Hallam
Blocked, burst or leaking in Hallam?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Hallam, from the factories in the south-west to the Eumemmerring Creek, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Hallam
Older north-west streets, eighties estates and a factory corner
Victorian Places records that Hallam's housing began in the north-west, and by the end of the eighties housing subdivisions were in the north-east and south-east of Hallam. The north-west holds the older drains, more likely earthenware, while the eastern estates are more likely early PVC, and a camera settles which before relining is quoted.
By then the south-west part was home to industry, and a call from that corner is as likely to be a warehouse as a house. Those jobs bring larger drains, grease and trade waste pits, and the conditions the water corporation sets on trade waste.
Jobs in Hallam
Houses, factories and the creek slope
Blocked drains
Earthenware in the north-west streets and early PVC in the eastern estates.
Commercial plumbing
Warehouse and factory drains where the south-west part was home to industry.
Gutters and downpipes
Overflowing downpipes and pits on the slope down to the creek.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Hallam questions
Creek edge flooding, factory pits and old clay
Why does stormwater back up on the northern edge in a storm?
Those houses sit on the slope down to the Eumemmerring Creek, the suburb's northern boundary. The creek has a linear park with bike trails, and the council outfall towards it can run full in heavy rain, so that is ruled out before the property drain is blamed.
Is an older north-west drain worth relining?
Sometimes. Earthenware with roots at several joints can be lined, but a collapsed length is dug out and replaced, and only footage of the whole run shows which.
Is a factory drain treated differently from a house drain?
Often. Grease arrestors, sampling pits and wider pipes need different gear, and the site's discharge is covered by its own agreement with the water corporation, so the plumber asks what the business does before attending.
