Frankston
Blocked, burst or leaking in Frankston?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Frankston, from the dunes to the hills, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Frankston
Springs, dunes and postwar houses
At the 2021 Census 73.4 percent of Frankston's occupied private dwellings are separate houses, so one private drain usually runs from the house to the street. Much of that housing came from a postwar burst of cheap housing, built through shortages of materials on makeshift roads.
Water shaped the town. Its village site was chosen for its springs and natural drainage from Mount Eliza, and council has laid a large stormwater pipe under the Esplanade between High Street and Williams Street to lift drain capacity around the centre. Land that floods sits under a special building overlay or an inundation overlay.
Between Kananook Creek and the beach, the dune known as Long Island carries interwar holiday homes on loose coastal sand.
Jobs in Frankston
Postwar drains and coastal sand
Blocked drains
Drains from the postwar burst of cheap housing, cleared and checked with a camera.
Leak detection
Leaks in the sand of Long Island and the foreshore found before anything is opened up.
Roof leaks
Storm leaks near the bay traced and made good.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Frankston questions
Sewer, permits and the creek
Is my property on the sewer?
Most of Frankston is. Council will not permit a septic tank system where South East Water sewer is available, and parts of Langwarrin, Frankston South and Skye still have none, so the sewer status is confirmed with South East Water first.
Does digging on my block need a council permit?
Works in Frankston City that involve heavy machinery or digging need a council asset protection permit as well as any building permit, before work starts.
Do heritage rules affect pipework in the old town centre?
They can. Frankston's heritage overlay lists the Davey Street Precinct, so changing visible pipework or downpipes there is checked with council before work starts.
