Plumber Wungong

Wungong WA 6112, City of Armadale. About 33 km south-east of the Perth CBD.

Wungong is a semi-rural suburb of the City of Armadale about thirty-three kilometres south-east of the Perth CBD, midway between Armadale and Byford, with the north and south branches of Wungong Brook running through it. Blocks are large and much of the land is still farmed. For a plumber that means septic systems rather than sewer, bores and tanks doing real work, long private service runs, and low ground near the brook that stays wet through winter.

• Unsewered properties on septicMost of Wungong runs a septic tank and leach drains rather than a sewer connection. Those systems fail slowly and the first sign is usually a wet patch or a smell, so a scheduled pump-out is far cheaper than dealing with a drain that has surfaced.
• Low ground along Wungong BrookThe land either side of the brook sits low and holds water through winter. Leach drains and soak wells on that ground have far less capacity in the wet season than they do in summer, which is a design question rather than a fault.
• Bores and tanks supplying the houseWater here often comes from a bore or tanks, which makes the pump, the pressure vessel and the filtration the components that fail. Hard bore water also scales hot water elements and tapware much faster than scheme supply.
• Long private runs across farmlandA house a long way off the road carries a long private water line, and a leak in it can surface well away from the break. Electronic location saves digging up a paddock to find where the pipe actually goes.