Blocked Drains Glendale
Glendale Plumbing Co clears blocked drains in Glendale with a jetter, an electric eel and a CCTV camera, and every cleared line gets a camera check so you can see the water running. From a slow kitchen sink to a sewer backing up through every fixture, you get the full figure up front before work begins.
Drains take more care here than almost anything else Glendale Plumbing Co does, because the ground gives pipes a hard time.
Clay pipe under the mid-century builds. The fibro and weatherboard houses that went up through the middle of last century were drained in vitrified clay or earthenware, and that pipe cracks as the decades pass. Underneath, reactive clay and shale shift with wet and dry spells, which shakes the joints looser over the years.
Roots find the gaps. Once a joint opens, the roots of footpath trees and garden plantings push through, and a root ball grows until the pipe chokes.
Stormwater has its own season. This suburb drains toward Upper Cockle Creek, and in a long east-coast-low soak the pits and pipes can only move so much water at once, so yards pond while the line catches up. A stormwater clear after the event, plus a camera look at what slowed it down, stops the same puddle coming back every winter.
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Last updated September 2026
- Available 24/7
- No call-out fee (excluding after-hours)
- Fixed, up-front quotes
- 365-day warranty on all work
Glendale Drain Services
Six services cover the drain work, and each one owns a different part of the fault:
CCTV Drain Inspection
Footage of the full line, fault by fault, before anyone decides to dig.
Drain Jetting
A high-pressure hose head that strips grease and sludge back to bare pipe, no chemicals involved.
Blocked Sewer
Main-line chokes cleared, with the boundary sorted between your side and the street side.
Stormwater Drains
Pits, surface drains and downpipe lines cleared and checked after heavy rain events.
Pipe Relining
A cracked section sealed from the inside with a new liner, with the yard left intact.
Tree Root Removal
Roots cut back to the pipe wall, with the joint they came through marked for sealing.
What gets into a drain around here?
Blockages on these streets come down to three causes, and the camera tells you which one you have:
Roots through cracked clay joints
Grease and sludge build-up
Stormwater debris
A toilet that gurgles, a shower recess filling as you wash, or an outside drain bubbling when the washing machine empties all point at the same problem: the line is choking somewhere and the water needs another way out.
How a Drain Call Runs
- 01
Ring or send the form
Call (02) 4063 3469 or use the form to explain the fault. We ask enough to bring the right equipment the first time.
- 02
A fixed price first
A plumber inspects the job and names a fixed figure up front. Nothing gets started until you give the go-ahead.
- 03
Clear and verify
The jetter or eel cuts through the blockage, then the camera goes back in to prove the flow is clear end to end.
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Covered for a year
Every job carries our 365-day warranty on all work. If something we did isn't right, ring the same number.
What shapes the cost of a drain clear?
We provide up-front, honest quotes that will always match the final price, should you decide to go ahead.
What moves the figure before you hear it:
- Pipe material Clay and earthenware need more care than PVC, and an old brittle section slows the job down.
- How deep and how far in A main line under the yard takes longer to reach and clear than a branch line under the house.
- What the camera finds A clear-and-check is one figure; a collapsed section needing relining or replacement is another, and you hear both before choosing.
- When you call An after-hours call is priced differently, and that figure is named before anything is booked.
What Customers Say
He spoke to us about what not to use, what to avoid and even double checked the issue had resolved.
When we're not the right call. Hunter Water looks after the main out in the road, and a fault there gets logged with them rather than quoted to you. When Cockle Creek itself spills over and covers the yard, no drain clear will shift it, since the pipes are not the bottleneck.
Questions Locals Ask About Drains
Do you clear stormwater drains that overflow in Glendale storms?
Yes. Stormwater lines on the Cockle Creek floodplain back up when heavy rain arrives faster than the pits can take it. Clearing the line, checking the pits and running a camera through where access allows shows whether it was leaves or a crushed pipe.
Can a camera show whether roots have got into my clay sewer line?
It can. The camera travels the full length and shows every cracked joint and root ball on a screen you can watch too. You see the exact entry point, which means the clearing targets the right section instead of guessing from the gurgling.
My drain blocks every few months. Is clearing it again a waste of money?
Repeated blockages usually mean a structural fault, not bad luck. A camera check shows whether roots are re-entering through the same split joint, and relining that section stops the cycle. If the pipe has collapsed, the footage makes the case for a replacement, and the quote follows from there.
Is a blocked sewer main out in the street my responsibility?
The boundary decides it. The pipe on your side of the boundary is ours to clear and repair. Out in the street, the main is maintained by the water authority, and we get the fault logged with them before we pack up so nothing sits in limbo.
Need a plumber? Call or send the form
Call (02) 4063 3469 or send the form below. Available 24/7, you see a fixed figure ahead of any work, and every job carries our 365-day warranty on all work.
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