Blocked Drains Hurstville

Common signs

Blocked drains rarely arrive unannounced. Watch for water draining slowly in the shower or sink, gurgling sounds from the toilet when another fixture is used, a sewage smell around floor wastes or the gully trap outside, water levels in the toilet bowl rising or falling on their own, and wet patches or unusually green grass over the sewer line in the yard. In Hurstville's older streets, where many homes still run on original clay and earthenware pipes, these symptoms usually mean tree roots have found a joint; in the unit blocks, it is more often wipes and grease in a shared stack. Either way, early action is cheaper than a midnight overflow.

Common causes

Tree roots are the number one culprit around here; the figs and plane trees that make Hurstville's streets so leafy send roots straight into any cracked joint in an ageing sewer. Behind roots come fats and cooking oils that set hard in kitchen lines, "flushable" wipes that are not flushable, hair and soap scum in bathroom drains, foreign objects (children's toys are a classic), and pipes that have simply cracked, sagged or collapsed with age. Sixty to a hundred years is a long life for earthenware pipe, and a lot of Hurstville's drainage is exactly that old.

How we clear them

We find the cause before we attack the blockage. A CCTV drain camera goes down the line first, showing us exactly what and where the problem is; then we clear it with the right tool: high-pressure water jetting for roots, grease and built-up sludge, or a mechanical electric eel for solid obstructions. After clearing, the camera goes back down to confirm the line is fully open and to check the pipe's condition. Your booking is fulfilled by the qualified drainage team at Dial Up Plumbing, and if the camera shows cracked or root-riddled pipe that will keep re-blocking, we will show you the footage and explain your options, including no-dig relining, with honest pricing for each.