Emergency Plumber Miramar

Miramar: flat lagoon land, hill runoff and busy studios

Most of Miramar sits on the floor of what was once a lagoon, drained in the 1840s and now covered with streets, homes and shops. Hills ring the basin on every side, so in a heavy downpour the water from those slopes heads straight for the flat. When cesspits are partly blocked or a stormwater pipe has cracked, the overflow often ends up at gully traps and low back yards, and that is one of the more common reasons Miramar residents ring us late at night.

The houses themselves are largely interwar and post-war, including some early state housing, and many still run pipe and drain lines that have only been patched over the decades. A split in an old supply pipe or a collapsed section of clay drain is the usual cause of a sudden emergency. We fix the failure first and then tell you how much of the original line is left.

The suburb also has a working side. Film studios, post production houses, workshops and small businesses around Miramar can lose a day's work to a burst pipe or a blocked staff toilet, so we respond outside office hours and talk to whoever manages the site. And because the old lagoon ground is soft, a camera check of drains after a strong earthquake is a good idea before small cracks become blockages.

Local tip: If your Miramar section sits at the foot of one of the surrounding hills, keep the grates on your own cesspits and gully traps clear before heavy rain is forecast.