Plumber Ferndale

Ferndale WA 6148, City of Canning. About 15 km south-east of the Perth CBD.

Ferndale sits about fifteen kilometres south-east of the Perth CBD in the City of Canning, bounded by the Canning River to the north, Bannister Creek to the south-west and Metcalfe Road to the south-east. It was scrub until the late 1960s and was developed through the following decade. For a plumber that means ageing original drainage across the whole suburb, and low ground beside two watercourses where soakage barely works in winter.

• Water on two sides of the suburbWith the Canning River to the north and Bannister Creek to the south-west, a lot of Ferndale sits on low ground. Soak wells on those blocks fill in winter and stay full, so stormwater there is a question of where the water can go rather than how much soakage you add.
• Original drainage under fifty-year-old gardensThe sewer lines under these houses went in when the suburb was built and the gardens above them have had decades to grow. Roots into those earthenware joints are the most common reason we are called out in Ferndale, and clearing alone does not fix an open line.
• Housing where a replumb is a fair questionA Ferndale house of this vintage is at the age where original pipework genuinely starts failing repeatedly. Pressure drops, discoloured water and recurring pinhole leaks here point at the pipe rather than the fitting on the end of it.
• Regional park frontage and mature treesThe Canning River Regional Park along the northern edge brings large established trees close to properties, and their roots go where the moisture is. On those streets a drainage problem is usually a root problem first.