Fremantle Heritage Home: Pipe Relining Case Study
An older Fremantle property with an older sewer line, relined through the existing access points rather than by digging up the garden, the driveway or the home's original floors.
An older Fremantle property, an older pipe
Fremantle has some of the oldest housing stock in the Perth metro area: federation and inter-war homes with established gardens and original verandahs, and underneath all of it, a sewer line usually as old as the house. Properties like this were built with narrower access than a modern development, and the pipe itself is often clay, cast iron or an early concrete material rather than the PVC used today. That's the situation a Fremantle heritage home was in when the owner got in touch about a sewer line that needed attention: find out what's happening in the pipe without disturbing the garden, driveway or original floors above it.
What the CCTV inspection was checking for
On a pipe this age, a camera inspection typically finds joint movement, cracking or early root intrusion, the pattern common in older Fremantle housing stock.
A bonded liner runs the length of the affected section, sealing joints and cracks and restoring a smooth, continuous bore.
Why this method suited a heritage property
CIPP relining, curing a resin-saturated liner in place inside the existing pipe, suited this property for the same reason it suits most heritage homes: it works through the access points that already exist. There's no need to trench across the garden or break up the driveway, and no need to lift original floors to reach a line that runs underneath them. The liner goes in through the existing access points, is positioned along the damaged length, and is cured to form a new structural wall inside the old pipe. Ourresidential pipe relining page covers what this looks like on a typical Perth home, and ourhow pipe relining works page walks through the full process in detail.
What stayed untouched
Because the fix ran through the existing pipe rather than around it, nothing above ground needed to move: the garden stayed as it was, the driveway wasn't broken up, and the home's original floors were never lifted. That's the outcome we aim for on every heritage property, not a repaired pipe and a section of garden to replace afterwards. We service heritage and character homes across Fremantle and the wider Perth area; see ourservice areas page for the suburbs we cover, or browse our other case studies for more examples of completed work.
Got a heritage property with an old pipe?
Tell us what's going on and we'll arrange a CCTV inspection before recommending anything.