Coburg
Blocked, burst or leaking in Coburg?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Coburg, from the Merri Creek to Pentridge, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Coburg
Basalt, bluestone and postwar streets
Coburg sits on volcanic rock. At Coburg Lake the Merri Creek cliff shows Newer Volcanics basalt sitting on a buried clayey soil, and the bluestone for the Murray Road bridge came from a quarry situated within the penal reserve. Rock close under the clay is worth knowing about before a drain trench is planned.
Much of the east of the suburb is postwar: the Housing Commission bought land in East Coburg (Spring and Meadow Streets) and Newlands. The newest estates are Pentridge village on the decommissioned gaol and Coburg Hill.
Yarra Valley Water is renewing its M4 water main along Nicholson Street and Elizabeth Street, Coburg, and Merri-bek has rebuilt Glenora Avenue, Coburg between Rennie Street and Carlisle Street with new underground drains.
Jobs in Coburg
What Coburg calls about
Blocked drains
Postwar clay drains and the roots that find them.
Burst pipes
Leaks on your side of the meter found and repaired.
Commercial plumbing
Shops and strata along Sydney Road and beyond.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Coburg questions
Discharge reports and Pentridge
How quickly does Merri-bek answer a legal point of discharge request?
An online application returns a report from Council by email within 5 working days. The owner is responsible for drains on the property up to the council drain or kerb and channel.
Can old plumbing at Pentridge be replaced like a house's?
No. The Victorian Heritage Register listing values the surviving cisterns and other elements of the water supply system in B Division, so changing that pipework needs Heritage Victoria's permit first.
