Your Artarmon Team for Blocked Drains
Servicing Artarmon & Surrounds
300+ five-star reviews
- 300+ five-star reviews from Sydney homeowners
- Family-run, 10+ years serving Sydney
- $0 call-out fee and a fixed price before we start
- Licensed #465156C
- Fully Insured
- $0 Call-Out Fee
- Lifetime Labour Warranty
- Same-Day Service
- 300+ Five-Star Reviews
- 10+ Years Serving Sydney
- 24/7 On-Call
- Licensed #465156C
- Fully Insured
- $0 Call-Out Fee
- Lifetime Labour Warranty
- Same-Day Service
- 300+ Five-Star Reviews
- 10+ Years Serving Sydney
- 24/7 On-Call
On Call 24/7
Blocked drains don't check the clock, and neither do we.
$0 Call-Out Fee
Turning up to look costs nothing, decide once you've seen the number.
Lifetime Labour Warranty
A clear or reline we complete stays covered indefinitely, not just for a year or two.
Licensed and Insured
Lic #465156C, fully insured, and trained on the gear we bring.
How to Tell This Job Can't Wait
A slow drain is annoying but rarely urgent. Sewage coming back up through more than one fixture at once is a different problem entirely, and that's the one that justifies an emergency call.
- Water backing up into a shower, bath or floor waste
- More than one fixture affected at the same time
- A bad smell from a gully trap or drain outside
- Gurgling from pipes when other taps run
- Water pooling around an outdoor gully after rain
- No improvement after using a plunger or drain cleaner
A single slow sink can usually wait for a normal booking. Multiple fixtures backing up together generally can't, and that distinction is the first thing we ask about on the phone.
If it's just one fitting playing up, our leaking tap repair team can often sort the fittings around it in the same visit.
Blocked Drains: What We Actually Do
We start by working out exactly where the blockage sits, using a camera where the line's awkward to reach rather than guessing and digging holes across the yard.
From there it's usually jetting or mechanical clearing, though a badly cracked or root-affected length of pipe sometimes calls for trenchless relining instead of a full dig-up. Either way, you see the price and the reasoning behind it before anything happens to the drain.
How We Price Blocked Drains
Every quote is agreed before a single tool comes out, so what we settle on-site is what lands on the invoice.
What actually shifts that number:
- Whether the blockage sits near the boundary or well under the block
- Whether it's a straightforward clear or a relining job
- Access: an open manhole versus a line buried under paving or a driveway
- Working nights or weekends, priced no differently to a weekday
No call-out fee applies either way, and the $65 off your first service still stands for new customers.
Blocked Drains and Artarmon's Older Housing
Double-brick homes along Wilkes Avenue and similar interwar streets were laid with earthenware clay drainage close to a century ago. Mature street trees along those same blocks send roots straight into the pipe joints.
Root intrusion in old clay lines is the single biggest cause of the blocked drains we clear locally, well ahead of anything people flush or pour down a sink.
What that means in practice: a camera inspection often shows several root points along one run, not just the spot where the blockage finally caught. Clearing the immediate clog gets water moving again, but a badly compromised length sometimes needs relining to stop the same call happening again next year.
What NSW Requires for This Work
Two boundaries decide who's responsible for a blocked line. Everything from your fixtures to the point where your property connects to the main is the homeowner's pipework, and that's the part a licensed plumber works on.
Past the connection point, it becomes Sydney Water's network and their responsibility to maintain. A camera inspection usually settles the question in minutes, and we'll point out exactly where your section ends before quoting anything.
NSW law requires drainage work of any kind to be carried out by an appropriately licensed tradesperson, no matter how small the job looks from the surface.
Our Blocked Drains Process, Start to Finish
- Step one, you call and we take down the blocked drain clearing details.
- Step two, a licensed plumber assesses the blocked drain clearing in person.
- Step three, you get a fixed blocked drain clearing quote and decide.
- Step four, we complete the blocked drain clearing and back it for life.
Most blocked-drains callouts wrap up in a single visit, but where roots have travelled a long way down an old clay line under a street like Wilkes Avenue, the job can run longer than a straightforward modern blockage. We'd rather flag that upfront than promise a time we can't guarantee.
Why Locals Choose Us for Blocked Drains
We carry cameras and jetting gear on every van, so most jobs get sorted in one visit rather than a return trip to find the right tool.
Being a family-run team matters here too. The plumber who inspects the line with the camera is usually the one who quotes it and comes back if it plays up again, not a rotating roster of subcontractors.
Every clear or reline comes with the same lifetime labour warranty as anything else we touch, blocked drains included, backed by 300+ five-star reviews from Sydney homes who've had exactly this job done.
Other Plumbing We Sort in Artarmon
A blocked drain often shows up alongside other ageing-pipe problems in the same house. We also handle blocked toilet call-outs, water leak detection for damp patches near a drain run, and hot water repairs for units running off the same old plumbing.
Our regular run takes in Artarmon, Chatswood, St Leonards, Naremburn and Lane Cove, so a camera and jetting van isn't far from any of them.
Talk to Our On-Call Team Now
A blocked drain rarely improves by waiting. Call (02) 9139 9963 and get a licensed plumber who can actually clear it today.
Common questions
Your Blocked Drains FAQs
Here's what Artarmon homeowners usually ask before booking a blocked-drains callout.
Will you quote blocked drains before starting?
Always. We assess what's blocking the line, give you one fixed number, and only start once you've said yes.
Is blocked drains available in the middle of the night?
Yes, blocked lines don't wait for morning and neither do we. Call any time and we'll get a plumber on the way.
How urgent is blocked drains really?
It depends on what's backing up. Older clay lines with root intrusion, common on the conservation streets, tend to escalate faster than newer PVC runs.
What if blocked drains needs more work than first thought?
We stop, explain what we've found, and requote before doing anything more. You approve the new figure before we continue.
Do you offer free quotes for blocked drains?
Yes, quotes are always free and there's no call-out fee either way. You'll have the figure in hand well before we lift a single tool.
Does the $65 first-service offer apply to blocked drains?
Yes, new customers get $65 off their first service, blocked drains included, just flag it when you ring or book through the site.