Blocked Drains Grafton
High-pressure jetting, CCTV diagnostics and lasting repairs.
Blocked drains in Grafton are often caused by tree roots, grease build-up, foreign objects or collapsed sections of old pipework. Rather than guessing, we use CCTV drain cameras to find the exact cause and high-pressure water jetters to clear blockages permanently — not just unblock them temporarily.
CCTV drain inspection
Our drain cameras give us a clear picture of what's happening inside your pipes. We record the inspection so you can see for yourself, identify the location and cause of the blockage, and decide on the right repair.
High pressure water jetting
Industrial-grade jetters cut through tree roots, fats, sediment and debris that hand augers can't touch — restoring full flow without damaging your pipework.
Drain repairs and replacements
When a section of drain has collapsed or been crushed by roots, we excavate and replace only the affected length — minimising disruption to your garden and driveway while ensuring the repair lasts decades.
Why drains keep blocking
If your drains keep blocking, the root cause needs solving — usually tree roots intruding through old joints or a section that has sagged. We diagnose and quote a permanent fix rather than charging you again every six months.
Why Grafton drains block
Much of central Grafton and South Grafton was built on older earthenware and clay sewer lines. Those pipes have rubber-ringed or cement joints that shift over decades, and the mature street trees the city is known for — jacarandas, camphor laurels, figs — send roots straight to the moisture. Root intrusion is far and away the most common cause of recurring drain blockages we see in the Grafton CBD and the older residential streets around it.
The other regular culprits are cooking fat and grease building up in kitchen branches, wet wipes and sanitary products in the sewer line, and stormwater pits silting up after heavy Clarence Valley rain. Each has a different fix, which is exactly why guessing with a plunger wastes money.
CCTV first, then the right tool
We put a drain camera down the line before we clear it wherever practical. You see the footage, you see the cause, and you get told honestly whether this is a five-minute clear, a root-cutting job, or a section of pipe that genuinely needs replacing. No scare tactics, no upselling a pipe relay you don't need.
For most blockages the fix is a high-pressure water jetter, which scours the full internal diameter of the pipe rather than just punching a hole through the obstruction the way an old-style electric eel does. Roots get cut back to the wall, grease gets stripped, and the line is left flowing at full bore.
Stopping it happening again
After clearing, we'll tell you what to do to keep it clear — whether that's a root-treatment schedule, a grease-management habit in the kitchen, replacing a damaged section of clay pipe, or installing an inspection opening so the next clean is cheaper and faster.
For rental properties, holiday houses, cafés and strata blocks around Grafton we also run scheduled preventative jetting so a blockage never becomes an emergency in the middle of a busy weekend.
- CCTV drain camera inspection with footage you can see
- High-pressure water jetting, not just an eel
- Root cutting on old clay and earthenware lines
- Kitchen, bathroom, sewer and stormwater blockages
- Same-day service across Grafton and South Grafton
- Preventative jetting plans for cafés, rentals and strata
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