Blocked Drains in Lidcombe

Camera in the line before any decision is made $89 off blocked drains Screen turned towards you, not away Fixed price, approved before we start Licence No. 232989C, insured

A blocked drain in a house this old is a symptom, not a diagnosis. Roots through a joint, a corroded cast iron section, grease in a kitchen branch and a dropped length of pipe all present the same way at your floor waste.

So the camera goes down before anything else does. You watch the screen, you see the cause, and the fix is chosen for the problem you actually have.

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Common blocked drain problems in Lidcombe

The old grid was sewered long before PVC was a thing. Under those cottages you get earthenware in the ground and cast iron above it, which means a drain made of short lengths and dozens of joints rather than a few smooth runs.

Mature street trees on those streets have had generations to find the weak ones. Fine root hair gets in through a joint that weeps, then thickens, then catches paper and grease until nothing moves. Cast iron fails from the inside instead, scaling until the bore is too narrow for ordinary use.

The unit blocks are their own category. In the older walk-ups the drainage is shared between flats, so the blockage belongs to the building even though the mess turns up in one person's bathroom. Working out which it is before anyone starts paying matters.

CCTV drain camera screen during a sewer inspection, blocked drains Lidcombe

How we fix it

Access first. We find the inspection opening or the boundary trap, which beats pulling a pan off the floor and costs you less.

The camera goes in and we read the whole run: material, condition, joints, falls, and exactly how far along the trouble sits. The head transmits, so we can trace and mark the position from the surface.

What we use next follows from what the screen showed. A cutting head for roots, high pressure water for grease and scale, and a second camera pass to prove the line is genuinely clear rather than just flowing. If the pipe has failed, we quote the repair separately. Stormwater pits and yard drainage are covered under drainage and stormwater.

What it costs

One price for the job, agreed before we start, with nothing charged for the drive when it goes ahead. $89 comes off blocked drain work, $65 off a first service booked online, and seniors get 10 per cent.

About the suburb

The drains here match the age of the streets rather than the age of the skyline. Cumberland City Council covers most of Lidcombe, and the residential grid running out towards Rookwood carries a heavy canopy of established trees over pipework laid when the cottages went up.

Closer to the station the picture changes entirely, with unit stock ranging from post-war walk-ups to modern towers, and roughly 45 per cent of dwellings here are now flats. Two very different drainage problems, a few hundred metres apart.

New PVC drainage laid in a trench, blocked drains Lidcombe

An excavated trench for a new stormwater line, blocked drains Lidcombe

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Blocked drains in nearby suburbs

Berala shares the same cottage stock and the same old lines, and it is covered from here. Nearby we run blocked drains Auburn and drain clearing in Homebush, plus Sydney Olympic Park, Chester Hill and Guildford. The service areas page lists the rest.

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About Mustafa

Mustafa owns Original Plumbing, does the camera work himself and holds Plumbers Licence No. 232989C. Owner operator, not a franchise, insured, workmanship guaranteed.

Turning the screen around is the point of the whole exercise. Once you can see your own pipe, nobody can talk you into a repair it does not need, and that suits how he does business. The wider method is on our blocked drains page.

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Common questions

How long does a camera inspection actually take?

Not long once we have access. Finding the opening is often the slow part, particularly on an old cottage where it has been buried under a garden bed for twenty years.

Can the camera get through the blockage, or does it have to be cleared first?

It depends what is in there. We put it in first where we can, because that is when the cause is still sitting in front of the lens. If it cannot pass, we clear, then look.

Why does the ground floor unit always cop it first?

Because water finds the lowest fixture. In the older walk-up blocks the whole line is shared, so a blockage anywhere in it shows up in the bottom flat's shower or floor waste.

What do you do if the camera finds two problems?

Tell you about both and price them separately. One is often urgent and the other can wait a year, and you should get to decide that rather than have it bundled.

Book the camera and the clear

Call 0406 655 707 and we will find the cause before we quote the cure.

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