Caulfield South
Blocked, burst or leaking in Caulfield South?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Caulfield South, from Princes Park to the old shopping centre, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Caulfield South
Detached houses from the school-building years
Victorian Places says the opening of the Caulfield South school typified the suburb's interwar and early postwar growth. Houses from those decades were usually sewered in glazed earthenware, and some of the later ones may have early copper or galvanised water lines, so root entry at a joint is the usual suspect and a camera settles it before a price.
Unlike its neighbours, Caulfield South has kept much of its detached house stock. A separate house normally has its own sewer branch and stormwater line, and a side path often gives the plumber room to reach the run without crossing anyone else's land.
Jobs in Caulfield South
Earthenware joints and park roots
Blocked drains
Root-entered earthenware in interwar and early postwar house drains.
Pipe relining
A lining for a root-damaged drain near a big park tree, instead of a trench.
Gutters and downpipes
Shopfront downpipes and rainwater heads on the heritage strip, checked with council before work.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Caulfield South questions
The old oak, shopfront plumbing and single-owner drains
Can a drain near the big oak in the park be dug up?
Carefully, if at all. The National Trust registers the cork oak standing alone in the centre of Princes Park, and roots from a tree that size reach past its crown, so a root-entered drain near the park or the houses facing it is usually relined rather than trenched.
Do shops on the heritage strip need a permit for new downpipes?
Sometimes. Glen Eira puts the South Caulfield Shopping Centre and Environs inside its heritage overlay, so replacing visible downpipes, rainwater heads or external pipework on a shop front is checked for a planning permit before the job is booked.
Who signs off on drain work at a detached house?
Just the owner, in most cases. Without an owners corporation or a shared branch, the plumber agrees the scope with one person and can usually start once access is sorted.
