Kealba
Blocked, burst or leaking in Kealba?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Kealba, from the Taylors Creek wetlands to the Maribyrnong River, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Kealba
Sixties clay and a river valley edge
Kealba's residential settlement began in the late 1960s, with the high school following soon after. Houses from then are likely to have vitrified clay sewers with cement joints, so roots and sagging runs are the usual cause of a blockage, and a camera is the sensible start.
Kealba's eastern boundary is a linear park along the Maribyrnong River, with the Brimbank park across the water. Land on that side probably falls towards the valley, so where the pits discharge and whether a low yard takes overland water are checked before a backed up drain is called a simple blockage.
Jobs in Kealba
Cement joints and valley slopes
Blocked drains
Clay joints from when residential settlement began in the late 1960s, cleared and filmed.
Pipe relining
A lining for clay joints that keep letting roots back in.
Gutters and downpipes
Downpipes and pits on the slopes above the river valley.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Kealba questions
Wetland outfalls and slow stormwater
Why does stormwater drain slowly at the creek end?
The river park includes a wetlands area where Taylors Creek joins the river, and wetland edges hold water after heavy rain. A drain near there may be slow because the water it empties into is high, so the outfall level is checked before the pipe is called blocked.
Is root cutting enough on a sixties clay drain?
For a while. Roots grow back through the same joints, so once the footage shows how many are affected, lining those joints or the run is compared with clearing them every year.
What does an inspection show on an older line?
Cracks, offsets, roots and any section that has dropped, with the distance to each, so the repair is priced on what is actually there.
