Blocked drain plumber in Marrickville
A gully that overflows when the washing machine runs, a fig near the back fence, a terrace that’s stood for a century: we clear Marrickville drains, film them and fix them so they stay clear.
“…He took the time to explain the cause of the blockage, clearly explained what needed to be done, and resolved the issue efficiently…”
“…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
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
- 2204
- Council
- Inner West Council
- Homes
- Terraces, bungalows and units
- Nearby
- Enmore, Stanmore, Dulwich Hill
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 Marrickville 2204
In Marrickville the calls are about the gully. The washing machine empties, the shower runs, and water comes up through the grate in the backyard. That’s the sewer line telling you it’s blocking further down, between the house and Sydney Water’s main, and in a yard with a big tree the first thing we look for is roots.
We clear the line from the gully or an inspection opening with the drain machine, jet it, and run the camera to the junction with you watching. You see the joint the roots came in at, or the dropped section the water sits in, and you get a fixed price to seal it before we start. Behind a terrace with no side access, the gear comes through the house on covers, or in from the back lane.
In Marrickville the work is roots in the line behind a terrace or bungalow, a dropped joint under a yard that was dug for an extension, or fat set in a unit block’s kitchen stack. Roots get cut out and the joint relined; a dropped joint gets found with the locator and relined or repaired at that spot; a fatty line gets jetted to the main. Every one ends on the camera, so you see the pipe clear before we pack up.
Built on a valley that always drained hard
Marrickville is a valley. Most of it lies in the Cooks River basin on the river’s northern bank, and when the Illawarra railway arrived in the 1880s the Marrickville Valley turned out to have serious drainage problems. A stormwater pumping station went in on Carrington Road in 1897, and Inner West Council still treats Marrickville Valley and Marrickville South as two of its nine main catchments, with their own flood studies.
The suburb grew fast after the 1880s, when market gardens became brick pits and the land was cut up for workers’ housing. Today Federation bungalows stand close to older terraces, and about half the homes are units. The big trees are here too: the Port Jackson figs in Enmore Park, inside Marrickville’s boundary, are heritage listed with the park’s gates.
Underneath it all, Sydney Water’s Sewage Pumping Station 271 on Carrington Road, built in the late 1890s, still lifts sewage from the low-lying parts of Marrickville into the main system. Your line runs from the house to Sydney Water’s main in the street or the lane, and that run is where we work.
A shared line behind a row of terraces
Plenty of Marrickville terraces sit in rows, and a line that serves more than one home is what Sydney Water calls a private joint service: every owner on it shares the upkeep from the connection point. When we film a shared line we show each owner where the fault is, so the cost can be split fairly. In a unit block, the drains in common property belong to the owners corporation, and the footage goes to the strata manager.
If the camera shows the fault is in Sydney Water’s main or at its junction, we tell you on the spot, and you report it to Sydney Water with our footage. If your line has collapsed under the footpath or the road, Sydney Water may repair that part free once a licensed plumber shows it needs digging up.
How a job runs in Marrickville
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.
…Our plumber was able to quickly diagnose what he thought was the issue and then set about fixing it He explained his progress ,even taking the time to answer hubbys questions about tree roots invading the pipes…
Tips for Marrickville homes
- Gully overflowing when the washing machine empties? Stop using the machine and the shower until we’ve cleared the line.
- Got a big fig or camphor laurel near the back fence? Tell us roughly how far it is from the gully and the toilet.
- Renting? The owner or the agent books the work. We send them the footage and the price so they can say yes quickly.
Marrickville questions
My backyard gully overflows when the washing machine runs. What is it?
Water coming up at the gully means the sewer line is blocking further down, between the house and the main. In a Marrickville yard with a big tree nearby, roots at a joint are the first thing the camera looks for.
The fig near my back fence: is it in my sewer?
The camera tells us. If roots are in at a joint, we cut them out, jet the line and seal the joint so they can’t get back in, without touching the tree.
My terrace shares a sewer line with next door. Who pays?
A line that serves more than one property is a private joint service, and Sydney Water’s contract makes each owner on it responsible for its upkeep. How the cost is split is between the owners; our footage shows where the fault is.
Do you work in Marrickville’s unit blocks?
Yes. Drains in common property belong to the owners corporation, so we report the footage to the strata manager and clear what’s blocked.
Can you see where the problem is before you dig in my yard?
Yes. The camera finds the fault and our locator marks the spot on the ground above it, so in a small Marrickville yard any digging is one hole at the right place, and most of the time there’s no digging at all because we reline.
We also work nearby in Enmore, Stanmore and Leichhardt. All Inner West suburbs
Get a quote in Marrickville
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.