Plumber Innaloo

Innaloo WA 6018, City of Stirling. About 9 km north-west of the Perth CBD.

Land at Innaloo was first granted in 1831, but the suburb as it stands was built after the Second World War, with most development through the 1950s and the last of it finished by 1970. Seventy years on, that original infrastructure is being replaced lot by lot as the suburb subdivides.

• Post-war timber-frame housingDetached timber-framed homes from around the Second World War make up much of Innaloo, and their supply lines run under suspended floors. A slow leak can run unnoticed for months there, so we check subfloors when water use does not match the bill.
• Galvanised supply lines at end of lifeSteel pipework from the 1950s rusts internally and narrows over time. Low pressure and rust-coloured water in an older Innaloo home almost always trace back to it, and replacing the run is the only permanent fix.
• Heavy infill and subdivisionInnaloo is being subdivided faster than most Stirling suburbs, and every new duplex or unit needs its own water connection, its own meter and a sewer junction cut into an old main. We do this work regularly here and know what the City of Stirling requires.
• The Stirling station and Scarborough Beach Road commercial precinctThe shopping centre, the big-box retailers and the offices around the station are high-traffic premises where a failure stops trade. We attend these after hours so repairs happen outside opening times.