Blocked drain plumber in Leichhardt
Brush box avenues, old figs and houses, terraces and units side by side: we clear Leichhardt drains, film them and seal the joints the roots came in at.
“…Cleared our sewer blockage and registered the problem with Sydney Water. Syd water came out same day and took the job over…”
- Camera
- Footage for your insurer or strata
- Fix
- Jetting and no-dig relining
- Phones
- Answered 24/7
- Price
- Fixed before work starts
A blockage in the line
We clear it from the gully or the inspection opening, then run the camera down the line to find what caught it, so it doesn’t come straight back.
- Postcode
- 2040
- Council
- Inner West Council
- Homes
- Houses, terraces and units
- Nearby
- Annandale, Lilyfield, Haberfield
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
At a stormwater pit in a garden bed, with the drain camera beside it. 
Two of the team at one of our utes, outside a building site. 
Working on a toilet in a tiled bathroom.
Blocked drains in Leichhardt 2040
Leichhardt is a mix: houses, terraces and semis, and units, in roughly equal parts. The drain calls follow the trees. A gully that floods, a toilet that rises before it clears, roots showing in an inspection opening.
We cut the roots out with the drain machine, jet the line to the main and film it with you watching. The footage shows the joint they came in through, and we give you a fixed price to seal it from the inside before any work starts.
In Leichhardt we deal with roots from big street trees in the front of the line, stormwater lines that can’t keep up in heavy rain, and unit-block lines full of fat. We clear them, film them and seal the joints that let the roots in.
Big street trees and a canal on the edge
Leichhardt’s streets carry some of the Inner West’s best-known trees. Heritage-listed street trees inside the suburb include two avenues of brush box, a row of Port Jackson figs, a mature fig and a row of brush box with a Hill’s fig, and Pioneers Memorial Park on Norton Street is a heritage landscape of its own.
Inner West Council looks after these trees, and prunes roots where its trees reach private services. If a council tree’s roots are in your sewer, the council asks you to report it, and our footage shows where the roots are and how far down the line.
On the western edge runs the Hawthorne Canal, the old Long Cove Creek straightened from 1890, out to Iron Cove. The council has its own flood studies for the Hawthorne Canal and Leichhardt, which is why a stormwater line that’s clear before the next big storm matters here. Leichhardt also has several small heritage estates, Wetherill, Whaleyborough, Excelsior and Scarvell among them.
Your pipe under a council tree
Even where your sewer runs under the footpath beside a street tree, Sydney Water’s customer contract makes it yours to and including the connection point with its main. Sydney Water owns the main and the junction. So the roots in your line are yours to clear, and the council asks to hear about it when they come from a public tree.
Where the fault turns out to be in Sydney Water’s main or at its junction, we show you on the screen, and Sydney Water fixes its side.
How a job runs in Leichhardt
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
Great service blocked drain resolved and Chris very helpful…
…He took the time to explain the cause of the blockage, clearly explained what needed to be done, and resolved the issue efficiently…
Tips for Leichhardt homes
- Street tree out the front? Report its roots to Inner West Council with our footage, after we’ve cleared the line.
- Gully flooding in heavy rain? Tell us, and we’ll check whether a downpipe runs into the sewer.
- Send a photo of any roots you can see in the gully. It tells us which cutting head to bring.
Leichhardt questions
Roots from a council street tree are in my Leichhardt sewer. Who do I tell?
Inner West Council asks owners to report public tree roots damaging their sewer or stormwater pipes as soon as possible. We clear the line and give you the footage showing where the roots are.
Can you stop the roots coming back?
Yes: relining the joint they came in at seals it from the inside, so they can’t get back in. Clearing alone buys time.
Do you clear stormwater lines near the Hawthorne Canal?
Yes. We clear and film stormwater lines to the kerb or the council’s pit, so they carry the water away in a storm.
Do you work in Leichhardt’s units?
Yes. The drains in common property belong to the owners corporation, so the footage goes to the strata manager.
How long does a camera inspection take?
Long enough to clear the line and film it to the junction with you watching. You see the footage there and then, and we give you a fixed price for the fix before we pack up.
We also work nearby in Annandale, Lilyfield and Haberfield. All Inner West suburbs
Get a quote in Leichhardt
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.