Plumber Koondoola

Koondoola WA 6064, City of Wanneroo. About 15 km north of the Perth CBD.

Koondoola is a suburb about fifteen kilometres north of the Perth CBD in the City of Wanneroo, with most of its infrastructure built through the 1970s. A large portion of the area was a regional landfill facility before that development. For a plumber that history is the practical fact: ground that was filled rather than natural settles differently and puts strain on drainage laid across it. The suburb also holds a large bushland preserve that has burnt in recent years.

• Built partly on a former landfill siteA large part of Koondoola was a regional landfill before the 1970s development. Filled ground settles unevenly over decades, which strains sewer and stormwater lines running across it and causes the sags and cracks that show up on a camera. We locate and inspect before excavating rather than digging on a plan.
• Infrastructure of a single 1970s eraKoondoola Primary opened in 1975 and Koondoola Plaza in 1978, and the housing went in around them. That means galvanised supply pipe and earthenware sewer across the suburb are reaching the end of their life together rather than one property at a time.
• A large bushland preserve within the suburbMature natives along the reserve boundary send roots into the joints of older sewer lines on the properties beside it. Those blocks are the ones we return to most often for blocked drains, and a camera shows whether relining is worth it.
• Bushfires reaching the reserveThe preserve has burnt significantly in recent years, most recently in 2021. Reliable water pressure to outside taps matters more in that setting than people think, and it is worth knowing your supply performs before a summer when you need it.