Blocked Drains / Burwood
Blocked Drains Burwood
Same-day drain clearing across Burwood — camera inspection, high-pressure jetting, and a fixed price before we start.
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Why Drains Block in Burwood
Burwood has two kinds of blocked drain, a few streets apart. Around the station, Westfield and Burwood Road, towers and a long run of restaurants put heavy demand on the drains and grease is a constant. In the residential streets, Victorian and Federation houses still drain through their original clay sewer, laid in shale clay that swells and shrinks with the seasons. We are based next door in Concord, which borders Burwood to the north.
Grease on the Burwood Road restaurant strip
Commercial kitchens send grease into the drains every service. If a kitchen line is not jetted regularly or a grease arrestor is not pumped on time, the grease sets in the pipe and the blockage usually arrives mid-service. A plunger will not shift it; the high-pressure jet blaster scours it off the full width of the pipe.
Roots in original clay sewer
Houses from the late 1800s and early 1900s, including the Federation streets around Appian Way, often still run their first earthenware sewer under established gardens. Roots get in at the joints and come back after clearing, so a drain that blocks on a cycle usually has roots in it.
Reactive clay pulling joints apart
Burwood sits on the clay of the Ashfield Shale, which takes up water in a wet season and gives it back in a dry one. Rigid clay and early concrete pipe cannot move with it, so joints open and sections sag. A camera shows a sag that holds water or a joint with roots through it, which explains a drain that blocks for no obvious reason.
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(02) 9139 8945How It Works
How It Works in Burwood
Clear it
Plunger or drain auger for a blockage near the fixture, the jet blaster for the main line.
Find the cause
For repeat blockages, a CCTV camera shows what is in the pipe and exactly where.
Quote the fix
If the pipe is damaged, we explain relining or replacement, with a fixed price first.
Check it
We make sure the drain is flowing freely before we leave.
Common Questions
Blocked Drains in Burwood
Why does the drain at our Burwood house keep blocking?
In the older streets it is most often roots in the joints of the original clay sewer, or a joint that has opened as the clay soil moves. Clearing gets it flowing again; a CCTV camera inspection shows whether the pipe can be relined so the blockage stops coming back, or whether a section needs to be dug up and replaced.
Can you jet our restaurant's drains before we open?
Yes. We schedule commercial jetting early or late so it does not interrupt trade, and in an emergency we answer the phone 24/7.
Do you have to dig up the garden of a heritage home?
Usually not. Where the camera shows the old pipe is sound enough, relining repairs it from the inside through existing access points, which leaves period gardens and paths alone. Where a section has collapsed, it has to be dug up and replaced, and we show you the footage first.
How quickly can you get to Burwood?
We are based in Concord, right next door. For emergencies we aim to be there within 60 minutes, any hour, with a $0 call-out fee.
What does clearing a blocked drain cost?
It depends on where the blockage is and what is causing it. You get a fixed price before we start, and there is a $0 call-out fee.
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