Plumber Glenfield, NSW 2167
Glenfield is the junction where the South West Rail Link meets the main line, a mostly flat 1960s-70s suburb on Cumberland Plain clay between Casula and Macquarie Fields. Bunbury Curran Creek runs through it to the Georges River, and the low streets beside the creek flood in heavy storms. New estates are going up on the former Hurlstone Agricultural High School land, so old fibro plumbing and brand-new townhouse plumbing now sit side by side. Cambridge Avenue and the Hume Highway are the main roads.
What usually goes wrong in Glenfield
- Earthenware sewers under 1960s fibro homes cracked by clay movement and blocked with roots
- Galvanised water lines corroding in the oldest homes, leaving rusty water and weak flow
- Sewer surcharge and stormwater backing up on low streets beside Bunbury Curran Creek after heavy rain
- Copper pinholes and failing hot water units in 1970s-80s brick veneer homes
- Pressure limiting valves, flexi hoses and shared drains in new townhouse estates already failing
Local notes from the plumbers
Glenfield is one of the older suburbs on the Campbelltown line, and the flat streets around Glenfield station and Railway Parade are 1960s-70s fibro and brick veneer that have not been renewed as much as the suburb's newer neighbours. Galvanised water lines in the oldest cottages corrode until the flow drops and the water runs brown, and the earthenware sewers under the yards have cracked in the Cumberland Plain clay and let in roots from camphor laurels and street trees. Bunbury Curran Creek runs through the suburb to the Georges River, and streets on its low side get stormwater and sewer surcharge through the overflow gully in heavy rain; the creek and the river both rose during the March 2022 floods. The 1980s brick homes toward Macquarie Fields bring copper pinholes and ageing hot water units, while the new estates rising on the former Hurlstone Agricultural High School land and around Glenfield Farm come with pressure limiting valves, flexi hoses and shared drains that fail young. Cambridge Avenue and the Hume Highway connect it to Casula and Campbelltown in a few minutes of driving.
Housing in Glenfield
1960s-70s fibro and brick veneer homes on the flat streets around Glenfield station and Railway Parade, 1980s brick homes toward Macquarie Fields, older acreage and the Glenfield Farm heritage estate near the Georges River, and new estates rising in the Glenfield growth precinct on the former Hurlstone Agricultural High School land.
