Grated strip drains to stop a new outdoor area flooding
The problem
A new outdoor area was flooding.
What we did
We installed new grated strip drains along the new outdoor area to stop it flooding.
Mr. Clog Plumbing
Plumber Haberfield
Pipe relining, blocked drains, heritage roof plumbing and stormwater across Haberfield, Five Dock, Ashfield and Summer Hill. Phones answered 24/7.
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Your Local Haberfield Plumber
Haberfield was built from 1901 as a planned garden suburb, marketed as 'slumless, laneless and publess'. It has around 1,500 detached double-brick Federation and bungalow houses on long, narrow lots, with slate or Marseilles tile roofs and leadlight windows. The whole suburb is a heritage conservation area under Inner West Council. Mr. Clog is based a few minutes away in Concord.
No back lanes is part of what makes Haberfield what it is, and it also shapes every plumbing job here. Access to the rear of the property is down the side of the house, so drainage work is planned around the side path, the garden and the heritage fabric of the house. The houses are all roughly the same age, which means their plumbing tends to wear out in the same ways: original clay sewer lines, galvanised water services and roof drainage on slate and terracotta roofs. The suburb is bordered by Iron Cove, Hawthorne Canal and Iron Cove Creek (the Dobroyd Canal), and sits in both canal catchments, which Inner West Council covers in its Dobroyd Canal and Hawthorne Canal flood study. The developer, Richard Stanton, laid out an integrated drainage and sewerage system along the back of the lots, and the sewers drained to the Dobroyd branch of the Southern and Western Suburbs Ocean Outfall Sewer, built to serve the new suburbs here around 1900. The ground is Ashfield Shale clay over most of the suburb, with sandstone close to the water.
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Services in Haberfield
- Pipe Relining
- Blocked Drains
- CCTV Drain Inspection
- Roof Plumbing
- Stormwater Drainage
- Hot Water Systems
- Bathroom Renovations
Common Plumbing Problems in Haberfield
Every part of Sydney has its own plumbing character, shaped by the age of the housing, the ground it sits on, and the weather it takes. Here is what we are called out for most often around Haberfield.
No rear lane for access
Haberfield was designed without back lanes, so everything reaches the back yard down the side of the house. Relining through an existing access point is often the practical choice over excavating a long sewer run that way.
Century-old sewer on long lots
Lots here are about 150 feet deep, so drainage runs are long, passing under garden beds and paths. A run that long in original earthenware has many joints for roots to find.
Gutters and downpipes on heritage roofs
Slate and Marseilles tile roofs need care to work on, and their box gutters and downpipes are often original. A blocked or corroded outlet sends water into the ceiling or down the wall rather than into the stormwater.
Sewers along the back boundary
Because Stanton ran the drainage along the rear of the lots, a Haberfield sewer often heads to the back of the block rather than the street, and neighbouring houses may connect close together there. A blockage near the back fence can affect more than one home, and a camera inspection shows exactly which side of the junction it is on before anyone pays for it.
Brush box roots and shale clay
The brush box street trees planted with the estate, and a century of garden trees since, send roots towards any joint that leaks. The shale clay they grow in shrinks and swells with the seasons, which opens those joints a little further each year. Together they explain most of the recurring blockages here.
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Common Questions
FAQs
Does heritage protection limit plumbing work in Haberfield?
Routine repairs are not usually affected, but anything that changes the look of the house or its setting may need approval. We tell you before we start if something needs council sign-off.
How do you get equipment in without a back lane?
Down the side path, with protection for paths and garden. Relining is often chosen because it needs little room to work.
Why does our Haberfield sewer keep blocking?
Most often roots from street and garden trees getting into the joints of the original clay pipe, helped by the clay soil moving. Clearing the roots works for a while; relining the damaged section seals the joints so they cannot get back in. A camera inspection shows which you need.
Do you do emergency plumbing in Haberfield after hours?
Yes. Our phones are answered 24 hours a day, including weekends and public holidays, and we send a licensed plumber out after hours for problems that can't safely wait, such as a burst pipe, sewage coming up in the yard or water coming through a ceiling. You get a fixed price before any work starts.
Can you work on slate and terracotta tile roofs?
Yes. We repair and replace gutters, box gutters and downpipes on Haberfield's slate and Marseilles tile roofs, taking care not to crack the roofing, and we match the heritage look where it matters.
Are you local?
Yes. Mr. Clog is based in Concord, a few minutes away, and we cover Haberfield, Five Dock, Ashfield, Summer Hill, Leichhardt and Lilyfield.
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