Wantirna
Blocked, burst or leaking in Wantirna?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Wantirna, from the Dandenong Creek to the old drive-in site, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Wantirna
Orchards turned brick veneer streets
eMelbourne records that in the seventies brick veneer houses in curved streets replaced the remaining orchards. Houses of that era often sit on early PVC or late earthenware sewers with copper water pipe, and old orchard ground can hold roots and fill, so a camera goes down before relining is quoted.
Victorian Places says the rapid urbanisation of Wantirna occurred after the formation of the Knox Shire, when council borrowed for roads and facilities. Drains along one street tend to share an age and material, so a failure at one house is a fair guide to what lies next door.
The suburb is bounded on the north and west by the Dandenong Creek. Homes on the low ground send stormwater towards it, and after heavy rain those outlets can back up while the creek is high, so the council discharge point is checked before a blockage is declared.
Jobs in Wantirna
Orchard roots and creek edge outlets
Blocked drains
Root entry at joints in seventies sewers on old orchard ground.
Pipe relining
A liner for joints that roots keep finding, once a camera has checked the line.
Gutters and downpipes
Outlets on low ground near the creek, checked against the council discharge point.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Wantirna questions
Yarra Valley Water and a listed drive-in
Is Wantirna on Yarra Valley Water or South East Water?
Yarra Valley Water. When a boil water advisory ended, Yarra Valley Water lifted the advisory for its customers in Wantirna, while South East Water cleared Knoxfield and Boronia. Main side work or a new sewer connection is booked with Yarra Valley Water.
Does plumbing at the old Hoyts site need a heritage check?
It should start with one. The National Trust lists the former Hoyts drive-in, now a market, whose diner is a distinctive low square brown brick structure with the projection room on top. Knox heritage controls are checked before drains or pipes there change, and services from the late sixties are likely underneath.
What does relining involve on an old orchard lot?
Roots are cut back, the pipe is cleaned and a resin liner is cured inside it, sealing the joints the roots came through. Where a pipe has sunk in soft fill, that section is usually dug up and relaid instead.
