Blocked Drains Kurri Kurri
Kurri Kurri Plumbing Co clears blocked drains across Kurri Kurri, from surcharging sewers to stormwater lines, sinks, gullies and the odd collapsed clay run under an old driveway. The camera films the line before and after the clear, and the whole job is quoted fixed before the gear comes off the van. Ring (02) 4063 3475.
This page lays out the full drainage kit: what blocks here, how it gets diagnosed, what moves the price and when the job belongs to someone else. Everything else Kurri Kurri Plumbing Co does is on the home page.
Licensed plumbers and gas fitters · NSW Lic. 359278C
Last updated September 2026
- Available 24/7
- No call-out fee (excluding after-hours)
- Fixed, up-front quotes
- 365-day warranty on all work
Why Does This Town's Drainage Keep Blocking?
Four faults sit behind the blockages in these streets:
Perished clay joints
Roots after a dry spell
Grease and fat
Collapsed sections
How Do We Get Eyes on the Fault?
Clearing blind wastes money, so diagnosis comes first:
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The camera travels the line
The CCTV drain camera films the pipe from inside and shows roots, broken joints, sags or collapses, while the pipe locator marks the fault's position on the surface so nobody digs blind.
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The footage picks the tool
Root mass and hard debris get the electric eel; grease and sludge get the jetter. No chemicals either way.
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We film the result
A cleared line gets a second camera run, so the outcome is on record and any next step is decided from evidence, not guesswork.
Kurri Kurri Drain Services
Each drain job has a page of detail behind it:
CCTV camera work
Footage settles what a plunger cannot, pinpointing roots, cracks, sags and collapses, and it feeds the report you keep. Book a drain camera
Jetting the line
Water at pressure strips grease and sludge off the pipe wall with no chemicals, which makes it the tool wherever fat is the culprit. Jet the line clean
Blocked sewer lines
Waste rising at the yard gully or in the lowest fixture of the house gets cleared, then filmed to confirm the result. Clear the sewer
Stormwater drains
When the flat town grid holds rain instead of shedding it, the lines need clearing before the next downpour arrives. Move the stormwater
Pipe relining
A cracked or root-riddled line can often be repaired from inside, fixing the pipe without cutting up the driveway or the garden. Reline the pipe
Tree root removal
Root mats cleared from the pipe, the entry joint found on camera, and a plan for keeping them out rather than clearing them every winter. Get the roots out
What Drives the Price of Drain Work?
We provide up-front, honest quotes that will always match the final price, should you decide to go ahead.
"They were very understanding of my situation, with a work around for my pipe issues, which ended up being a fraction of the cost than previous quotes from another company." Sarah
- The fault on the footage A grease clog is a straightforward clear; broken clay beneath a concrete driveway is a different job with a different figure.
- Access Under-floor runs and tight cottage subfloors take longer than an open external gully or a straightforward outdoor inspection point.
- The pipe itself Old earthenware and galvanised lines fight the tools; modern PVC does not.
- Whether clearing is enough If the footage shows a sound line, the clear holds. If it does not, relining or excavation carries its own quote.
A fixed figure matters most on drain work, because an open-ended dig is where budgets run away. Sarah's pipe job came in well under the quotes she had already collected:
When we're not the right call: if the footage puts the choke in the public sewer past your boundary, the water authority clears it, and you keep the recording to report it.
Sewers as Old as the Streets
Laid with the mine era
Clay ground working both ways
Drain Answers Before You Book
Do Kurri Kurri's old clay sewers still block?
They do. The earthenware house drains in the cottage streets have sat in moving ground for a hundred years, so roots and debris slip in where the seals gave out long ago. The footage shows the joint condition before we quote, so you know whether a clear will hold.
The yard gully bubbles when it rains. Sewer or stormwater?
Bubbling with waste in it is the sewer surcharging, and it needs a clear followed by a camera check. Water pooling against the house while the gully stays dry points to a stormwater line blocked with leaf litter or silt. Both are drain jobs we take on any day.
Can you tell whether it's roots without digging up the yard?
Yes. The drain camera films the inside of the line and shows root intrusion directly, and the pipe locator marks the affected stretch on the surface. You get footage of the cause before anyone lifts a shovel or quotes an excavation.
Our cafe's kitchen line keeps backing up. Is that a drain job?
It is. Grease sets hard in kitchen drains faster than anywhere else, and jetting is the tool that strips it off the pipe wall. We clear the line, film the result, and can talk through grease management so the backup stops coming back.
What Happens After You Ring
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Ring or send the form
Call (02) 4063 3475 or use the form to explain the fault. We ask enough to bring the right equipment the first time.
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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.
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Cleared and proven on film
The eel or jetter opens the line, and the camera goes back down so the clear shows on footage, not faith.
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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.
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