The Importance of Getting a Good Plumber Before You Pour the Slab
Some jobs make you shake your head. This one? Full-body eye roll.
Darius is called to a newly built home only to discover a textbook example of what not to do when plumbing a property:
• No Inspection Openings (IOs)
• Prelaid jump-up pipes cast in the neighbour’s garage footings
• A disconnector gully (DG) that’s impossible to rod due to a 45° M+F fitting on the outlet 😬
🔍 What Went Wrong
Let’s just say… you won’t find this install in a plumbing best-practice guide.
• ❌ No access points for maintenance
• ❌ DG setup that’s unusable
• ❌ Construction that completely ignores future servicing
💬 “I know what you’re all thinking — ‘Just rod the DG.’ Yeah, nah. You can’t when it’s been fitted like this.”
💪 What We Did Instead
Thankfully, Darius doesn’t go anywhere without a full arsenal of gear — including the Turd Muncher 2000 🎉
Using:
• High-pressure water jetter
• CCTV camera
• Hard-earned Plumbdog know-how
He managed to work through the nightmare setup and get things sorted.
🐾 Don’t Let Bad Builders Ruin Your Pipes
📞 Call Plumbdog if you want things done right from the ground up — literally.
We’ll sniff out the issues before they’re buried in concrete.
