Blocked Drains in North Parramatta

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Roots and old sewer lines are the day job here $89 off the drain work Plumbers Licence No. 232989C, in Mustafa's name You approve the figure before anything starts Out the same day, seven days, with 24 hour callouts

Drains here block for a reason you can usually see from the footpath. Old houses mean old sewers, and old sewers mean earthenware pipe in short lengths joined with mortar. Every joint is a seam, and the big established street trees overhead have had decades to find them.

We cover the whole suburb from a base about 1.7 kilometres away, from the heritage streets near the river up to the townhouses and walk-ups off Church Street North. Same day service seven days, and 24/7 when it is overflowing.

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    About North Parramatta

    Most of the housing here predates PVC. Nineteenth century and Federation homes sit in the older streets near the river and the gaol, with interwar and post-war brick cottages filling in behind them, and the sewer lines serving them were laid to the standards of their day. That is not a fault, it is just age, and it decides what we find on a camera run.

    Then there is the canopy. City of Parramatta Council's street tree planting for this suburb includes Brush Box on Sorrell Street and Spotted Gum on Bellevue Street, and the mature trees already standing in the older streets have root systems reaching well past their own front yards. Around Lake Parramatta Reserve and the heritage precincts the planting is older and heavier again. Trees plus jointed clay pipe is the whole story of drain work in this postcode.

    New basin waste and trap under a vanity, blocked drains North Parramatta
    A drain repair through an opened slab, blocked drains North Parramatta

    What we do in North Parramatta

    A blocked drain in an old house is rarely the only thing going on. The same age that put earthenware in the ground put old copper in the walls and a tired hot water unit down the side passage, and the three problems tend to arrive within a year of each other. Everything below is done by the same licensed plumber, on the same fixed price basis, so you are not starting a new relationship every time something goes wrong.

    • Blocked drains. Root cutting, high pressure jetting and a camera run afterwards so you can see the state of the pipe. More on the method under blocked drains.
    • Hot water systems. Repairs and replacements across gas, electric and heat pump, covered on hot water North Parramatta.
    • Leak detection and repairs. If the ground is wet and the drain is clear, we find out where the water is coming from without digging on a guess.
    • General plumbing and maintenance. Taps, toilets, gas, burst pipes and everything else a plumber in North Parramatta gets called for.
    Clearing a blocked drain with the jetter from the van, blocked drains North Parramatta

    Common questions from North Parramatta homeowners

    Why do tree roots get into a sewer pipe at all?
    Roots follow moisture and nutrients, and a sewer line offers both. They cannot drill through sound pipe, so they find the weak point, which on an old line is a joint that has opened up or cracked. A hair thin root gets in, thickens, and then catches everything that passes.
    Is it my tree or the council's tree causing it?
    Often you cannot tell from the surface, because roots travel a long way from the trunk. The camera shows us where they are entering, and that tells us whether the entry point is inside your boundary. Either way the pipe on your property is your responsibility to repair, and removing a street tree is a matter for City of Parramatta Council, not for us.
    How do I know if my house still has earthenware drains?
    Age is the best guide. If the house was built before PVC became standard, which covers most of the older stock here, the original sewer is almost certainly earthenware in short lengths with mortar joints. A camera run settles it in a few minutes, and it also tells you whether previous owners replaced part of the line.
    Will cutting the roots kill the tree?
    No. What we remove is the growth that has made it inside the pipe, not the root system holding the tree up. The tree carries on. That is exactly why the roots find their way back to the same joint if the pipe itself is never repaired.
    Everything is draining slowly at once. What does that mean?
    When the sink, the shower and the toilet all slow down together, the problem is usually not in any one fixture. It is further down where all of them join, often in the main line near the boundary trap. A single slow fixture is a local blockage. All of them at once means the whole house is backing up behind one point.
    Can you clear a drain in a townhouse complex?
    Yes. Townhouses make up a decent share of the housing here, and their drainage is often a shared line running behind several courtyards. We clear it and tell you whether the blockage sat in your own branch or in the common line, because that decides who pays.
    Mustafa, owner of Original Plumbing, in front of his service van
    Licensed Plumber · Lic. 232989C

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    About Mustafa

    Mustafa owns Original Plumbing and holds Plumbers Licence No. 232989C. He is Sydney born and bred, he does the work himself, and there is no office in between deciding which contractor to send you.

    Drain work invites exaggeration, because the customer cannot see the pipe. He handles that by showing you the footage and telling you plainly when a clear is all it needs. Honesty and respect for the people he works for are how he was raised and how the business is run. Fully licensed and insured, with a workmanship guarantee.

    Sydney born & bred Honesty first Respect for every customer Your local, for the long run
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    Blocked drains in nearby suburbs

    The same machine and camera go to drain clearing in Parramatta, Northmead, Westmead, Wentworthville, North Rocks and Rydalmere. Oatlands jobs are booked through this page. See all of our service areas.

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    0406 655 707 reaches Mustafa directly. Prefer to write it down? info@originalplumbing.com.au. Take $89 off the drain job, another $65 off a first service booked through the site, 10 per cent for seniors, and no charge for turning up once work starts.

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