Yallambie
Blocked, burst or leaking in Yallambie?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Yallambie, from the Streeton Views streets to the Plenty River flats, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Yallambie
Homestead trees and seventies sewers
Apart from one estate, Yallambie's houses were developed in the 1970s and early 1980s, a good distance from any station. Homes of that period are likely to have vitrified clay sewers with older style joints, which roots get into, so a recurring blockage calls for a camera and perhaps a lining.
Old ornamental trees from the Plenty Station estate, English oak and Hoop pine among them, grow in the parklands and also in adjoining properties created during subdivision. A large oak or pine in a neighbour's yard is a likely source of roots at a drain joint.
The remnant orchard of the old Yallambie property is on the floodplain, along with a dam and an old fence line. The lowest streets nearby can hold water after heavy rain, so wet ground and water in a trench are allowed for on drain work there.
Jobs in Yallambie
Oak roots, clay joints and wet trenches
CCTV drain inspection
A camera to find where oak or pine roots have entered a joint before digging or relining is priced.
Pipe relining
A lining for a seventies clay sewer that avoids a trench in waterlogged low ground.
Blocked drains
Sewer and stormwater blockages in the former barracks estate and the older streets alike.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Yallambie questions
Barracks land, neighbouring oaks and the sewer main
Is the plumbing different on the Streeton Views side?
Likely. Land on the southern edge of the army barracks was sold for the residential Streeton Views estate, so its drainage is newer than the streets around it. The plumber confirms which era a property connects to before quoting a repair.
Can roots from a neighbour's tree block my drain?
Yes. Several back yards here hold big oaks and pines from the old homestead plantings, and their roots travel toward a leaking joint whichever side of the fence it is on. A camera down the drain shows where they got in before a repair is priced.
Who maintains the sewer main beyond my boundary?
Yarra Valley Water is responsible for its own sewer pipes. The owner's part runs from the house to the point where the private line joins them, and that is the section a plumber clears.
