Plumber Wetherill Park, NSW 2164
Wetherill Park is mostly industrial, one of the biggest employment precincts in Sydney, with factories and warehouses stretching from The Horsley Drive to Cowpasture Road and Smithfield next door. A residential estate of 1970s-80s brick veneer sits on the eastern side near Stockland Wetherill Park. The suburb lies low beside Prospect Reservoir, so mains pressure is high, and Prospect Creek runs along its edge. Most calls here are commercial: grease traps, trade waste, roof drainage and amenities.
What usually goes wrong in Wetherill Park
- Grease traps, trade waste arrestors and factory floor drains blocking or overflowing in food and manufacturing businesses
- High mains pressure from Prospect Reservoir bursting flexible hoses and wearing out fixtures without a limiting valve
- Large factory roof drains, box gutters and stormwater pits overloading in thunderstorms and flooding loading docks
- Commercial hot water plants, boiling water units and amenities blocks failing during production hours
- Cracked sewer lines under 1970s-80s brick veneer homes on clay near the residential estate, with tree roots
Local notes from the plumbers
Wetherill Park is mostly industrial, and the calls reflect that. Food manufacturers, warehouses, truck depots and workshops along The Horsley Drive, Cowpasture Road and Victoria Street run grease traps, trade waste arrestors, floor drains and amenities blocks that fail during production hours, and a blocked grease trap in a food plant stops the line until it is cleared. The factory roofs are large, and box gutters, sumps and stormwater pits that have not been cleaned overload in a summer thunderstorm and put water through the loading dock. Because the suburb sits low beside Prospect Reservoir the mains pressure is high, and flexible hoses, solenoid valves and hot water relief valves wear out quickly without a pressure limiting valve. The residential pocket near Stockland Wetherill Park and Polding Street is 1970s-80s brick veneer on Cumberland Plain clay, with sewer joints that have opened up and let in roots from mature gums and street trees, and hot water units on their second or third replacement. Prospect Creek runs along the edge of the suburb and backs up in heavy rain. The Cumberland Highway and the M7 are both close.
Housing in Wetherill Park
A residential pocket of 1970s-80s brick veneer homes on the eastern side around Polding Street and the estate near Stockland Wetherill Park, with the rest of the suburb given over to one of Sydney's largest industrial estates: factories, warehouses, food manufacturers and truck depots along The Horsley Drive, Cowpasture Road and Victoria Street.
