Scoresby
Blocked, burst or leaking in Scoresby?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Scoresby, from the wetlands to the old market garden streets, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Scoresby
Swamp, alluvium and market gardens
Victorian Places records that much of Scoresby was swampy, because the creeks coming down from the Dandenong Ranges had no clear outfall. Ground that once held standing water suggests a high water table and slow stormwater outlets, so where a blocked stormwater drain can discharge is checked before a quick clear is promised.
Later, drainage works in Scoresby made the alluvium available for market gardens. Drained alluvial ground can stay soft and moist, so a camera run along an older drain looks for sagging or displaced joints, and a trench may need extra support.
The first subdivision of a Scoresby market garden for residential blocks came at the end of the fifties, and few gardens were left by the nineties. Houses on that land point to clay or early plastic drains rather than very old pipe, so joint and root faults are more likely than collapse.
Jobs in Scoresby
Soft ground and garden lot drains
Blocked drains
Joint and root faults in drains on old market garden lots.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to find sags in drains on soft, drained alluvial ground.
Gutters and downpipes
Roof water outlets where old swamp ground drains slowly.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Scoresby questions
Wetlands, the creek edge and single houses
What changes for a property near the western wetlands?
Victorian Places places wetlands west of the tollway, running out to the Dandenong Creek boundary. Ground around drain pits there is often wet, so overland flow is checked before a new stormwater connection is planned.
Is a blocked sewer here likely to be shared with neighbours?
Rarely. At the last Census separate houses made up almost all of Scoresby's occupied private dwellings, so a blockage is usually in one house's own drain, and machine access is usually straightforward.
Can a jetter fix a sagging drain?
It clears the blockage but not the dip that holds water and waste. A sag is relaid or, if shallow, sometimes lined, after a camera has measured it.
