Carlton North
Blocked, burst or leaking in Carlton North?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Carlton North, from the cemetery edge to the old Inner Circle railway line, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Carlton North
Drains that run to the back lane
Most of North Carlton was cut up with rear service lanes, separating coal and other deliveries, nightsoil cartage and stabling from the formal front of the house. The original sanitary connection is likely to be at the back, so the drain run and its access point are looked for towards the lane before anyone works from the street.
Victorian Places describes the basaltic land ending just east of the cemetery, which is on mudstone or sandstone. A cracked or shifted drain may sit in rock in one street and softer ground in the next, which shapes how a camera job and any repair are planned.
Jobs in Carlton North
Lane access, root entry and changing ground
Pipe relining
A lining where poplar roots have entered a joint and the listed tree stays put.
Blocked drains
Old connections at the rear of the lot, reached from the service lane.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to show whether a shifted drain sits in basalt or in mudstone.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Carlton North questions
Bluestone edges, poplar roots and railway units
Does a new stormwater connection need heritage care?
Often. The North Carlton precinct is significant for its early engineering, including dressed bluestone kerbs, pitched bluestone guttering, lanes and crossovers. Digging through a crossover, kerb or lane edge may need heritage consideration and the bluestone put back carefully, which adds lead time.
Who owns the drain under the units on the old railway line?
Units were built along part of the former Inner Circle railway reserve, several on railways land that had been commercially leased. They are likely to share a drain and connection point, so the owner of the common branch and machine access are worked out before quoting.
Do the poplars in the wide medians get into drains?
They are likely to. The precinct lists the mature poplars, some alternating with palms, as significant street trees, and poplar roots go looking for sewer and stormwater joints. Since the trees stay, the fix is usually root cutting, a repair or a lining rather than a new trench.
