Stormwater Drains Doveton

Roof water is not the sewer

Stormwater takes rain from gutters, downpipes and yard drains away from the house. When it backs up, water sits against the slab or creeps under a door. In this suburb the usual causes are leaves in a downpipe shoe, a pit full of silt, a crushed agricultural pipe, or a run that was never large enough for a paved yard.

How we work

We lift shoes and grates, rod or jet the line, and find whether the blockage is in the pipe or at the legal point of discharge. If a section has collapsed, we quote a replacement. We do not connect stormwater into the sewer; that is illegal and it will come back as a sewage problem.

Around older houses

Cream brick veneers with original steel gutters and short downpipes need the shoe and the first length of pipe kept clear, especially under trees. We can also look at the gutters themselves if that is where the water is overflowing.

Pits, agriline and paved yards

A small pit full of silt, a crushed ag pipe under a path, or a yard that has been paved without an extra drain are the usual stormwater calls on this estate. We clear what can be cleared and quote a new length where the pipe has failed. If the yard now needs another drain because the paving changed the falls, we will say so and quote that as its own job.

Downpipes that have come away

A downpipe that has split or come off the shoe dumps a whole roof's water against the wall in a storm. We reattach or replace the pipe, clear the shoe and check the first length of drain. If the gutter outlet itself has rusted, that is quoted as well so the fix is complete.

After a clear or a repair

You should see the pits empty, the downpipes seated and the water moving away from the house in the next rain. If we have quoted a replacement section, that is a separate fixed price and you can plan it. Ring 03 8658 7107 if the next storm still leaves water against the slab.

Yards that have changed since the 1960s

Many Doveton yards have been paved, had a carport added, or had a garden built over an old ag line. The original stormwater was not always sized for that. We look at the gutters, the shoes, the pits and the discharge, and we quote the part that has failed, plus any extra drain the new surface really needs, as a fixed price. We will not quietly connect the extra water to the sewer. Ring 03 8658 7107 after a storm if water is still sitting against the house.

Booking

Call 03 8658 7107 after a storm if water is still against the house, or if a downpipe has come away, and we will quote a clear or a repair as a fixed price.

Doveton pipes at a glance

Doveton was laid out in the mid-1950s as a Housing Commission estate, so a lot of original houses still have earthenware sewer, galvanised or early copper water pipe, and a gas storage unit outside the laundry. Later copper runs and PVC drains turn up after renovations and on newer units. We use cameras, locators, pressure tests and leak detection so we can see the pipework before anyone cuts a wall or opens a trench.

From your call to the finished job