Stormwater and Drainage Endeavour Hills

Water always finds the low point

Roof water, driveway runoff and seepage behind a sleeper wall all head downhill on these blocks. A pit at the bottom of a steep drive, a drowned gully, a wet stripe along a terrace or a soggy lawn below a wall are the usual calls. We look at the gutters, the downpipes, the underground drains and the wall drains together, because fixing only the visible pit often leaves the real path of water untouched.

Agricultural drains and retaining walls

Timber sleeper and concrete walls need a way for groundwater to get out, usually an ag drain and a free-draining backfill that leads to a legal point of discharge. When that drain silts up or was never installed, the wall weeps and the soil at the base stays soft. We can jet or relay an ag line, and we will tell you if the wall itself needs an engineer — that is not a plumbing guess.

Pits, rain and legal discharge

We clear and repair pits, relay collapsed stormwater, and add extra pits or a new run where the original 1970s design cannot keep up with a fully paved drive. Discharge has to go to a legal point, not over the downhill neighbour's fence. We quote that work as a fixed price after we have seen the fall of the land.

Drives, pits and downhill neighbours

A fully paved or steeply falling drive can overwhelm a single small pit from the original build. Extra pits, a larger run or a grated drain at a garage door are common upgrades, always discharging to a legal point. We will not tip your roof water over the downhill fence. After rain is the best time to see the system under load, so a photo from the last storm is useful when you book.

After the next big rain

If you can do it safely, photograph the pits, the garage door and the low corner during the next heavy fall. Those pictures are often more useful than a dry-weather visit. We use them, plus a look at gutters, downpipes and outlets, to quote pits, new runs or ag drains that discharge to a legal point. Call 03 8658 7175 if water is already heading for the house and we will treat it as urgent.

Endeavour Hills pipes at a glance

Endeavour Hills was built through the 1970s and 1980s on rising ground between Dandenong and the Lysterfield hills, postcode 3802, in the City of Casey. A lot of the original brick veneer is still on the block it was built on, often with a steep drive, a sleeper or concrete retaining wall and a stormwater pit at the low corner. Water services may be copper, with patches of later poly, and many sewers are still earthenware with tree roots from street and backyard plantings. Hot water is often a gas storage unit squeezed onto a narrow side path, which is why a replacement sometimes has to come down the front steps.

We use cameras, locators, pressure tests and acoustic leak detection so we can see the pipework before anyone cuts a wall or opens a trench on a slope.

From your call to the finished job