Deepdene
Blocked, burst or leaking in Deepdene?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Deepdene, from the Glencoe and St Ronans estates to the Roystead land, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Deepdene
Estates that waited for the twenties
Two Deepdene estates were laid out in the land boom but not built on until the 1920s, held back by the depression of the nineties. Houses of that decade are likely to have earthenware drains with cement joints, so a blocked line there is usually filmed for root entry and shifted joints before any price is given.
The Roystead land was among the last to be divided, with several areas cut up after World War I and given wartime names. Glazed earthenware sewers and stormwater lines of that period may fail at the joints, and a camera also shows where the runs and junctions go.
Jobs in Deepdene
Glazed earthenware and street tree roots
Blocked drains
Roots from nature strip trees in earthenware laid on old estate lines.
Pipe relining
A lining under heritage nature strips where digging is a last resort.
CCTV drain inspection
Mapping runs and junctions in drains from the years after the first war.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Deepdene questions
Liquidambars, bluestone kerbs and precinct streets
Why do liquidambar roots matter to my drain?
One heritage precinct's nature strips are planted with liquidambar, and established trees like those are a likely source of roots in old drains near the kerb. As the trees belong to the heritage streetscape, a camera and a lining or spot repair are favoured over digging up.
Can a new stormwater outlet go through the kerb?
Not without asking first in that precinct. Its listed streetscape materials include bluestone kerbs and channels, so council heritage planning is checked before any kerb or channel is cut, and that answer takes time.
Is relining suited to an old earthenware line?
Where the pipe still holds its shape, usually. A lining seals the joints roots get through, without opening the nature strip or the garden.
