Frenchs Forest grew through the 1960s and 70s, and most of its houses date from then: single-storey brick and tile, fibro cottages that have since been clad or rebuilt, and a steady run of knockdown rebuilds over the last two decades. The hospital precinct and the Warringah Road upgrades have changed a great deal above ground. Underneath it, the drainage is largely original.
What we see most in Frenchs Forest
Blocked drains are the bulk of it. Fifty-year-old clay sewer lines with root intrusion at the joints, and the long runs that come with large blocks, which means a blockage can be a good distance from the house. CCTV inspection takes the guesswork out: we find where the problem actually is and decide between jetting, cutting and relining based on what the camera shows.
Hot water systems are the next most common call. Much of the area replaced storage heaters at a similar time, so they are now failing at a similar time. If yours is leaking from the base of the tank rather than from a fitting, the tank itself has gone and it is a replacement, not a repair.
Gas fitting is steady work here too — new cooktops in renovated kitchens, bayonet points for heaters, and the compliance work that goes with swapping out an older appliance. That is licensed work for good reason and we do not cut corners on it.
Because the suburb sits against bushland on its northern and eastern sides, we also see the stormwater problems that come with that: absorption trenches that have silted up, downpipes discharging where they should not, and the slow damage that does to footings and sub-floors.
Getting us out
Whether you are off Warringah Road, near the hospital precinct, or in the quieter streets towards Killarney Heights, we are close by. Emergency plumbing is available 24 hours. Call and tell us what the symptoms are and roughly when they started.
