Mr. Clog Plumbing
Tree roots blocking your sewer or stormwater? We find where they are getting in with a CCTV camera, clear them with a high-pressure jet blaster, and fix the pipe so they stop coming back. 24/7, $0 call-out fee.
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Tree roots are one of the most common causes of a blocked drain in older Sydney homes. Roots go looking for water, and a cracked pipe or an open joint in an old clay sewer is an easy way in. Once inside, they grow into a mat that catches paper, wipes and waste until the line blocks. We run a CCTV camera through the line to find where the roots are getting in, clear them with our high-pressure jet blaster, and clear stormwater pits by hand where they are packed with roots and debris. Because roots grow back through the same gaps, we also explain the long-term fixes: pipe relining, designed to last 25+ years, or digging up and replacing the damaged section, with an excavator where the job needs it. Then the camera goes back down to check the line.
Fixed price quoted before we start. $0 call-out fee.
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(02) 9139 8945 — available 24/7Many older Sydney homes drain through clay (earthenware) pipe laid in short lengths, so there is a joint every metre or so. Over the decades those joints work loose and the pipe develops hairline cracks.
Moisture seeps out through those gaps, and tree roots grow towards it. A fine root gets in through a small gap, then keeps growing inside the pipe, where it has all the water it needs, until it fills the pipe.
Reactive clay soil across much of Sydney swells and shrinks with the seasons. That moves buried pipe and opens the joints further, which lets more roots in.
Roots don't only get into the sewer. Stormwater pits and lines fill with roots, leaves and silt until the water has nowhere to go, and the pits overflow or the yard floods in rain.
Clearing the roots gets the drain working again. It doesn't fix the reason they got in.
The jet blaster clears the roots from the pipe, but the cracked or dislodged joint they came through is still there.
The tree keeps looking for water. New roots find the same gap, grow back into the pipe, and over time the line blocks again.
To stop it happening again, the gaps have to be sealed from the inside or the damaged pipe replaced. The camera footage shows which your pipe needs.
After the roots are cleared and the pipe is cleaned, a resin liner is cured inside the existing pipe, making a new, jointless pipe inside the old one with no digging. A properly installed liner is designed to last 25+ years, and it leaves roots no joints to get through.
Where a section has collapsed or sagged too far to line, we dig it up and replace it with new pipe, using an excavator where the job needs it.
Once the work is done, the CCTV camera goes back down the line so you can see it is clear.
From the Job Sheet
Rhodes ·
The problem
The stormwater was overflowing. Tree roots and debris had blocked the pits.
What we did
We cleared four stormwater pits and a grate by hand, ran a CCTV camera through the stormwater lines, then jet blasted all the stormwater lines on the property to clear the roots.
Penrith ·
The problem
A blocked sewer. Tree roots had got into the old clay pipes.
What we did
We ran a CCTV camera through the line and found the source: roots growing through dislodged joints and small hairline cracks in the clay pipe. We then cleared the roots with a high-pressure jet blaster.
How It Works
A CCTV camera shows where the roots are getting in and how far they have spread.
The jet blaster clears the roots from the pipe. Pits are cleared by hand.
Reline the pipe, or dig up and replace the damaged section.
The camera goes back down to check the line is clear.
Common Questions
Common signs are a drain or toilet that keeps blocking, gurgling, slow drains across the house, water coming up at the overflow gully, or stormwater pits overflowing in rain. A CCTV camera inspection confirms whether roots are the cause and shows where they are getting in.
We clear them with a high-pressure jet blaster, which scours the full width of the pipe and flushes the roots out. Stormwater pits packed with roots and debris are cleared by hand. Then the CCTV camera checks the line.
If the pipe is only cleared, usually yes. The roots came in through a crack or an open joint, and that gap is still there. Relining the pipe or replacing the damaged section is what stops them coming back.
Not always. Pipe relining repairs the pipe from the inside with no digging, and is designed to last 25+ years. If a section has collapsed or sagged too far to line, that section is dug up and replaced, with an excavator where needed. The camera footage shows which your pipe needs.
Yes. On a recent job in Rhodes, tree roots and debris had blocked the stormwater pits and the stormwater was overflowing. We cleared four pits and a grate by hand, ran a CCTV camera through the lines, then jet blasted all the stormwater lines on the property.
We give you a fixed price before we start, with a $0 call-out fee. If the camera shows the pipe needs relining or replacing, that is quoted before any work is done.
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