Tree Root Removal Glendale

Tree root removal in Glendale means cutting the root ball out of a sewer or stormwater line, flushing the pieces clear and finishing with a camera check, all priced before we begin. Your plumber in Glendale takes bookings on (02) 4063 3469 or through the form.

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Licensed plumbers and gas fitters · NSW Lic. 359278C

Last updated September 2026

How Do Roots Get Into a Buried Pipe?

Roots only get in where the pipe is already open, and the older streets here have plenty of openings:

Vitrified clay lines laid in the 1950s to the 1970s, with joints that have cracked as they aged
Hair-fine roots that enter through those cracks and bulk up into a ball that traps paper
Reactive clay over shale that swells and shrinks with the seasons, working cracked joints looser

Once a ball forms, the line chokes slowly first, then all at once.

How We Cut and Clear the Roots

The method depends on what the camera finds at the entry point, and every step is priced before it happens.

Locate

The CCTV camera and pipe locator pin the root mass and measure how far down the line it sits.

Cut

An electric eel with a root-cutting head, or the jetter where the footage suits it, slices the mass off the pipe wall.

Flush

Water carries the cuttings to the access point so nothing snags on the way out.

Verify

The camera goes back down afterwards to prove the pipe is open and show whether the entry joints remain.

1. 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. 2. 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. 3. Roots out, line checked. The eel or jetter cuts the mass, the flush clears the cuttings, and the camera confirms a clean pipe. 4. 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.

Why Do Root Clears Vary in Price?

We provide up-front, honest quotes that will always match the final price, should you decide to go ahead.

Position comes first:

Where the mass sits, because roots at a boundary inspection opening are quicker to reach than a ball deep in a backyard run
Whether the line is a sewer or a stormwater pipe, since each clears through different access
The pipe material, since a clay joint, an old galvanised section and PVC each behave differently under the cutting head
After-hours visits, which are charged at a higher rate than weekday work

Vitrified Clay Under the Post-War Streets

The housing wave set this problem up decades ago

The mid-century boom laid most of these drains in clay, a material whose joints give way as the years pass, and the established street trees behind the fibro and weatherboard cottages have had decades to find every gap.

The ground keeps those joints moving

Underneath, the clay-on-shale base swells after a wet spell and contracts through a dry one, so a joint that opened once never stays tight for long. That is why a root clear here finishes with the camera, not just the flush: the run shows whether the pipe still holds or whether the next call should be a reline.

What Customers Say

Woke up Friday to find my two kitchen sinks backed up. … Possibly tree roots from backyard neighbours.

Anne

When We're Not the Right Call

A collapsed section ends the run

If the camera cannot get past the fault, cutting roots will not fix the pipe, and the honest next step is excavation or relining rather than a clear that cannot reach the problem.

Street-side mains belong to Hunter Water

Roots in the sewer main under the road are Hunter Water's job, so we report the fault to them and you are not charged for it.

For lines that need a full clear first, blocked sewer work and drain jetting sit alongside this one on the blocked drains run.

Root Clear Questions From Around Here

Will the roots grow back once the line is cleared?

If the joints are still cracked, yes, they can return, because the entry point stays open. The footage marks each joint the roots came through, and if those joints need sealing we will talk you through pipe relining as the permanent fix instead of booking the same clear every year.

Does cutting roots damage old clay drains?

We match the cutting head to the pipe, so an intact clay line comes through a root clear unharmed. The risk sits with sections already cracked or collapsed, which is why the camera goes down first and we ease off at any fault rather than forcing through it.

Do you clear roots from stormwater lines as well as sewers?

Yes. Stormwater lines around Glendale collect roots through the same cracked joints, especially where mature trees shade the pits and grates. The clear runs the same way, with a camera check afterwards proving the line is open.

Can anything stop roots getting back into the pipe?

Relining is the real answer, because it turns the old jointed clay into one continuous pipe with no gaps for fine roots to prise open. An annual camera check on a known root-affected line also catches regrowth early, before it mats into another blockage.

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