Plumbing in Coburg
Coburg is mostly interwar and post-war housing: solid brick homes, Californian bungalows and 1950s-60s builds on generous blocks, with newer townhouse infill increasingly filling the backyards.
That housing age puts Coburg at a specific point in the plumbing lifecycle. Original clay sewer lines are old enough to have failing joints, and the mature gardens on these blocks supply the roots. Meanwhile, the copper and galvanised supply pipework of the era is at the age where pinhole leaks and pressure loss start appearing. Hot water systems in these homes are frequently on their second or third replacement, and many are the older, less efficient storage units that make sense to upgrade rather than repair again.
The townhouse subdivisions bring a different job: connecting new dwellings into existing street drainage, and sorting out shared drainage arrangements between the new and original houses.
- Sewer line repairs and root management
- Hot water system upgrades in post-war homes
- Drainage for backyard townhouse subdivisions
