Plumbing guides for Como and the river suburbs

Practical guides from the licensed plumbers who work these blocks. Written around the thing that actually decides what you can do here: on land that falls away from the street, the question is not how to drain it, it is where the water is allowed to go.

Buying & Renovating

An old corroded pipe at the base of a wall

31 Aug 20269 min read

If your block falls away from the street, sort the drainage before the drawings

Gravity to a drain is the required method, pumping is prohibited, and without an easement a Complying Development Certificate is not possible.

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Blocked Drains

A square chrome floor waste grate set into white bathroom tiles

31 Aug 20267 min read

Do you actually know where the rain off your roof ends up?

On lots laid out to follow the land rather than a grid, the answer is rarely obvious. How to find out for the price of one visit.

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Buying & Renovating

A white storage hot water cylinder beside a washing machine in a home laundry

31 Aug 20268 min read

Buying a block that falls away from the street? Ask about the stormwater first

It is one of the few things about a property that depends on somebody who does not work for you. Worth settling before you own it.

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