Huntingdale
Blocked, burst or leaking in Huntingdale?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Huntingdale, from the station precinct to the older back yards, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Huntingdale
Unmade roads, pans and a late sewer
When the area passed to Oakleigh after the war it was unsewered with unmade roads, and in the early fifties the night soil could not be collected, so residents had to bury it in their back yards. Older houses were likely connected to the sewer later, so the house drain is probably a run added after the house was built.
Monash's heritage history says that in the seventies and eighties medium density development was particularly evident here. Unit blocks of that age often share one sewer branch under the driveway, so one blockage can stop several homes and the owners corporation approves the work.
Victorian Places notes a considerable amount of light industry in the vicinity of the railway line and station. A job on a workshop or factory lot may involve a trade waste pit or a larger commercial drain, so the property type is confirmed before the scope is priced.
Jobs in Huntingdale
Retrofit sewers and unit branches
Blocked drains
Shared sewer branches under unit driveways from the seventies and eighties.
Commercial plumbing
Trade waste pits and larger drains on workshop lots near the station.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to trace a sewer added to an older house before the yard is opened.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Huntingdale questions
Street tree renewal, the precinct plan and new connections
Will the young nature strip trees affect the drains?
Over time they may. Under its Street Tree Strategy, Monash is renewing the trees along part of the suburb, removing a few and planting new trees in vacant locations, which puts young roots near the front sewer and stormwater connections, so root entry at old joints becomes more likely in the next few years.
What will the precinct plan change for plumbing?
The Huntingdale Precinct Plan sets council's long term vision for the centre and the industrial and residential land around it. As apartments and townhouses replace single houses or factories, new sewer and stormwater connections follow, and older shared branches carry more load.
Can digging in an older back yard turn up surprises?
In the older streets it can. Ground disturbed in the pan era may sit along the drain route, so the plumber traces the line with a camera first and digs only where needed.
