Plumber Inglewood

Inglewood WA 6052, City of Stirling. About 4 km north-east of the Perth CBD.

Inglewood is an inner suburb about four kilometres north-east of the Perth CBD in the City of Stirling. Its housing was built in two bursts, between 1904 and 1920 and again between 1935 and 1940, and the majority is pre-war Federation or Californian bungalow with significant heritage value. Lots are generous, around 730 square metres toward Mount Lawley and up to 1,400 square metres east of Beaufort Street. For a plumber that means century-old services, long runs across big blocks, and protected fabric that dictates how replacements are routed.

• Pre-war housing with heritage valueA great deal of Inglewood is protected or retained fabric, so pipework cannot be chased through original walls. We route replacements through subfloors, roof spaces and existing penetrations instead, which takes longer to plan and avoids an owner paying for restoration work on top of the plumbing.
• Large lots and long service runsBlocks here run from around 730 square metres up to 1,400 east of Beaufort Street, so the run from the meter to the house and from the house to the sewer is longer than on a modern block. A leak on a long run can go unnoticed for months, and locating it beats digging along its length.
• Two building periods, 1904 to 1920 and 1935 to 1940Both waves are pre-war, so galvanised supply and earthenware sewer are the norm across the suburb and they are failing together rather than house by house. If your neighbour has just replumbed, that is worth knowing rather than a coincidence.
• Mature gardens on established blocksA century of growth means large trees close to the sewer line on many Inglewood properties. Root intrusion into earthenware joints is the most common blockage we clear here, and a camera tells you whether relining is worth it or whether periodic clearing will do.