Plumber Subiaco

Subiaco WA 6008, City of Subiaco. About 3 km west of the Perth CBD.

Subiaco lies about three kilometres west of the Perth CBD in the City of Subiaco. Historically a working-class suburb with a mix of industrial and commercial land, it has since the 1990s been one of Australia's most celebrated urban redevelopment projects, while remaining a low-rise urban village centred on Rokeby Road and Subiaco station. Subiaco Oval and King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women are both within the suburb, which sits on Spearwood Dunes over Tamala Limestone.

• Workers' cottages beside recent apartmentsSubiaco's redevelopment left original cottages standing next to new buildings, so the water and sewer pipework on one block can be a century older than the block beside it. We establish what a property actually has before quoting rather than working from the suburb's average age.
• A former industrial and commercial areaParts of Subiaco carried warehouses and light industry before the redevelopment, and ground used that way holds a mixture of retained and replaced services. We locate the drainage before excavating on those sites instead of trusting a plan that may not match what was left behind.
• Tamala Limestone beneath the suburbSubiaco sits on Spearwood Dunes, sand over yellow subsoil with limestone under it. Limestone at shallow depth slows excavation and changes how soakage performs, which is why identical drainage jobs can be priced differently two streets apart.
• The Rokeby Road trading stripRokeby Road and Hay Street carry a dense run of cafes, shops and consulting rooms. Grease traps, floor wastes and back-of-house drainage are a large part of our Subiaco work, and none of it can be done while a venue is trading.