Ivanhoe East
Blocked, burst or leaking in Ivanhoe East?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Ivanhoe East, from the Charteris subdivision to the Beauview cul-de-sacs, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Ivanhoe East
Charteris lots and an unfinished Beauview
The Charteris estate was sold in 1927 for housing subdivisions, following earlier sales nearby in that decade. Houses from that wave are likely to have their original earthenware sewer branches, so a repeat blockage or root problem points to a camera and, often, a lining.
Beauview Estate, an early subdivision by the Jennings company, was less than half built when war came, and its completion awaited the 1950s. A start before the war and a finish after it can mean mixed pipe materials in one street, so each house gets its own camera check rather than a guess from next door.
Jobs in Ivanhoe East
Mixed eras in one street
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to show whether this house has prewar or postwar pipe, whatever the neighbours have.
Pipe relining
A lining for a twenties earthenware branch where roots keep coming back.
Blocked drains
Rear drains on lots shaped by the estate's characteristic cul-de-sac planning, reached by hand where a truck cannot get close.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Ivanhoe East questions
Cul-de-sac access and the overlay
Why does drain work take longer on the Beauview estate?
Its characteristic cul-de-sac planning, now inside the heritage overlay, limits truck and machine access to rear drains. Jobs there allow for hand access, and visible external plumbing may need a heritage check before it changes.
Who looks after the sewer beyond my property?
Yarra Valley Water, once the private pipe has joined its sewer. From that junction back to the house the line is the owner's responsibility.
Is relining an option for a twenties clay drain?
Often. Where the pipe is still in line and has not collapsed, a lining goes in from an existing opening, and a camera decides whether the old pipe can take one.
