Viewbank
Blocked, burst or leaking in Viewbank?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Viewbank, from the high ground above the Yarra to Price Park, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Viewbank
Late farmland on the high ground
Far from a station, Viewbank was unaffected by residential subdivisions until the 1960s, and its schools came that decade and the next. Houses of that period are likely to have earthenware or early PVC sewers with copper water pipe, so roots at a clay joint are a more likely fault than rusted galvanised supply.
Part of the old farmland was kept as Yarra parkland when the rest was cut up, and it became a prestige residential area. Detached houses on generous lots tend to run their own sewer branch and long property drains, so side access and landscaped gardens shape how the line is reached.
Although it adjoins the Yarra valley, Viewbank is on quite high ground. A stormwater problem here is more often a blocked or undersized property drain, or runoff coming down the slope, than river flooding.
Jobs in Viewbank
Long branches and hilltop gums
CCTV drain inspection
A camera down a long property drain on a big lot, to find the fault without lifting the garden.
Pipe relining
A lining for a sewer joint near Price Park, where red gum and yellow box roots have found their way in.
Leak detection
A hidden leak in copper water pipe found before paving or garden beds are disturbed.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Viewbank questions
Price Park roots, the meter and parkland edges
Do trees around Price Park cause drain trouble?
They can. The park sits on hills surrounded by roads and houses, with river red gum and yellow box among its trees, and those roots reach under neighbouring yards. A camera shows where they have entered, and relining avoids digging close to protected trees.
Which part of the water service belongs to the owner?
Yarra Valley Water owns the meter and the pipe from its main to it. The service from the meter across the front garden into the house is the owner's, and on bigger lots that private run can be a long one to trace.
How is a drain reached on a property backing onto parkland?
Usually from the house side. Parkland boundaries limit where machinery can come in, so the work is planned around side access or a lining put in from an existing opening.
