Blocked drains
Clearing it is easy. Finding out why is the job.
Anyone can push a blockage through. If nobody looks at what caused it, you will be ringing someone again in four months.
Blocked drains
How we clear a drain
Locate the right access point
Usually an inspection opening near the boundary. Getting in at the correct point means we push the blockage the way the pipe drains, not back toward your house.
High-pressure jet rodding
5,000 psi water cuts roots and scours the pipe wall clean. An electric eel punches a hole through and leaves the rest — which is why eel-only jobs block again quickly.
CCTV inspection
Camera down the cleared line to find the cause — roots, a collapsed section, a bellied pipe holding water, or just a nappy. You get the footage and a written finding.
Fix or monitor — your call
If it’s structural we quote a repair. If it’s minor root intrusion, a jet every couple of years may be the cheaper strategy, and we’ll say so. A quoted repair is never a condition of us clearing it.
When clearing is not enough
Permanent fixes, when clearing isn’t enough
Root cutting and a barrier
Buys years, not decades, on a clay line with a live tree beside it.
Pipe relining
A new pipe formed inside the old one. No trench, no re-turfing, done in a day.
Excavation and replacement
The honest answer when the line has collapsed rather than cracked.
Why the camera comes first
It decides which of the three you actually need, and you see the same footage we do.
What it costs to find out
The camera inspection is included when we clear the drain, not billed separately.
How long it takes
Clearing and inspection in one visit. Relining is a day; excavation depends on depth.
Toilet won’t flush? Don’t keep trying.
Repeated flushing on a blocked line is how a drain problem becomes a floor problem.