Blocked Drains

IF YOU’VE GOT A BLOCKED DRAIN YOU NEED IT FIXED FAST!

At Call the Plumber Sydney, our highly experienced plumbers use the latest technology to clear your blocked drain fast.

We have high pressure water jetting machines and electric eels that can be used for all of your drain clearing applications.

The CCTV Drain Camera saves you money by quickly assessing the condition of your drainage line and by using our camera locating equipment pinpointing the exact location and depth of the pipe as well as diagnosing the cause of the blockage, reducing the need for extensive excavation work.
 

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Cut Costs not tree roots!

As a valued customer of Call The Plumber Sydney, we are pleased to introduce to you Sanafoam Vaporooter® II foaming sewer root control.  A cost effective and EPA approved sewer root treatment service.

As you may know, once tree roots enter your sewer line they become an ongoing problem you can do with out. The tree roots grow, cause a blockage and you Call The Plumber to water jet or electric eel your sewer line. This will clear some or all of the roots, depending on the technique used and the quality of the workmanship. However, like pruning a tree, the very action of clearing the sewer promotes the regrowth of the roots, but this time thicker and more aggressive just like those hedges people work so hard on to thicken up. The cycle of cut, regrow and cut begins and soon you are caught up in a costly sewer trap. Each time you have your sewer cleared, the period of time before the sewer blocks again is lessened, even worse the roots you cut remain in the pipe wall and with each sewer clearance the roots get thicker, further cracking the pipes open allowing more roots into the pipe and allowing raw sewage to enter our waterways.

Sanafoam Vaporooter® II is used by hundreds of Sewer Authorities in Australia and around the world to control sewer root growth.
Vaporooter is a combination of herbicides that are placed as a foam in your sewer line for the purpose of eliminating tree roots and preventing further destruction of sewer pipes caused by live tree roots. Only tree roots within the pipe and a short distance outside the pipe are affected. Trees and shrubs above the pipe are not affected.

Maintenance Program
We recommend that Vaporooter be applied to your sewer 6-8 weeks after your sewer lines have been water jetted or electric-eeled, to allow the tree roots to regrow enough to effectively treat the offending roots. Further treatment should be scheduled annually for the most cost-effective control. This will eliminate any further need to water jet or electric eel your sewer line and guarantee that your sewer will not re-block due to live tree root growth!

Our preventative maintenance program using Sanafoam Vaporooter® II will combat the inconvenience of tree root blockages and raw sewage overflows that usually occur at the most unexpected times, like on weekends, the family BBQ or even Christmas day!! As you know this results in costly emergency call outs and your family being exposed to raw sewage overflow.

Guarantee
We guarantee if your drain blocks within 12 months of treatment “ Call The Plumber Sydney “ will clear the blockage and camera the drain if required, to determine the cause of the blockage. If the blockage is caused by live tree roots we will re-treat the line. The call out, blockage clearance and the re-treatment will be free of charge. If the blockage is caused by any other type of obstruction such as toilet fresheners, sanitary products, children’s toys or flat, collapsed or deformed pipes the normal charges for call out and blockage clearance will apply.

“The roots you cut last year are the same roots you will cut this year and next year as well.”

 

Blocked drains whether it’s a blocked sewer line or a blocked storm water pipe can be one of the most frustrating and inconvenient not to mention one of the most costly plumbing problems you can have at your home. Unfortunately tree roots in the sewer line are an indication of damaged plumbing pipes and become an ongoing problem you could do without.

 

The only permanent solution is complete replacement of your old earthenware plumbing pipes with new pvc plumbing pipes, but if you don’t want to go to all the trouble of replacing you old sewer pipes, Call The Plumber Sydney has several cost effective options to keep your sewer line clear and free flowing. Regular maintenance using high pressure water blasters are the latest technology in combating all but the most severe tree root blockage.

 

Drain cleaning equipment is designed so that it does not damage your sewer lines if they are in good condition, however if your old earthenware pipes are in poor condition any drain cleaning equipment can become stuck in the severely damaged section, or in extreme cases the removal or the tree root blockage binding the damaged pipe work together can cause the already damaged pipe work to collapse further resulting in excavation and replacement.

 

Unfortunately this is a catch 22 situation, your drain is blocked and needs to be cleared, and it’s full of sewerage so a drain camera cannot be used to access the condition of the pipe because it can’t see through the sewer water. So the plumber has a dilemma, he has to put his equipment down the drain in good faith, not knowing the severity of the problem. Nine times out of ten the line can be cleared but occasionally excavation is required.

 

Sometimes both the water jetter and the electric eel are required to be used in conjunction to defeat the most stubborn of tree root infestations. Drastic measures this may be but when you have guests over and there is raw sewerage overflowing in the back yard you’ll be glad you Called The Plumber. The advent of Drain cameras have been a god sent to the Plumbing Professional and home owner. This piece of high-tec equipment is used to take all of the guess work out of drain cleaning. Every nook and cranny can be thoroughly explored using cctv and a complete video diagnosis can be supplied to determine the best course of action required, not only that we can use our pipe tracing equipment to locate the camera head and find the exact location and cause of the blocked sewer pipe.

 

The locating equipment will give us the exact location and depth of the sewer line so we can provide you with an accurate quote to excavate and replace the tree root infested area. One of the latest developments in the fight against tree roots has been Chemical treatments. Products like Sanafoam Vaporooter II and Rootx are the latest tree root control programs to be introduced into Australia.

Sanafoam Vaporooter® II is used by hundreds of Sewer Authorities in Australia and around the world to control sewer root growth.

Vaporooter is a combination of herbicides that are placed as foam in your sewer line for the purpose of eliminating tree roots and preventing further destruction of sewer pipes caused by live tree roots. Only tree roots within the pipe and a short distance outside the pipe are affected. Trees and shrubs above the pipe are not affected. 

Maintenance Program

We recommend that Vaporooter be applied to your sewer 6-8 weeks after your sewer lines have been water jetted or electric-eeled, to allow the tree roots to regrow enough to effectively treat the offending roots. Further treatment should be scheduled annually for the most cost-effective control. This will eliminate any further need to water jet or electric eel your sewer line and guarantee that your sewer will not re-block due to live tree root growth! 

Our preventative maintenance program using Sanafoam Vaporooter® II will combat the inconvenience of tree root blockages and raw sewage overflows that usually occur at the most unexpected times, like on weekends, the family BBQ or even Christmas day!! As you know this results in costly emergency call outs and your family being exposed to raw sewage overflow. 

Guarantee

We guarantee if your drain blocks within 12 months of treatment “ Call The Plumber  Sydney” will clear the blockage and camera the drain if required, to determine the cause of the blockage. If the blockage is caused by live tree roots we will re-treat the line. The call out, blockage clearance and the re-treatment will be free of charge. If the blockage is caused by any other type of obstruction such as toilet fresheners, sanitary products, children’s toys or flat, collapsed or deformed pipes the normal charges for call out and blockage clearance will apply. 

If you have large concreted areas or prize winning landscaped gardens that you couldn’t bear to dig up and destroy there are now options available to suit these situations and save thousands in restoration costs after the excavation and sewer replacement have been completed. The Re lining of sewer lines and stormwater lines have become increasing popular with several large companies starting up the Sydney area to service this demand for continuous pipe re lining. The process is still costly and has its pros and cons but compared to other alternatives, in some situations that arise, drain re lining can be a cost effective alternative.        

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