Mr. Clog Plumbing
Plumber Jamisontown
Blocked drains, overflow relief gullies, stormwater and 24/7 emergency plumbing across Jamisontown, South Penrith and Penrith.
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Your Local Jamisontown Plumber
Jamisontown carries the name of the Jamison family. Surgeon Thomas Jamison was granted 1,000 acres beside the Nepean River in 1805, and his son Sir John Jamison built his Regentville mansion nearby in the 1820s. The land then stayed rural for about 150 years; a Jamison Town post office ran from 1889 to 1931, but subdivision for housing only began in the 1960s and the suburb was gazetted in 1976. It is in the City of Penrith, on the eastern bank of the Nepean, with Mulgoa Road as its main road and the Penrith Homemaker Centre on the corner of Wolseley Street. At the 2021 census about two in three homes were separate houses, a quarter were flats or apartments and one in ten were townhouses or semis, and more than a third were rented.
This is flood country, and Penrith City Council plans for it. The Nepean River Flood Study of 2018 sets the council's design flood levels for the river, and the Peach Tree and Lower Surveyors Creeks Flood Study of 2019 covers a 12 square kilometre catchment taking in Jamisontown, South Penrith and part of Penrith, draining north from the M4 towards the city centre; the council is now preparing a floodplain risk management plan for it. Development is planned to the 1 in 100 year flood plus freeboard, and properties below the flood planning level carry a flood notation on their planning certificate. Tench Reserve, on the river, has a boat ramp, playgrounds and a long river walk. For plumbing, the questions are mostly about getting water away: stormwater that cannot drain while the creeks are running high, and sewer lines from the first subdivisions that are now around sixty years old.
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Services in Jamisontown
- Blocked Drains
- Overflow Relief Gully
- Stormwater Drainage
- CCTV Drain Inspection
- Hot Water Systems
- Emergency Plumbing
Common Plumbing Problems in Jamisontown
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 Jamisontown.
An overflow relief gully at the right height
Every house connected to the sewer needs an overflow relief gully outside, set low enough that if the sewer surcharges it spills in the yard rather than through a shower or floor waste inside. On low lots, or where paving and garden beds have been built up around it over the years, the gully can end up too high or buried. Where the minimum height can't be met, NSW rules call for a reflux valve. We check both.
Sewer lines from the first subdivisions
Houses from Jamisontown's 1960s and 70s subdivisions are now fifty to sixty years old, and many still drain through their original clay sewer. Joints open as the ground moves and roots follow the moisture in. In neighbouring Penrith we have cleared and replaced root-blocked clay sewer of the same age; a camera inspection shows whether a clean will last or a section needs replacing or relining.
Stormwater in the Peach Tree Creek catchment
When Peach Tree Creek and the street drainage are running full, roof and yard water has nowhere to go and pools against the house. Clear pits and grates, properly connected downpipes and a stormwater line without cracks or roots mean your block drains as soon as the system has room.
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Common Questions
FAQs
Is my Jamisontown property flood affected?
Your section 10.7 planning certificate carries a flood notation if the property is below Penrith City Council's flood planning level, and the council publishes its flood studies for the Nepean River and for Peach Tree and Lower Surveyors Creeks. We can then look at your drainage and where to put equipment such as a new hot water unit.
What is an overflow relief gully and do I have one?
It is the grated fitting outside, usually near the bathroom or laundry, that lets sewage overflow in the yard instead of inside the house if the sewer blocks. Every house on the sewer should have one, below the level of the lowest fixture inside. If you can't find yours, or it is covered or set too high, we can check it and fix it.
Do you work in Penrith and the suburbs around it?
Yes. We work in Penrith regularly, and we cover Jamisontown, South Penrith, Glenmore Park, Regentville, Leonay and Emu Plains.
Our drain clears, then blocks again a few months later. Why?
In a house from the 1960s or 70s it is usually roots getting into a joint in the clay sewer. Clearing works for a while; repairing or relining the damaged section is what stops it coming back, and a camera shows which you need.
Do you do emergency plumbing in Jamisontown after hours?
Yes. Our phones are answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 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 backing up or the only toilet blocked. There is a $0 call-out fee.
How much will it cost?
It depends on the job. You get a fixed price quoted before we start, and there is a $0 call-out fee.
What Sydney Customers Say
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