Bunyip
Blocked, burst or leaking in Bunyip?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Bunyip, from the Bunyip commercial and civic precinct out to the hobby farms, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Bunyip
Swamp drains to the south, farms all round
Public drainage works began south of Bunyip before the turn of the century, and later floods showed the first drains were not enough. That land is a former swamp drained by public channels, so stormwater fall is poor and outlets run slow in wet weather.
Victorian Places describes the town as mostly a residential place for hobby farms or a quiet country lifestyle. Those lots often run long private drain and tank lines to a distant outlet, which means machinery access over paddocks and longer pipe runs.
Jobs in Bunyip
Flat outlets and long lines
Blocked drains
Slow stormwater on flat former swamp ground.
Burst pipes
Leaks along the long private water lines that run across hobby farms.
Gutters and downpipes
Visible downpipes and gutters on heritage shops, in keeping with the frontage.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Bunyip questions
The old station site and the main street shops
Does digging near the old station need consent?
Likely. The former railway station and tramway site is a heritage inventory site where sealed artefact deposits may lie within old drains, cesspits and wells. Trenching for a new drain there is likely to need heritage consent first, and old pits may turn up when digging.
Do shop downpipes in town need a permit?
They can. Shopfronts and verandahs in the precinct are heritage controlled, so a council permit may come before any change to street-facing pipework or gutters, and lead time is part of the quote.
Who owns the channel a property drains into?
On the old swamp land it is often a public authority rather than the owner. That is confirmed before a stormwater line is connected, since a new connection to a public channel needs the right consent.
