Blocked Drains Plumber South West Sydney, No Call-Out Fee

The old stormwater line dug out across the front lawn, ready for the upgrade to steel pipe

A blocked drain is either a five-minute plunger job or the first sign that a 50-year-old clay pipe has had enough. The difference matters, because one costs a few hundred dollars and the other keeps coming back every few months until someone puts a camera down it.

We do the camera first. Then we clear it, show you the footage, and tell you what it'll take to stop it happening again.

Short answer

We clear blocked drains, toilets, sinks, showers, sewers and stormwater across Liverpool, Fairfield and the Macarthur region. A CCTV drain camera finds the cause (tree roots, grease, wipes, a collapsed earthenware pipe) and high-pressure jet blasting clears it. Sydney 2026 price guides put a standard clear at about $180-$450 and camera plus jetting at $400-$1,025; we quote on inspection.

Signs you've got more than a slow sink

One slow fixture is usually local: hair, grease, a toy. Every drain in the house gurgling, a sewer smell, or water coming up through the overflow relief gully outside means the main sewer line is blocked and the whole house is backing up.

A wet or unusually green patch of lawn along the line, or a blockage that returns every few months, almost always means tree roots or a broken pipe. Our guide to blocked drain causes and fixes covers what's safe to try yourself.

Blocked sewer drain: the signs and what we do

A blocked sewer drain announces itself: every fixture slow at once, drains that gurgle when the toilet flushes, a sewer smell that will not go, and water or worse at the overflow relief gully outside. That is the main line, not the sink. We stop you running water, put the camera down from the inspection opening, jet the line clear and show you the footage, and if the pipe has failed we quote the repair from what the camera shows. Step by step on the blocked sewer drain page; our sewer and stormwater plumber page covers the dig-and-replace side.

Blocked sink, blocked shower or blocked toilet: which fixture tells us where the block is

One slow fixture is local: a blocked sink is grease and food in the trap, a blocked shower drain is hair and soap, a blocked toilet is paper, wipes or a toy. Two or more fixtures at once means the block is further down the line and it is a sewer job. Tell us which fixtures are affected when you ring and we will tell you which kind of job it is. A toilet on its own has its own page: blocked toilet.

How we clear a blocked drain

Camera first. A CCTV drain inspection with a locator shows what the blockage is and exactly where it sits, so nobody guesses.

Jet blasting. High-pressure water cuts through roots, grease and scale and flushes the line clean, far more effective than a hand snake on a sewer, and it doesn't chew up old pipes the way an electric eel can.

Then the honest conversation. If the camera shows cracked or root-bound earthenware, jetting is a band-aid. We'll talk through root cutting, or digging and replacing the section with our own excavator: see sewer & stormwater and our tree roots in pipes guide. Sectional pipe patching is next in the van; until it is, if a full reline from a specialist is the right call we will say so.

Jet blasting blocked drains

High-pressure water cuts roots, scours grease off the pipe walls and flushes the lot to the main, which is why a jetted drain stays clear far longer than one an eel has punched a hole through. It is the standard tool on every sewer job we do. Booking one? See jet blasting blocked drains.

How it works and when it is the right call: jet blasting blocked drains.

Tree roots in pipes

Roots find the moisture at a joint, get in through a hairline gap and thicken into a mat that catches everything going past. The older clay sewers around Liverpool, Fairfield and Campbelltown are the usual suspects.

Signs, causes and the honest fix options: tree roots in pipes.

Sewer vs stormwater blockages

Your sewer takes toilets, sinks and showers. Your stormwater takes roof and yard water to the street or an absorption trench. They're separate systems and they block for different reasons: sewers from roots, wipes and grease; stormwater from leaves, silt and roots at the downpipe connections.

Backyard flooding after rain is a stormwater problem, not a sewer one. We handle both.

Who's responsible, you or Sydney Water?

Sydney Water looks after the sewer main in the street and the connection point. Every pipe on your side of that point is yours, including the overflow relief gully. If the blockage is in the main, Sydney Water clears it at no cost; if it's on your property, it's a plumber job. A CCTV inspection tells you which, and a sewer service diagram from Sydney Water shows where your pipes run.

Blocked drain cost

Sydney 2026 price guides: a standard blocked drain clear $180 to $450; CCTV inspection plus jet blasting $400 to $1,025. Long runs under concrete, collapsed pipe and root-bound clay push toward the top of the range, and any repair or excavation is quoted separately once the camera has shown what's wrong.

From recent jobs

Stormwater upgraded to galvanised steel pipe running to the kerb, laid on gravel bedding

Stormwater kerb outlet cast into the gutter

Blocked drains Liverpool, Fairfield, Campbelltown and Austral

Blocked drain in Liverpool: roots in the 1950s to 80s earthenware sewers, ten minutes from our base.
Blocked drains in Fairfield: tree roots and old clay pipes under mature street trees.
Blocked drains in Campbelltown: clay soils that move with the seasons and crack old joints.
Blocked drains in Austral: builder rubbish and crushed shallow pipe in near-new homes, roots on the acreage side.
Blocked drains in Green Valley: 1980s sewers with roots at the joints and grease in the kitchen line.

Blocked drains: questions we get asked

Can I use a chemical drain cleaner first?

On a modern PVC sink waste, a plunger and boiling water for grease are fine. Avoid caustic drain cleaners on old earthenware or galvanised pipes and never on a sewer line: they damage pipe and seals and make it dangerous for whoever opens the line afterwards.

Why does my drain keep blocking every few months?

Recurring blockages in the same line are almost always tree roots growing through joints in old clay pipe, or a cracked or bellied section collecting debris. Jetting clears it temporarily; a CCTV inspection shows the real cause so you can fix it once.

Do you do blocked stormwater drains?

Yes, downpipes, stormwater pits, absorption trenches and yard drains. Leaves, silt and roots are the usual culprits. If the yard floods every time it rains, that's a drainage design problem we can fix properly, not just clear.

Is the tenant or the landlord responsible for a blocked drain in NSW?

Generally the landlord pays for blockages from wear, roots or pipe faults, and the tenant may be liable if the cause is something they put down the drain such as wipes or fat. The CCTV footage settles it either way.

How long does it take to clear a blocked drain?

Most clears take one to two hours including the camera inspection. Root-bound sewers can take longer, and if the pipe has collapsed we'll give you a separate quote and timeframe for the repair or excavation.

Where we do this work

Across Austral, Liverpool, Fairfield and the Macarthur region, see all service areas, Liverpool, Campbelltown, Fairfield, Cabramatta, Casula, Prestons.

Blocked drains cleared across Liverpool, Fairfield and Campbelltown, no call-out fee