Wheelers Hill
Blocked, burst or leaking in Wheelers Hill?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Wheelers Hill, from Brandon Park to Jells Park, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Wheelers Hill
Kept gums, bush gardens and an eastward spread
Victorian Places says the suburb's growth came in the late sixties, spreading east from the Brandon Park shopping centre. The western streets are the older end and the eastern ones newer, so pipe age and type change moving away from the centre.
In parts of the suburb, bigger blocks and a preference for native planting left houses almost hidden in their gardens. Mature natives near a house put roots against drain joints, so a slow drain calls for a camera first, and relining suits a line roots have entered.
The Wheelers Ridge estate was sold on its trees, with care taken to preserve the existing gums and hundreds more natives planted. Roots that old sit beside the sewer and stormwater runs, and intrusion at the joints is the usual finding.
Jobs in Wheelers Hill
Native roots and creek levels
Blocked drains
Root intrusion at joints from established gums and native gardens.
Pipe relining
A lining where roots have entered but the tree stays.
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to confirm root entry and pipe type, which shifts from the older western streets to the newer east.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Wheelers Hill questions
Creek flats, renewed pits and Jells Park
Are homes near Dandenong Creek more likely to flood?
The low ground is. A heritage record for Jells Park notes early farmers moved to higher ground, away from the creek and from low lying areas that may be subject to flooding. Stormwater drains and pit levels near the creek are planned with that in mind.
Has council renewed any stormwater drains here?
Yes, in a cluster of courts. Monash completed a local drainage improvement there, laying new pipes, pits and connections, so a blocked pit or stormwater connection in those courts starts with the council's recent work rather than an old main.
Can a trench be dug anywhere in Jells Park?
Not without checking. A handmade brick cistern in the Pines picnic area is recorded on the Victorian Heritage Inventory and lies buried there, so a dig in that ground is cleared with Heritage Victoria first.
