19/05/2026
A current Melbourne job that's a perfect example of why diagnosis matters.
The homeowner had water seeping into a pin hole at the rear-right of the residence, with a visible "dent shape" depression in the lawn directly above it. The obvious explanation? A leaking sewer.
So we ran a CCTV inspection. The sewer was intact. No internal leak.
The actual cause was upstream: a broken stormwater drain on the north side of the property — with no connection to the legal point of discharge — was running water into the ground above the sewer. The gravel-packed sewer trench then acted as a channel, carrying that water along the side of the house all the way to the rear-right corner, where it was finally surfacing through the pin hole.
Fixing the sewer wouldn't have stopped the water. Fixing only the pin hole wouldn't have either. You have to trace the path back to the source.
This is the kind of investigation we do before quoting any underpinning or restumping work — because if you don't understand the cause, the repair won't last.
If you've noticed unexplained moisture, cracks, or movement around your home, get the cause investigated before anyone touches the foundation.
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