Plumber Coolbellup

Coolbellup WA 6163, City of Cockburn. About 15 km south of the Perth CBD.

Coolbellup lies about fifteen kilometres south of the Perth CBD in the City of Cockburn, on land that carried dairy farms through the 1920s and was developed as a post-war housing estate afterwards. Much of that original stock is being progressively replaced. For a plumber that means post-war pipework genuinely at the end of its life, new dwellings connecting into the same ageing mains, and lake-chain ground that holds water on the low blocks.

• Post-war services at the end of their lifeThe original Coolbellup houses are running the drainage and often the pipework they were built with. That is the age at which original pipe fails repeatedly rather than once, so a recurring leak here warrants an inspection instead of another patch.
• Redevelopment on the original lotsNew dwellings are going up steadily across the suburb, each needing its own water meter and sewer connection into mains laid for modest post-war houses. Capacity at those connections is worth confirming before a design is finalised.
• Low ground in the lake chainCoolbellup takes its name from the lake beside it and sits within the Beeliar chain, so the lower blocks hold groundwater through winter. Soakage there performs worse than the surrounding sand suggests it should.
• Mature gardens over old drainageSeventy years of tree and shrub growth sit over earthenware sewer through the original streets. Roots into those joints are the most common reason we are called to a Coolbellup house.