Boronia
Blocked, burst or leaking in Boronia?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Boronia, from Dandenong Creek to Blind Creek, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Boronia
Two creeks, two building waves and a late sewer
Boronia lies between Dandenong Creek in the north and Blind Creek in the south, and property stormwater falls towards one or the other. On the lower streets a blocked council drain backs up soonest, so Knox flood information is checked before an outlet level is set.
After the station opened came the Boronia Station Estate, and the oldest houses near the junction sit on first-generation earthenware and galvanised lines, often patched many times. Boronia then saw a further wave of suburbanisation in the 1960s and 1970s, with brick veneers on clay or early PVC drains.
Across Knox, most new housing subdivisions were unsewered and without made roads when they were sold. A house connected later may have a sewer branch laid after it was built and an abandoned septic tank in the yard, so the as-built route is traced before digging.
Jobs in Boronia
Two generations of pipe
Blocked drains
Common sewer branches on townhouse and unit sites, and old clay lines near the station.
Burst pipes
Old galvanised supply lines in the interwar streets, repaired on the property side.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to settle whether a drain is clay or early PVC before a price.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Boronia questions
South East Water, shared lots and discharge reports
Which water corporation looks after the mains here?
South East Water, which listed Boronia as one of its suburbs affected when a precautionary boil water advisory was lifted. A burst or blocked main or a connection question goes to that corporation, not to Yarra Valley Water.
Who agrees to work on a shared townhouse drain?
Townhouses are common here: the Census counted 24.8 percent semi-detached, row or terrace houses and townhouses, well above the state. A common sewer branch often crosses another owner's land, so the owners corporation consents before a jetter goes in.
What does a new stormwater connection need first?
Knox issues an Approved Point of Discharge Report, which names the pit, pipe or kerb and channel to connect to and its depth. A road opening permit is also needed where the connection crosses the nature strip.
