Burst Pipe Repairs Trafalgar

The wet patch is not always the burst

On a long rural service, water from a split pipe can show up many metres away in a paddock lawn or against a fence. We shut the water off, locate the line, and open a short excavation where the pipe actually failed. Acoustic detection and a look at the meter help us do that without tearing up the whole drive.

We repair the section or quote a new run if the pipe is finished, as a fixed price, before the main excavation starts.

Short excavations on a rural run

A neat, short excavation along the service is safer and cleaner than a round hole in the wettest patch of paddock. We keep spoil off the drive, and we restore the surface as far as a plumbing visit reasonably can. If a longer new run is the honest fix, you will hear that and the price before we open more ground.

Town blocks and long rural runs

A burst under a short town lawn is a different job to a burst on a hundred-metre rural service, but the method is the same: isolate, locate, open a short excavation at the fault, and quote the repair or a new run as a fixed price before the main digging starts. If the burst is on the authority side of the meter, we will tell you and help you get the right people involved. Call 03 8658 7379 after you have shut the water off if you can.

After the repair

We test the repaired or new section with you, backfill as far as a plumbing visit reasonably can, and certificate regulated work. If a landscaper or a concreter is needed after a larger run under a drive, we will tell you that as part of the quote, not after the ground is already open. Keep the meter lid findable so the next isolation is easier. Ring 03 8658 7379.

Materials and a new run

Copper that has thinned, a poorly supported poly join, or a line crushed at a crossing are the usual findings. We repair the section or quote a new run if the pipe is finished, as a fixed price, before the main excavation starts. On a long rural service a new run can be the cleaner spend; we will say why, and what it means for the drive and the paddock, before anyone opens more ground. Call 03 8658 7379 after you have shut the water off if you can.

Photos and insurers

Ask for photos and a short report while we are on site if insurance may be involved. We will document the burst, the isolation and the repair. Ring 03 8658 7379 after you have shut the water off if you can.

Trafalgar pipes at a glance

Trafalgar sits on the Princes Highway in Baw Baw Shire, postcode 3824, between Yarragon and Moe, with farmland, weatherboard houses and larger rural blocks spreading toward Thorpdale, Willow Grove, Narracan and Trafalgar East. Many homes here run a rainwater tank as well as, or instead of, a town supply, and a good number still have a septic system rather than a sewer. Water services can be long runs down a gravel drive, and earthenware or PVC drains pick up roots from paddock and roadside trees.

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 in a paddock lawn.

From your call to the finished job