Frankston North
Blocked, burst or leaking in Frankston North?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Frankston North, from the golf courses to the Pines reserve, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Frankston North
A Housing Commission estate on burnt pine country
After a bushfire in the mid fifties, the State Housing Commission took over burnt land here for the Frankston Forest housing estate, with schools opening from the early sixties. Commission homes of that kind are likely to keep their original vitrified clay sewers and galvanised water pipe, so cracked joints, roots and rusted lines are the first suspects.
Before the estate, the country beyond the golf courses was open land dotted with Monterey pine trees, and part of it was saved as the Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve. Big pines send roots a long way toward sewer joints, so a blockage that keeps coming back is a case for a camera before relining or replacement is priced.
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Original clay and long pine roots
Blocked drains
Root entry in the original clay sewers of the Frankston Forest housing estate.
Pipe relining
A lining for a clay run that pine roots keep finding.
Burst pipes
Galvanised water services from the Commission years, rusting through.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Frankston North questions
Court access, recycled water mains and single branches
Can a jetter truck reach houses in the courts?
Usually, with planning. The Commission laid the estate out in neighbourhood units with limited access roads for traffic safety, which can slow a truck or digger getting to the job, so the route in is worked out first.
Is there a recycled water pipe under the nature strip?
There may be. South East Water's recycled water scheme runs a new pipeline through the suburb to sports grounds and a golf course, so pipes are located before a nature strip near the reserves is dug, and recycled water is never cross connected to the drinking supply.
Does a freestanding house share its sewer?
Rarely. Nearly all houses here stand on their own, and each usually has its own sewer branch to the main, so a blockage is normally the owner's alone to deal with.
