Plumbing in Richmond
Richmond packs several eras onto the same streets: Victorian workers' cottages, converted warehouses and factories, and new infill townhouses squeezed onto former industrial land. That mix means the right diagnosis in Richmond depends heavily on which of those three you're standing in.
The cottages bring ageing galvanised and clay pipework. The warehouse conversions are the interesting ones: plumbing was often retrofitted into buildings never designed for it, with waste runs taking long horizontal paths at minimal fall, which makes them prone to sluggish drainage and blockages that keep coming back. Low points in those runs collect grease and need proper jetting rather than a plunger.
Richmond also sits low near the Yarra, and older properties here can see stormwater and drainage backing up during heavy rain when gutters, downpipes and drains aren't clear.
- Warehouse-conversion waste and drainage faults
- Recurring blockages cleared by high-pressure jetting
- Stormwater and downpipe capacity before storm season
