Templestowe Lower
Blocked, burst or leaking in Templestowe Lower?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Templestowe Lower, from the cypress gardens to the meeting of the Plenty and the Yarra, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Templestowe Lower
A motor car suburb and a cypress windrow
Being far from public transport kept the area rural until the sixties, and Victorian Places calls it a suburb settled in the era of the motor car. Most houses date from the late sixties onward, so sewers are likely to be earthenware or early PVC with copper supply, and roots at the old joints are a common cause of a blockage.
A council heritage study recorded a windrow of cypress along one main road, probably Monterey cypress, standing in private front gardens and in places clipped into a hedge. Mature cypress roots are likely to reach sewer and stormwater lines there, so a repeat blockage is filmed before it is cleared again, and relining may beat digging near the trunks.
Jobs in Templestowe Lower
Cypress roots and sixties joints
Blocked drains
Repeat blockages from cypress roots in front gardens, filmed before clearing.
Pipe relining
A lining where a trench would run close to a windrow of cypress.
Burst pipes
Ageing copper supply in houses from the late sixties, repaired on the property side.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Templestowe Lower questions
The river confluence overlay and Manningham drains
Does work near the river confluence need a planning permit?
It may now. A new significant landscape overlay covers a very small section of land where the Plenty River and Birrarung (Yarra River) meet, and some buildings and works or tree removal there may require a permit. A new stormwater outlet or a trench through vegetation in that area is checked first, which adds lead time.
What are the usual drain faults in a house from the late sixties?
Root entry and shifted joints in earthenware, or early PVC joints that have pulled apart. A camera tells the two apart, which decides whether a section is lined or replaced.
Whose job is the stormwater drain beyond the front fence?
The owner's, in Manningham, up to the point where it meets the council system. Before a new connection, the council's legal point of discharge is obtained so the line ends where it should.
