Dandenong North
Blocked, burst or leaking in Dandenong North?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Dandenong North, from the Dandenong Creek corridor to the newer northern streets, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Dandenong North
Older streets in the south, wetland ground by the creek
By the middle of the sixties much of the suburb was built-up as far north as Lyndale High School, with paddocks still beyond it. Those southern streets are mostly fifties and sixties housing, likely drained in earthenware with cement joints that crack and let roots in. The northern streets came later, so the pipe material is confirmed before a repair method is chosen.
Tirhatuan Park, on the creek corridor, holds the endangered plains grassy wetland vegetation class. Wetland plants point to ground that stays wet for long stretches, and drains in nearby streets sit in damp soil where joints move and roots follow the moisture.
Jobs in Dandenong North
Cement joints and wet soil
Blocked drains
Roots through cracked cement joints in the earthenware of the southern streets.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera on drains near the plains grassy wetland, where damp ground shifts the joints.
Pipe relining
A lining for a run that has moved in wet soil, instead of a long trench.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Dandenong North questions
Retarding basins, damp soil and older joints
Why does stormwater back up after heavy rain near the wetlands?
Greater Dandenong says the Dandenong Wetlands sit in a low lying area that floods during high rainfall events, and the park now doubles as a flood retarding basin. A drain that backs up then may be meeting high water downstream, so the plumber checks before jetting.
Is a blocked sewer mine or South East Water's?
South East Water maintains its mains and the connection to them. The branch from the house up to that connection is the owner's, and the inspection opening near the boundary is where the plumber looks first.
Is a camera worth it before a drain repair?
In damp creekside ground, usually. Joints shift in wet soil, and a camera shows whether one joint has opened or the whole run has moved, which decides between a spot repair and a lining.
