Kurunjang
Blocked, burst or leaking in Kurunjang?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Kurunjang, from the old college campus to the creek park, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Kurunjang
Project homes beside a creek park
Small pockets of housing were laid out here in the early 1980s, just north of Melton, according to Victorian Places. Drains from then are likely earthenware or early plastic, so old joints and roots are the first things checked when a line keeps blocking.
The Victorian Heritage Database describes the former Mowbray College campus as surrounded by a suburb dominated by A V Jennings houses. One project builder means the drain layout tends to repeat lot to lot, so a run traced in one yard is a good guide to the yard next door.
Little Blind Creek runs through the suburb in a long linear park with a cycle path. Homes beside it sit near the natural low line, where drains and gully pits back up first in heavy rain.
Jobs in Kurunjang
Repeated layouts and creek side pits
Blocked drains
Root entry at old joints in the first streets laid out north of Melton.
CCTV drain inspection
Drain runs traced on repeated project home layouts.
Gutters and downpipes
Pits and downpipes on lots along the creek park.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Kurunjang questions
The rebuilt culvert, the campus and stand alone homes
Why does my drain surcharge near the creek crossing?
Melton City Council rebuilt that crossing with an upgrade of existing culvert and a new bridge, which shows how much storm flow passes there. Whether water is arriving from the creek corridor or the street is worked out before the property drain is blamed.
Can old pipes on the heritage campus be taken off?
Redundant ones, yes. The former campus is on the Victorian Heritage Register, and its permit exemptions cover removing extraneous pipework if the fabric is made good; new or altered runs outside those exemptions need Heritage Victoria's approval first.
Is a Kurunjang drain usually shared?
Hardly ever. The Census counted only 10 flats or apartments in the suburb, so a blockage is almost always one property's responsibility up to its boundary connection.
