Plumber Serpentine

Serpentine WA 6125, Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale. About 50 km south-east of the Perth CBD.

Serpentine is a town about fifty kilometres south-south-east of the Perth CBD in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, seven kilometres south of Mundijong on the South Western Railway, named for the winding river beside it. Rural land surrounds a small town centre. For a plumber that means low river ground that drains slowly, unsewered properties on septic systems, bores and tanks doing the supply work, and long runs on the larger holdings.

• Low ground along the Serpentine RiverProperties near the river sit low with limited fall for drainage, and the water table rises through winter. Leach drains and soak wells there have far less capacity in the wet season, which is a design problem rather than a blockage.
• Unsewered blocks on septic systemsMost properties around Serpentine run a septic tank and leach drains. On low ground they are less forgiving, so a scheduled pump-out every few years costs far less than putting right a drain that has surfaced.
• Bores and tanks as the household supplyWater here comes from a bore or from tanks, so pumps, pressure vessels and filtration are the components that fail. Hard bore water also scales hot water elements and tapware faster than scheme water does.
• A long way out, so the job is plannedSerpentine is at the far edge of the metropolitan area, which means we bring the pump parts, drain equipment and fittings the job is likely to need on the first visit. A return trip for a valve or a fitting costs a day out here rather than an hour.