St Kilda East
Blocked, burst or leaking in St Kilda East?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in St Kilda East, from the Wimbledon Estate to the Ardoch flats, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in St Kilda East
Postwar flats and modernist flat roofs
Victorian Places says the old St Kilda council was happy to allow flats on relatively small housing blocks after the war, and they went up quickly. A building of that kind usually sends every unit into one sewer branch and one stormwater line, so a single blockage can back up several flats at once.
The Wimbledon Estate Precinct was built mostly in the sixties on old public tennis courts, and its houses are known for flat roofs and large windows. A flat roof sheds water through box gutters and hidden or internal downpipes, so blocked outlets and leaking gutters are likely, and visible roof plumbing in that overlay is cleared with Glen Eira before it changes.
Jobs in St Kilda East
Shared branches and box gutters
Blocked drains
One sewer branch serving a whole building of postwar flats.
Roof leaks
Box gutters and concealed outlets on sixties flat roofs.
Gutters and downpipes
Internal and hidden downpipes that block where the roof is flat.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
St Kilda East questions
Tudor flats, a registered complex and common lines
Can new downpipes go on the Craigellachie Flats?
Only after Glen Eira has its say on heritage. The council's citation names the entire exterior of the building, with its fence and gateways, as significant fabric, so any new or moved pipework or rainwater head needs that view first.
What applies to drain work at the old Ardoch complex?
It is on the Victorian Heritage Register as an early flat development that consolidated rather than subdivided its seven acre site. Work on a registered place needs a Heritage Victoria permit or exemption, and with several buildings on one site the drains are shared, so the managing owners body is confirmed too.
Who is called first when a shared sewer in a building of flats backs up?
The owners corporation, since the branch belongs to every unit. Once it approves, the line is cleared from the inspection opening and a camera shows whether roots or a broken joint caused it.
