Services
Stormwater & Drainage
Stormwater drainage, AG pipe installation, subsoil drainage and overland flow management. Solving wet yards and protecting your foundations.
Stormwater is the water that lands on your roof, your paving and your yard, and it has to go somewhere. When it doesn't drain properly, it sits against footings, floods driveways and finds its way under floors. We design and install stormwater drainage across Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and the Hunter to council spec, from a single wet corner of a yard to a full subdivision.
Stormwater Plumbing Services We Provide
- Stormwater installation
- AG pipe & subsoil drainage
- Downpipe connections
- Yard drainage systems
- Council-compliant stormwater
- Driveway & paving drainage
What we work on
- Downpipe connections into the stormwater system
- AG pipe (agricultural / slotted) for subsoil drainage
- Yard drains and pit installation for low spots
- Driveway and paving drainage grates and channels
- Council-compliant stormwater connections to the street
- Sediment and silt pit installation
Signs you've got a stormwater problem
- Water sitting in the yard days after rain
- Downpipes overflowing in heavy rain even though the gutters are clean
- Driveway slopes toward the garage or house in heavy rain
- Rising damp or efflorescence on an external wall after wet weather
- A soft, boggy spot that never dries out
Frequently asked questions
Does council need to approve the work?
If you're changing the point of discharge, connecting a new building to the stormwater main, or doing work on a subdivision, then yes, there's a council approval involved. For connecting a downpipe to an existing stormwater line on the property, usually no. We know what needs to be lodged and when.
Can you fix a wet patch that's been there for years?
Usually. Most wet patches are a drainage symptom, not a water-table problem. AG pipe, a pit in the low spot, and the right fall out to the street solves most of them.
Will you connect it to the sewer if the street doesn't have stormwater?
No, stormwater and sewer are separate systems and must stay separate. If the street doesn't have a stormwater main (which is still the case on some older Hunter streets), the legal point of discharge is usually the gutter at the kerb or a soakage/absorption trench depending on soil.
How deep do the pipes go?
Depends on fall and the depth of the connection point. Typically 300–600mm below finished ground, deeper under driveways.
Areas We Service
Based in Sawyers Gully, fast response servicing all of Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and the Hunter Region.
Newcastle
- Adamstown
- Bar Beach
- Cooks Hill
- Hamilton
- Kotara
- Lambton
- Mayfield
- Merewether
- New Lambton
- Newcastle CBD
- The Junction
- Wallsend
+ surrounding suburbs
Lake Macquarie
- Belmont
- Cardiff
- Caves Beach
- Charlestown
- Edgeworth
- Eleebana
- Glendale
- Speers Point
- Swansea
- Toronto
- Warners Bay
- Whitebridge
+ surrounding suburbs
Hunter Region
- Branxton
- Cessnock
- Dungog
- Gloucester
- Kurri Kurri
- Maitland
- Nelson Bay
- Raymond Terrace
- Rutherford
- Sawyers Gully
- Scone
- Singleton
+ surrounding towns
We cover lots of neighbouring suburbs. Not listed? Give us a call, we travel for the right job.