Blocked drain plumber in Croydon
Victorian houses north of the station, Federation homes on Malvern Hill’s tree-lined streets: we clear Croydon drains, film them and seal the joints the roots got in at.
“Great service blocked drain resolved and Chris very helpful…”
- Camera
- Footage for your insurer or strata
- Fix
- Jetting and no-dig relining
- Phones
- Answered 24/7
- Price
- Fixed before work starts
Roots in at a joint
We cut the roots out with the drain machine, jet the line clean and run the camera to the junction, so you see the joint they came in at. Reline that joint and they can’t get back in.
- Postcode
- 2132
- Council
- Burwood and Inner West
- Homes
- Houses, then units
- Nearby
- Haberfield, Ashfield, Burwood
What to send us
- Your suburb, and whether it’s a terrace, a semi, a house or a unit
- What it’s doing: gurgling, slow, overflowing at the gully, a smell
- A photo of the gully or the overflow, and where the toilet and any big trees are
- Any old camera footage or report you already have
Gully overflowing?
- Stop running the washing machine, the dishwasher and the showers.
- Don’t flush the toilet.
- Sewage coming up inside, or the gully won’t stop? Call now: we answer 24/7. A visit today carries a call-out fee, and you hear the amount on the phone first.
- Slow but not overflowing? Book a quote visit for tomorrow or later: it’s free.
Who comes out
Andrew and the teamAussie Services
Inner West Blocked Drains is Andrew and the team at Aussie Services, family owned since Andrew started it in 2009. The phone is answered 24/7, and a licensed drainer from our team comes out with the camera and the drain machine.
Every job runs on our NSW contractor licence, 273594C, the same one that covers our plumbers, gasfitters and electricians. The price is fixed before we start, and our workmanship carries a lifetime guarantee on the labour.
- 273594CNSW contractor licence: drainer and plumber
- 2009The year Andrew set it up
- 24/7Someone on the phone, any hour
- LifetimeLabour guarantee on our work
Recent work by the team
Two of the team at one of our utes, outside a building site. 
Working on a toilet in a tiled bathroom. 
Getting the camera ready on a driveway: one at the controls, one with the camera head.
Blocked drains in Croydon 2132
More than half of Croydon’s homes are freestanding houses, on streets planned with trees from the start. That’s the recipe for roots in the sewer, and it’s the first thing we look for when a Croydon gully floods or a toilet backs up.
We cut the roots out, jet the line and film it to Sydney Water’s main with you watching. The footage shows the joints they came through, and you get a fixed price to reline them before any work starts.
In Croydon we cut roots out of house sewer lines under tree-lined streets, reline the joints they came through, and clear stormwater lines near Iron Cove Creek. Every job ends with the camera down the line.
Victorian streets and a model Federation suburb
Croydon’s first houses went up north of the station, around Edwin and Elizabeth Streets, many of them in the Victorian style of the 1880s and 1890s. South of the line, the Malvern Hill Estate was subdivided in 1909 as a model suburb, with wide tree-lined streets, Federation houses and The Strand’s heritage-listed shops.
Burwood Council, which looks after most of Croydon, gives owners plain advice: the pipes from your property to the Sydney Water main are yours to maintain, and the seals on old terracotta pipes wear away and let tree roots in, where roots can’t get into a sound, sealed PVC pipe. Relining puts that sealed pipe inside the old one.
Iron Cove Creek starts in Croydon, coming out of a stormwater tunnel near Norton Street and running as a channel along the suburb’s eastern edge. On Paisley Road, the heritage-listed Croydon Sewer Vent has stood on the public sewer since 1922.
What Burwood Council says
Burwood Council puts the pipes from your property through to the Sydney Water main on the owner, and Sydney Water’s customer contract says the same: yours to and including the connection point, which can sit past your boundary. Sydney Water owns the main and the junction. The camera shows exactly where on that run the fault is.
If the footage shows the fault in Sydney Water’s main or at its junction, Sydney Water fixes its side.
How a job runs in Croydon
Ring, or send a photo
Ring 1300 890 269 at any hour, or send the form with a photo of the gully or the overflow.
Choose when
Any day from tomorrow on, the quote visit is free: we come between 8 am and 3 pm and ring 30 minutes before we arrive. If it can’t wait, a visit today carries a call-out fee, and you hear the amount on the phone before anyone is sent.
On the camera
A licensed drainer clears the line and runs the camera down it with you watching, so you see what caused the blockage and where.
A fixed price, then the fix
You approve a fixed price before we touch the drain. Then we clear, jet, reline or repair it, test the line and leave the yard clean, and our labour on that work is guaranteed for life.
What customers say
…Chris and Nathan fixed my blocked sewer pipe which was damaged due to tree roots. They patiently fixed the issue and I am very happy with the services received.
…Cleared our sewer blockage and registered the problem with Sydney Water. Syd water came out same day and took the job over…
Tips for Croydon homes
- Old terracotta line full of roots? Ask about relining: it seals the joints for good.
- Big street tree out the front? Tell us how far it is from the front of the house.
- Two councils share Croydon. Tell us your street, and we’ll tell you which council’s tree rules apply.
Croydon questions
Burwood Council says to replace old terracotta pipes. Do I have to dig them up?
No. Relining puts a sealed pipe inside the old one, from the inside, so the roots can’t get in and the garden stays as it is.
Is my Croydon street in Burwood or the Inner West?
Croydon is split between Burwood Council and Inner West Council. It doesn’t change the drain work, but it decides whose tree rules apply if roots come from a street tree.
Can you clear the stormwater as well as the sewer?
Yes. We clear and film both, and reconnect any downpipe that runs into the sewer instead of the stormwater line.
Can you film my line before I decide?
Yes. The camera inspection shows you every joint to the junction, and you get a fixed price for the fix before you decide.
We also work nearby in Haberfield, Concord and Russell Lea. All Inner West suburbs
Get a quote in Croydon
Tell us what the drain is doing, add a photo, and we’ll ring you back to set a time.
What to send us
- Your suburb, and whether it’s a terrace, a semi, a house or a unit
- What it’s doing: gurgling, slow, overflowing at the gully, a smell
- A photo of the gully or the overflow, and where the toilet and any big trees are
- Any old camera footage or report you already have
Next, we ring you back and set a time. From tomorrow on, the quote visit is free: we come between 8 am and 3 pm and ring 30 minutes before we pull up. Water coming up at the gully right now? Ring 1300 890 269 at any hour.
Thanks, we’ve got your details.
We’ll ring you to talk about the drain and set a time. From tomorrow on, the quote visit is free.