Ferntree Gully
Blocked, burst or leaking in Ferntree Gully?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Ferntree Gully, from the old shire hall to Ambleside Park, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Ferntree Gully
Fibro cottages and shacks made permanent
After the First World War, Victorian Places says, cheap land and fibro houses with wood stoves let people on low incomes make a living here. Surviving fibro cottages may still have galvanised water pipe and earthenware drains, and the sheeting itself may contain asbestos, so safe handling is planned before a wall or eave is cut for new pipe.
Between the wars, eMelbourne records, farms around Fern Tree Gully were cut up and bought by city people who built shacks and holiday homes. Houses that grew out of those shacks often had drains and water added piece by piece, so odd falls and unrecorded junctions turn up, and a camera finds them before any price.
Jobs in Ferntree Gully
Patched lines and fibro walls
Blocked drains
Patched lines with odd falls in houses that grew from holiday shacks.
Burst pipes
Old galvanised water pipe in fibro cottages, with care where sheeting is cut.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to map junctions nobody recorded before a repair is priced.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Ferntree Gully questions
South East Water and two Knox heritage buildings
Who runs the water and sewer mains in Ferntree Gully?
South East Water, which has been working at its chlorination site in the suburb, replacing older units with modern devices. A burst on the corporation's side of the meter or a sewer main blockage goes to it, and the plumber's work stops at the property side.
Does drain work at Ambleside Park need council approval?
Yes. The homestead is one of three Knox owns, a former farmhouse in the Italianate style of multi-chrome Hawthorn brick set among old garden trees, so drain work needs council sign off and roots may already be in the pipes. A camera goes in before any digging.
Can the old shire hall's roof plumbing be changed freely?
No. The National Trust classified the hall, where the original Victorian entrance gave way to a modern-style brick vestibule, so Knox heritage controls are checked before roof plumbing or external pipes change. Old and newer services are likely joined together inside.
