Blocked Drains in Sydney Olympic Park

Mustafa and the Original Plumbing team beside the van, Original Plumbing blocked drains Sydney Olympic Park $89 Off · Online Enquiries Only
Same day service, 7 days $0 callout fee when the job goes ahead Fixed price upfront Licence No. 232989C

Choosing a plumber for an apartment drain is not the same decision as choosing one for a house. The standard story, roots working into a cracked clay line, has nothing to do with a building that went up after 2010.

What actually blocks drains in these towers is wipes, cooking fat and the way a shared stack behaves when dozens of kitchens and bathrooms feed into it. Pick someone who starts from that rather than from a tree, and the job gets shorter.

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    Why Sydney Olympic Park owners call Original Plumbing

    Original Plumbing The usual experience
    Callout fee $0 when the job goes ahead Charged before anyone looks
    Quoting One fixed price, approved first An hourly rate and a shrug
    Upselling None. You get told what it needs A list of extras at the door
    Who turns up Mustafa, the same person who quoted Whoever the dispatcher had free
    Licence No. 232989C, his own A company number on a shirt
    Cleanup Sheets down, waste taken away Left for you to mop
    Guarantee Workmanship guaranteed, insured Read the fine print

    About the suburb

    This postcode is drained almost entirely by vertical stacks. The 2021 Census recorded 99.8% of dwellings here as flats or apartments and not a single separate house, which is close to unique in Sydney and changes everything about how waste leaves a building.

    The residential towers sit between Accor Stadium, Qudos Bank Arena and the Showground, on land that was an abattoir long before it was an Olympic site. Bicentennial Park and the Brickpit Ring Walk take up the green edges. Roughly 4,848 people live here now, median age 31, and most are renting.

    CCTV drain camera footage showing tree roots in a sewer pipe, blocked drains Sydney Olympic Park

    The blocked drain work itself

    First job is working out which pipe you are actually on. A basin that drains slowly while the neighbours are fine is a branch problem. A floor waste bubbling when the unit above runs a shower is a stack problem, and those are two different jobs with two different bills attached.

    The camera goes down and settles it. Modern PVC and HDPE gives a clean picture, so you can see whether it is a fat and wipe mass, a build issue such as a poorly graded branch, or something dropped down a fixture.

    Then it gets cleared to match. Jetting cuts through congealed fat properly where a cable just bores a hole through the middle of it and leaves the rest on the wall. A second camera pass confirms the line is actually clean before we pack up. Surface and basement stormwater sits under drainage instead.

    Clearing a blocked outdoor floor waste, blocked drains Sydney Olympic Park
    Mustafa, owner of Original Plumbing, in front of his service van
    Licensed Plumber · Lic. 232989C

    Meet the Owner

    About Mustafa

    Mustafa owns the business and holds Plumbers Licence No. 232989C in his own name. Sydney born and bred, working for himself, with no dispatcher deciding who knocks on your door.

    Honesty matters more than usual on strata work, because the person paying often cannot see the pipe in question. He shows you the footage and tells you whose problem it is, even when the answer is that it is not yours. Insured, and the workmanship is guaranteed.

    Sydney born & bred Honesty first Respect for every customer Your local, for the long run

    Common questions

    The building is only ten years old. How can the drains already block?
    Age of pipe and age of blockage are different things. New PVC and HDPE has smooth walls and tight joints, so nothing grows into it, but it still carries whatever gets put down it. Wipes, cooking fat and coffee grounds from dozens of kitchens will choke a brand new line just as effectively as an old one.
    Who pays for a blockage in an apartment, me or the owners corporation?
    It turns on where the blockage sits. Inside your lot, between your fixture and the point the branch joins the common line, is usually yours. In the shared stack or the line running out to the main it is normally common property. The camera settles that question, and we will tell you plainly which side of the line it fell on.
    Can you clear a stack without shutting off water to the whole building?
    In most cases yes, because the work happens at an access point on the drainage rather than on the water supply. What does matter is warning the units above, since running a tap or flushing during the clear can send waste out at the level we are working on. Building management usually handles that notice.
    Are the big trees around the parklands a risk to the drains here?
    Much less than people assume. The formal avenues of brush box and spotted gum, including the 1913 Maiden allee, are planted through parkland rather than over the sewer lines that serve the residential towers. Root intrusion is a real problem in older suburbs nearby. It is rarely the cause of a call at this address.

    Other plumbing services in Sydney Olympic Park

    Blocked drains in nearby suburbs

    The same camera and jetter go out to drain clearing in Homebush, Rhodes, Lidcombe and Ermington, and general plumbing runs across to Concord and Strathfield. Newington, Liberty Grove and Concord West are all handled from here. Background on the method sits under blocked drains, and there is the full coverage map.

    CCTV drain camera screen during a sewer inspection, blocked drains Sydney Olympic Park

    Get your drain cleared in Sydney Olympic Park

    Book a camera and clear on 0406 655 707. Take $89 off blocked drains, $65 off a first service booked online, and 10% off if you are a senior.

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