Stormwater on Sloping Blocks in Endeavour Hills

Water runs downhill, always

On a flat block, a single pit and a couple of downpipes can be enough. On a sloping Endeavour Hills frontage, roof water, driveway runoff and seepage all head for the low corner. If that corner has a small original pit, a drowned gully or a fence line with no legal discharge, the water will show up in a garage, along a sleeper wall or in the downhill neighbour's yard after a heavy cell of rain.

Walk the block in the next storm if you can do it safely. Note where water leaves the gutters, whether the downpipes are still attached, which pits surcharge, and where the lawn stays wet the next day. Those notes, and a photo, save a lot of guessing when a plumber arrives.

Pits, downpipes and legal discharge

Every downpipe should reach a drain that goes to a legal point of discharge, not to a buried hole in the garden or over a back fence. Pits collect that water and give you a place to clear silt and leaves. A steep drive often needs a grate or an extra pit near the garage door, because the original 1970s design may not have allowed for a fully paved surface.

We look at the whole path of water — gutters, downpipes, underground runs, pits and the outlet — and quote a fixed price for the work that will actually help. We will not tip your roof water onto a neighbour.

When to call

Call 03 8658 7175 if water is heading for the house, if a pit is overflowing against a wall, or if a rear yard is soggy long after the rain has stopped. A one-off clear may be enough; sometimes a new run or an ag drain behind a wall is the lasting fix. You will hear the difference, and the price, before work starts.

This is a general guide, not a design for your block. A licensed plumber should see the fall of the land before anyone opens a trench.

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.

Related services

• Emergency plumbing
• Blocked drains
• Hot water
• Gas fitting
• Hot water replacement
• Heat pumps
• Leaking taps
• Burst pipes
• Toilets
• Leak detection
• Pipe relining
• Stormwater
• Roof and gutters
• Bathrooms
• Commercial plumbing
• Backflow and maintenance

More guides

• Stormwater on sloping blocks
• Retaining walls and ag drains
• Ageing hot water in 1970s homes
• Tree roots in hillside sewers
• Choosing a plumber
• No hot water checklist
• Burst pipe, first minutes
• Leaking tap, when to call
• Gas heater safety
• Finding your meter on a slope
• Water pressure on the hills
• Hot water for split-level homes