Truganina
Blocked, burst or leaking in Truganina?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Truganina, from the Allura estate to Skeleton Creek, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Truganina
New estates beside an old outfall sewer
Victorian Places records a precinct structure plan allowing for the development of approximately 9400 homes over 20 years. Nearly everything here is a new estate build on PVC sewer and stormwater pipe.
Melbourne Water has opened a new park along the old Main Outfall Sewer, running from Skeleton Creek and turning a nineteenth century sewer into open space. That corridor is still a Melbourne Water asset, so drain or service work on a property beside the park needs the corporation's consent before anyone digs near the easement.
Jobs in Truganina
Estate pipe and reserve outfalls
Blocked drains
Building debris and wipes in the PVC lines of new estate houses.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to see whether a joint has dropped in new fill.
Gutters and downpipes
Yard pits and downpipes on lots that drain toward the reserve.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Truganina questions
Reserve crossings, consent and single lots
Why do yard pits overflow near the Allura reserve?
Stormwater from that estate heads for the creek through the reserve, where Wyndham City has been installing three new crossings over Doherty’s drain. In heavy rain water can rise back through yard pits nearby, so the outfall and pit levels are checked before a simple blockage is assumed.
Is an owners corporation involved in a Truganina drain job?
Rarely. Flats or apartments were only 0.2 percent of occupied private dwellings at the last Census, so nearly every job is a house or townhouse on its own sewer branch, with no shared consent to chase.
What tends to block a brand new estate drain?
Mostly things that should never have gone in: building debris left in the line and wipes flushed down it. A joint that settled in new fill is the other usual cause, and a camera tells them apart.
