Blocked Drains in St George & Sutherland Shire
Drainage across St George and the Shire varies enormously with the ground. Kogarah and Hurstville sit on older housing stock with original clay sewer and a growing number of apartment blocks on shared stacks. Head south and Sutherland, Menai and Engadine are sandstone and bushland, where sewer and stormwater runs are long, steep and cut through rock, and bark, leaf litter and tea tree roots keep finding their way in. Cronulla and Caringbah bring beach sand into traps and shallow stormwater lines. Steep blocks concentrate the problem, because a partly blocked line upstream surcharges at the lowest point, often into a garage or lower-level bathroom. We camera before clearing so you see the actual cause.
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How we handle blocked drains in St George & Sutherland Shire
1. CCTV inspection
We put a camera down the line before touching it. That shows exactly where the blockage sits, how far along it is and whether the pipe itself is cracked, offset or root-invaded, so you are not paying to guess.
2. High-pressure jetting
A jetter scours the full diameter of the pipe rather than punching a hole through the middle of the blockage. Grease, sludge, silt and debris come out with the flow, which is why a jetted drain stays clear far longer.
3. Mechanical root cutting
Where roots have found a cracked joint, we cut them back to the pipe wall with a root cutter, then re-camera to confirm the line is clear and to see the size of the entry point they came through.
4. Relining option
If the camera shows damaged pipe, we quote a no-dig reline: a resin liner cured inside the existing pipe that seals the cracks roots use. You see the footage first and decide, and nothing starts without written approval.
Every job is quoted on site and agreed in writing before work starts, so there are no surprises.
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Recent blocked drains jobs in St George & Sutherland Shire
Roots in a bush block line, Engadine
A lower-level bathroom backed up after rain. Camera work found tea tree roots through a cracked joint mid-slope. We cut and jetted the line clear, then quoted relining that section to seal the entry.
Sand-filled stormwater, Cronulla
A beachside home's pits overflowed in storms. We jetted sand from the full run to the street, cleaned the pits and fitted a sand-resistant grate so the line keeps its capacity through summer.
Shared stack, Hurstville units
Three apartments reported slow kitchen waste. We jetted the stack from the ground-floor access, removed a heavy fat build-up and provided strata with footage confirming clear flow afterwards.
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