Rainwater Tanks Trafalgar

Pumps, valves and a tank that will not deliver

Corrugated tanks are part of the landscape around Trafalgar. When the pump will not prime, a valve weeps, a first-flush diverter is stuck or the house loses tank water, we start at the tank base: the pump, the unions, the isolating valves and the supply into the house. We quote a fixed price for the repair or the changeover of a failed pump or valve set.

Town water and backflow

If the house also has a town supply, tank water must not be able to find its way into the main. That usually means the right valves and, in many cases, a testable backflow device. We check what is there, explain what the standard asks for, and quote the work if something is missing or has failed.

First-flush, filters and overflows

A first-flush diverter, a simple leaf strainer and a sensible overflow path keep a lot of muck out of the pump and off a neighbour's fence. We can service or add those as part of a tank visit, quoted as a fixed price with the pump or valve work.

When a tank visit is really a plumbing visit

A tank itself may be sound while the pump, the foot valve, a cracked union or a failed pressure switch is the actual fault. We start there. Overflows should discharge to a sensible point, not over a downhill fence. If the house also has town water, we will talk through backflow as part of the same visit rather than leaving a risky cross-connection in place. You get a fixed price for the plumbing work we agree to do. Call 03 8658 7379 with a photo of the tank base.

Pumps that keep losing prime

A pump that primes once and then loses it again often has a small air leak at a union, a tired foot valve or a water level that is lower than it looks. We test rather than guess, and we quote the repair or the replacement of the failing part as a fixed price. If the tank itself is the problem — a split fitting at the wall, a failing outlet — that becomes part of the same conversation. Ring 03 8658 7379 with a photo of the tank base.

Overflows, first-flush and neighbours

An overflow that sheds onto a downhill neighbour, or a first-flush that has not been emptied in years, will show up in the next storm. We can set a sensible overflow path and service or add a first-flush and a strainer as part of a quoted tank visit. If you only need the pump looked at, say so, and we will not pad the job. Ring 03 8658 7379 with a photo of the tank and the overflow.

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