Nunawading
Blocked, burst or leaking in Nunawading?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Nunawading, from the old Tunstall brickfields to Yarrandoo Park, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Nunawading
Tunstall's clay and a later postwar wave
Nunawading began as the Tunstall township, named after an English pottery town, because clearing the land for firewood and farming revealed deposits of clay. Ground good for bricks is likely to shrink and swell with the seasons, so drain joints here tend to crack and separate, and a blockage that keeps coming back points to a camera and possibly a lining.
Victorian Places notes that postwar housing in Nunawading followed that in Box Hill and Blackburn, which makes most houses a little younger than their western neighbours. Expect a mix of late earthenware and early plastic sewer drains, with roots at old joints the usual cause.
Jobs in Nunawading
Shrinking clay and late postwar joints
Pipe relining
A lining for joints that keep separating in the ground where clearing revealed deposits of clay.
Blocked drains
Roots cut out of late earthenware and early plastic lines.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to find the separated joint before anything is dug.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Nunawading questions
Brickfield ground, filled creek lines and pipe mix
Why does the same drain keep blocking?
Clay that moves with wet and dry seasons opens joints a little more each year, and roots follow the gap. Cutting them buys time, while a lining stops the cause.
Is stormwater different near Yarrandoo Park?
It can be. The heritage inventory for the park records a strip through the old farm site where the watercourse was re-aligned, so the ground along that line may be filled and overland flow no longer follows the natural course. That is checked before a nearby stormwater drain is relaid.
What sewer pipe does a Nunawading house usually have?
Late earthenware or early plastic, depending on when the lot was built. A camera tells them apart and decides the repair.
