Ormond
Blocked, burst or leaking in Ormond?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Ormond, from the garden suburb streets to the Ormond Precinct Environs, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Ormond
A garden suburb filled in between the wars
eMelbourne records that subdividers once marketed Ormond as a garden suburb close to the sea, although most of the houses went up between the twenties and the forties. Homes of that period were often sewered in glazed earthenware with galvanised water pipe, so roots at the joints and rusting supply lines are worth checking with a camera before a repair is priced.
Victorian Places points to a steady move toward denser housing: at one census, row houses, flats and units accounted for nearly half of its dwellings. Where several homes sit on one title the sewer branch and the stormwater line are usually common property, and one blockage can stop more than one household at once.
Jobs in Ormond
Interwar sewers and common lines
Blocked drains
Earthenware sewers from the interwar years, where roots find the joints.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera along a common unit line to find which lot the fault sits under.
Gutters and downpipes
Street-facing downpipes and gutters in the heritage precinct, checked with council first.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Ormond questions
Precinct downpipes, low ground and common drains
Does the heritage precinct change a gutter or downpipe job?
It can. Glen Eira includes the Ormond Precinct Environs in its heritage overlay, so new roof plumbing, gutters or downpipes facing the street are checked with council for a planning permit before the work is booked, and that can add weeks.
Why does the yard flood when the house drain is clear?
Glen Eira's flood preparedness page names Ormond first among its low-lying areas. In a heavy storm a full council pit can push water back up a property's stormwater line, so the legal point of discharge and any backflow are looked at before the house drain is blamed.
Who pays when a shared sewer branch blocks?
Usually everyone it serves. On a unit site the owners corporation normally approves and funds work on a common line, and the plumber confirms which lot the blockage sits under before a jetter goes in.
