Plumber Mount Lawley

Mount Lawley WA 6050, City of Vincent. About 4 km north-east of the Perth CBD.

Mount Lawley was laid out on the old Perth Wetlands, on the Swan Coastal Plain, and the area was drained progressively between 1832 and the 1880s before the estates were subdivided. The suburb was formally proclaimed in 1901, and its regular grid of streets still follows that original subdivision.

• Built on the former Perth WetlandsThe ground here was drained through the 1800s before housing went in, and the water table is still high in parts of the suburb. Groundwater finds its way into cracked century-old sewer lines, which is why we camera these runs before quoting rather than guessing.
• Federation and interwar housing from 1889 to 1901Original earthenware sewer, cast iron waste and galvanised supply lines are all still in service in Mount Lawley homes. These materials fail differently to modern pipe, and replacing them without disturbing original plaster and tuckpointing is the skilled part of the job.
• Mature street trees along the gridThe plane trees and jarrahs that line these streets are as old as the houses, and their roots have had a century to find the joints in earthenware drains. Root intrusion is the most common blockage we clear in the suburb.
• The Beaufort Street strip and the Astor TheatreThe venues, cafes and shops along Beaufort Street trade through the evening, so plumbing work there has to happen outside service. We take these on with after-hours call-outs.