Which service do I book if I'm not sure?

Book 'Blocked drains'. The plumber works out on site whether it's a simple fixture blockage (and charges the lower price) or a sewer line problem. You never pay more than the price for the job actually done.

Are the prices really all-inclusive?

Yes: travel, labour, equipment and the camera inspection. The only things quoted separately are repairs and relining, which need the camera footage first, and you approve those in writing before anything happens.

Do prices change after hours?

No. Nights, weekends and public holidays are the same price. Most Sydney plumbers add 20–50%.

Do you do strata and commercial?

Yes, at the same fixed prices for standard jobs. For cafés, restaurants and larger buildings, book hydro jetting or drain cleaning and mention it in the notes; we'll send a plumber with commercial gear.

Drain services and prices

Eleven fixed-price jobs covering everything that goes wrong with drains in Sydney homes, units and small commercial properties. Every price includes the call-out and, where it makes sense, a CCTV camera inspection. Repairs are quoted in writing after the camera, never sprung on you.

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Not sure which service you need?

Don't guess from a list of eleven. Tell us what's actually happening — a photo is enough — and we'll name the likely cause and the exact fixed price for it.

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Blocked Drains

$449

Cleared with a jetter, checked with a camera, one fixed price.

Best for: Any drain that's stopped or backing up and you don't know why

60–90 minutes for a standard job · Typical Sydney price $500–$1,000 with jetting and camera

Blocked Toilet

$249

Cleared, flushed, and inspected — your toilet back online with a fixed, upfront price.

Best for: One toilet that won't flush, drains slowly or overflows

45–75 minutes · Typical Sydney price $180–$350

Blocked Sink

$199

From grease to foreign objects — cleared and flowing at a fixed price.

Best for: Kitchen, laundry or bathroom basin that's slow or blocked

30–60 minutes · Typical Sydney price $150–$300

Blocked Shower

$199

Hair, soap and grime cleared — your shower draining like new.

Best for: Shower or bath that pools or drains slowly

30–60 minutes · Typical Sydney price $150–$350

Blocked Sewer

$549

Main sewer line cleared and inspected before it backs up into the house.

Best for: Everything backing up at once, or sewage at the overflow gully

90–150 minutes · Typical Sydney price $500–$1,000+

Stormwater Drains

$449

Clear the channel before the next downpour — pits, pipes and surface drains flushed and inspected.

Best for: Pits, downpipes or surface drains that overflow when it rains

60–120 minutes · Typical Sydney price $400–$650

CCTV Drain Inspection

$249

A full internal scan of your drain line with a written diagnostic — know before you dig.

Best for: Pre-purchase checks, recurring blockages, or insurance and strata reports

45–90 minutes · Typical Sydney price $200–$550

Hydro Jetting

$449

High-pressure water cleaning for grease, scale and roots that a drain machine won't shift.

Best for: Grease, scale or roots that a drain machine won't shift, or a full clean-out

60–120 minutes · Typical Sydney price $300–$650

Drain Cleaning

$349

Scheduled or one-off cleans that stop slow drains becoming blocked drains.

Best for: Landlords, strata and older homes wanting to stop blockages before they happen

60–90 minutes · Typical Sydney price $300–$500

Blocked Drain Repair

$249

When clearing isn't enough — locate the fault, get a fixed repair quote, fix it once.

Best for: A drain that keeps blocking, or a camera report showing damage

The $249 diagnostic takes about an hour; repairs are usually a day · Typical Sydney price $1,500–$5,000 for a spot repair

Pipe Relining

$249

A new pipe inside the old one — no trenches, no landscaping damage, decades of warranty.

Best for: Damaged sewer or stormwater pipes under driveways, gardens or slabs

Most residential jobs are done in one day · Typical Sydney price $3,000–$12,000 for most jobs

Not sure which one? Start with the symptom

Toilet overflowing or won't flush

→ Blocked Toilet · $249 · treated as urgent

More than one drain backing up

→ Blocked Sewer · $549 · treated as urgent

Sewage or water coming up outside (overflow gully)

→ Blocked Sewer · $549 · treated as urgent

Kitchen sink slow or blocked

→ Blocked Sink · $199

Shower or bath draining slowly

→ Blocked Shower · $199

Gurgling noises or bad smells from drains

→ Blocked Drains · $449

Stormwater pooling, gutters or pits overflowing

→ Stormwater Drains · $449

Drain keeps blocking (been cleared before)

→ Blocked Drain Repair · $249

Just want a camera inspection or report

→ CCTV Drain Inspection · $249

Want a quote for pipe relining

→ Pipe Relining · $249

How a blocked drain is cleared

Clearing the blockage is only half the job. Every drain clear includes a camera inspection, because a drain that blocks once will block again unless you know why. This is what happens on a standard visit.

1
Find the access point
Usually the overflow relief gully (the grated outlet near an outside wall) or an inspection opening. This avoids pulling fixtures apart inside the house.
2
Work out where the blockage is
Which fixtures are affected tells the plumber whether it's a single branch (sink, shower) or the main sewer line (everything backing up).
3
Clear it with the right tool
A hand or powered auger for fixture traps and toilets. A high-pressure water jetter for the main line: it cuts through tree roots and scours grease and silt off the pipe wall instead of punching a hole through it.
4
Camera the line
A CCTV camera goes through the cleared pipe. It shows what caused the blockage and whether the pipe itself is sound: roots at joints, cracks, a collapsed section, or a belly holding water.
5
Flow-test and report
Every affected fixture is run to confirm flow. You get a short written report with stills from the camera and, if there's damage, a fixed quote to repair or reline.

Auger / drain machine

A rotating cable that breaks up or pulls out the obstruction. Right for toilets, sinks and showers. Punches through roots but doesn't remove them.

Hydro jetter

Water at around 4,000 PSI through a nozzle that pulls itself along the pipe. Cuts roots, strips grease and flushes silt. The standard for main lines and stormwater.

CCTV camera + sonde

Shows the inside of the pipe on a monitor. The sonde lets the plumber mark the exact spot and depth of any defect on the surface, so a repair is a small hole, not a trench.

How pipe relining works

Relining repairs a cracked, root-damaged or offset pipe from the inside, without digging it up. It's the usual answer in Sydney's older suburbs where the sewer runs under a driveway, paving or an established garden.

1
Camera survey
The damaged section is measured and located with the CCTV camera and a sonde. This tells us pipe diameter, length, number of junctions and whether the pipe can be relined.
2
Clean the host pipe
The line is jetted and, where roots have grown through joints, cut back with a robotic cutter so the liner bonds to a clean wall.
3
Insert the liner
A felt or fibreglass liner soaked in epoxy resin is pulled or inverted into the pipe from the access point. No trench: it goes in through the existing opening.
4
Inflate and cure
A bladder inflates the liner against the pipe wall and it's cured with hot water, steam or UV light in a few hours. The result is a seamless new structural pipe inside the old one.
5
Reinstate and check
Junctions to other branches are re-opened with a robotic cutter, then a final camera pass records the finished pipe. You get the footage and a warranty certificate, typically 35 to 50 years.

	Reline	Dig & replace
Time	Usually 1 day	2–5 days plus reinstatement
Disruption	One access hole or none	Trench through whatever's on top
Typical cost	$3,000–$12,000	$10,000–$30,000+
Warranty	35–50 years	New pipe, standard
Not suitable when	Pipe is fully collapsed or badly out of line	Access is impossible or too costly

How it's priced: a setup cost of around $2,500, plus $450–$550 per metre of liner depending on pipe diameter, plus $650–$750 for each junction that has to be re-opened. We start with a $249 camera diagnostic, then give you a fixed written quote for both relining and excavation so you can compare. The $249 is credited to whichever you choose.

What every fixed price includes

Call-out, travel and labour, any hour, any day
The right equipment: jetter, drain machine, CCTV camera and sonde locator
A camera inspection of the cleared line (on all clearing jobs)
A short written report with photos of what was found
Flow-testing every affected fixture before the plumber leaves
A free return from the same plumber within 30 days if the drain re-blocks and the report showed no damage
Card saved at booking, charged only when the job is marked complete
10% off every job after your first, $50 credit per referral

Quoted separately, always in writing first

Excavation and pipe replacement, pipe relining, new pits or gullies, and any work on Sydney Water's side of the boundary (which they do for free). See the cost guide for what these typically run.

Questions

Which service do I book if I'm not sure?: Book 'Blocked drains'. The plumber works out on site whether it's a simple fixture blockage (and charges the lower price) or a sewer line problem. You never pay more than the price for the job actually done.
Are the prices really all-inclusive?: Yes: travel, labour, equipment and the camera inspection. The only things quoted separately are repairs and relining, which need the camera footage first, and you approve those in writing before anything happens.
Do prices change after hours?: No. Nights, weekends and public holidays are the same price. Most Sydney plumbers add 20–50%.
Do you do strata and commercial?: Yes, at the same fixed prices for standard jobs. For cafés, restaurants and larger buildings, book hydro jetting or drain cleaning and mention it in the notes; we'll send a plumber with commercial gear.