved in Hume?
The council issues the legal point of discharge for the property, which names the pit or kerb outlet a new line may join. That comes before new downpipes or a stormwater line on an extension are connected.
