Bentleigh
Blocked, burst or leaking in Bentleigh?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Bentleigh, around the station and beyond, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Bentleigh
Interwar drains and sewer upgrades
Bentleigh was the first part of the Shire of Moorabbin to start the transition to suburbia, as market gardeners subdivided in the thirties. Around the station the heritage citation records eight consecutive subdivisions from 1923 to 1929, so the drains under those Interwar brick houses are close to a century old.
South East Water is working on the sewers here. The Elster Creek Sewerage Capacity Upgrade adds a relief sewer to cut wet weather surcharges, and the Bentleigh Interceptor Branch Sewer Renewal is in planning.
Heritage covers more than houses. The Bentleigh Residential Precinct, heritage overlay HO69, counts original concrete driveways and crossovers among its features, and the Bentleigh Heights Estate Precinct, heritage overlay HO169, counts its original kerbing and guttering.
Jobs in Bentleigh
What Bentleigh calls about
Blocked drains
Interwar clay drains, roots and repeat blockages.
Pipe relining
A lining inside the old pipe where a heritage driveway is in the way.
Hot water replacement
Electric, heat pump or gas, with the 2027 gas rule explained.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Bentleigh questions
Discharge, pit lids and old trees
Where can my stormwater go?
Glen Eira issues a point of discharge report through its online drains service. A damaged pit lid marked South East Water goes to the corporation, not council.
Do old trees matter to the drains?
Old trees and old clay pipes are the classic pairing for root blockages. The Bentleigh Avenue of Honour was 97 trees planted in the Public Reserve in 1920.
