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If you have a drain that won’t unblock despite your efforts, you may need the help of a licensed plumber before the problem gets worse. Blocked drains are one of the most common calls we get daily, and often when a blocked drain occurs, it's not pretty!
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Blocked sink drains can be more complicated than just a build-up of grime, and in this case, you need rapid intervention. Some common causes of blocked drains or a slow draining toilet are;
These blocked drain symptoms are usually identifiable by an unpleasant odour or slow draining water in your sink or a blocked toilet. You may also hear a gurgling or banging sound coming from inside your pipes after you flush your toilet or drain your sink.
If you detect any of these in your home, we advise that you contact us promptly. A clogged drain that is left unattended can become significantly worse and cause things like burst pipes, floods and sewage backups. Blocked drain plumbers are the experts that can immediately clear blocked drains and assess the problem using a CCTV drain camera before offering a solution to ensure your wont get drain blockage problem in that area again. Call us today to talk to our blocked drains experts!
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We have been servicing Sydney and Sydney's Inner West for 39 years. From the Inner West Suburbs, Sydney's East & CBD to the Western Suburbs and all the way down to Wollongong, our plumbing service technicians are the go-to choice for solving your plumbing issues.
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Once you have experienced the inconvenience of having a blocked drain or blocked sewer line, you will want to prevent it from happening again. Preventative drain maintenance can ensure that you won’t have to fork out for costly blocked drain repairs. There are some things you can do to prevent potential clogs and avoid the expense of calling a plumber out to your residence.
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Remove food waste from the sink before draining
Although it is convenient to let food scraps wash down the drain, you can never know if they will thoroughly wash away or become stuck in your pipes and sewer line. If you can remove waste from your sink and dispose of them correctly, you’ll avoid any risk of this happening. Be sure to use enough warm water and dish soap to break down food particles so that they can pass through your sewer pipe.
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If you find that toilet paper is blocking your sewer pipe regularly, there may be an issue with how much you are using. Flushing less paper allows it to pass through easily and avoids nasty build-up in your sewer line.
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Things like earbuds, sanitary items, band-aids, wet wipes and other small items are not flushable despite being small. These items don’t break down in the pipes and act as a magnet for more grime to build up on top of them, which will eventually lead to a clogged toilet and a sewer blockage.
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Hair-catching drains are designed to stop your hair from washing down your sewer pipes and are highly recommended. It keeps it contained in a strainer-like device which you can quickly empty to avoid bad odours and clogged shower drains.
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If you have any muddy clothing or other things that you plan on washing down in your sink, you may want to think twice. Thick clumps of dirt can quickly build up in your pipes and cause grief with muddied water becoming stuck in your sink. It is best to rinse the items down outside your home to get extra dirt off of them first.
The only way to know for sure that your blocked drain is now clear is to use
high-pressure water jetting
(hydro jet) to blast the pipes and remove any debris that is causing blocked drains. We will then carry out
CCTV drain inspections
enabling a clear view of the section that is blocked. Using a small camera inserted into your plumbing system, our serviceman can visually locate and assess any damage or blockages and then clear blocked drains.
If there is no structural damage, then the jet blasting treatment should clear the blocked drain pipes. If structural damage is determined to be the cause of the blockage, then the options may be to either:
Our state-of-the-art CCTV drain camera inspection can identify blockages in your underground/inaccessible pipes. We insert a small CCTV drain camera into your drain to assess the damage after we use the high-pressure water jet to unblock drains, otherwise known as a hydro jet or jetting.
Do you have overflowing drains? Depending on the severity of your clogged drains, there are many options for how we may approach the situation. If you have a tree root blockage, there could be damage as a result of the tree roots invading the drains. Your pipes can become cracked or broken, in which case we offer a pipe relining service to avoid replacing the whole pipe.
We can get rid of the tree roots by using a hydro jet blasting (powerful water flow) and then use a chemical drain treatment to inhibit regrowth and prevent blocked drains in the future. For more common blockages, we can use our hydro-jet to quickly and efficiently remove the source of the clogged drain.
We also offer biological drain treatments as a preventative method. Bio-clean is an environmentally friendly drain cleaner that stops the fat buildup in your kitchen sink. This method begins working in one hour and is especially helpful in households with older plumbing systems.
You may have a nasty smell occurring in your sewer pipes or drains. Using our specialised smoke testing services, we’re able to locate the source of bad odours. It produces high-density smoke that we use to find drain or breaks in sewer drains. We can assess the damage with a CCTV drain camera inspection and provide a comprehensive quote on how we will tackle the blocked drain repair.
To unblock a shower drain or other types of in-ground drain clearing, can be a little simpler as you may be able to see the cause of the blockage. These pipes tend to be much larger than those of a sink. There are more clogged shower drain solutions that you can do that may not require blocked drain services. For example, if you can see the main drain clog, a simple plunger or drain cleaner may suffice.
However, a blocked shower drain or a clogged toilet is not always an easy fix. The blocked drain clearing process of a high-pressure water jet is most likely the best solution here. Drain cleaning costs can be relatively affordable and preventative. If you require a drain cleaning service price, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 1300 508 157 and we will send our Sydney blocked drain experts to you.