Plumpton
Blocked, burst or leaking in Plumpton?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Plumpton, from the estate beside Caroline Springs to Kororoit Creek, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Plumpton
Bluestone country, a cypress wall and a new estate edge
Victorian Places notes there is a housing estate on Plumpton’s eastern edge, next to Caroline Springs, while the rest is rural land between Diggers Rest and Rockbank. Estate drains are likely PVC, where silt, debris or a root at a joint is the usual blockage.
A long stone walled dam here was built in answer to low rainfall and the shallow bedrock of the area, according to the Victorian Heritage Database. A new sewer, stormwater or water service trench may meet basalt near the surface, so rock breaking or a shallower route goes into the quote.
The same database notes the cypress planation along most of the wall on the old road frontage, trees it calls a threat to the stonework. Mature cypress roots are a likely cause of joint blockages on nearby properties, so a camera goes in before any dig.
Jobs in Plumpton
Rock, roots and rural services
Blocked drains
Root entry near the old cypress frontage, and silt in newer estate lines.
CCTV drain inspection
A look inside the pipe before a trench meets the shallow bedrock of the area.
Leak detection
A hidden leak traced before anyone breaks rock to reach it.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Plumpton questions
Dry stone walls, creek floods and onsite systems
Is a rural Plumpton house on the sewer?
Not always. The Census QuickStats line for Plumpton reads all private dwellings 29, many of them rural properties, so before a blocked drain is priced the first question is sewer or onsite wastewater system, and mains or tank water.
Does the heritage wall affect a new service trench?
It can. The old road wall is one of the largest and more intact remnants of a clarke boundary wall in the shire, under a heritage overlay, so a water, sewer or stormwater connection that crosses it or digs beside it is likely to need a planning permit first.
Why does stormwater back up on low ground near Kororoit Creek?
The creek has a record of big floods: the bluestone bridge over it gained its girder section after the 1870 flood had washed away the bridge's embankments. Low land near it can take overland flow, so where the property drain discharges is checked first.
