Canterbury
Blocked, burst or leaking in Canterbury?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Canterbury, from the old West Creek course to the higher ground in the east, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Canterbury
Subdivided early, built on slowly
After the railway came, nearly all of Canterbury was subdivided for housing, but still mostly not built on, by the end of the boom. A Victorian house can stand beside one built decades later on the same plan, so the drain age cannot be read from the front fence: earthenware and later clay may sit side by side.
By the twenties the suburb was known for substantial detached houses, mostly brick, set well back on large lots. That usually means a long private drain to the sewer connection, so locating the line with a camera and a locator is often the first part of the job.
Jobs in Canterbury
Long private runs and mixed pipe ages
Blocked drains
Earthenware and later clay side by side on the same subdivision.
CCTV drain inspection
Tracing a long private run from a big brick house to the sewer.
Gutters and downpipes
Pits and downpipes on low lots that take runoff in a storm.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Canterbury questions
Storm runoff, overlays and long drains
Why does a low Canterbury yard flood in storms?
Victorian Places describes the early landscape as undulating, elevated to the east and, with the West Creek, pleasantly well watered. Where a property sits low near that old creek line, water from higher ground arrives fast, so the pits and the legal point of discharge are checked first.
Does heritage control apply to my downpipes?
It may. Boroondara's heritage gap study assessed Canterbury, and its Canterbury amendment, C266boro, was gazetted, so a permit can be needed before gutters, downpipes or pipework seen from the front change inside the overlay.
How is a long drain found under a big garden?
A camera goes in from an opening near the house and a locator above ground follows its signal, marking the run and its depth before any digging.
