Blocked Drains Surrey Hills

A faster, more affordable solution for damaged sewer pipes

Surrey Hills is a well-established eastern suburb located approximately 12 kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD, with the majority of its housing stock dating from the early to mid 20th century. Many properties in the area still have their original clay sewer pipes that are now well over 70 years old, making cracking, joint failure, and root intrusion common drainage issues throughout the suburb. The suburb’s reactive clay soils and seasonal ground movement place additional stress on ageing pipe infrastructure over time.

Surrey Hills falls under Boroondara City Council and is serviced by Yarra Valley Water. The suburb is well known for its tree-lined streets and large established gardens, with mature elms, oaks, and ornamental trees among the most common contributors to root intrusion in older pipe joints. Pipe relining is a highly practical solution for Surrey Hills residents, allowing permanent sewer and drain repairs to be completed without excavating period gardens, original brick driveways, or the well-maintained streetscapes the suburb is known for.

What sewer pipe relining involves?

Relining sewer pipes, rather than digging and replacing them, offers a more cost-effective and fast method of pipe repair. Instead of disrupting everybody’s life and excavating ground, our expert team can simply feed a camera through your pipes, locate the site of damage, and internally reline that pipe so that it is permanently fixed.

There’s no mess, and takes little time to complete. Residents and workers at the location experience less disruption and downtime, so it’s a win-win for everyone.

What’s involved in relining sewer pipes?

Pipe relining solutions offer a revolutionary, ‘no dig’ method of sewer pipe repair to property owners and managers in Surrey Hills and surrounding areas. The process involves filling the damaged section of sewer pipe with a special resin, which after a short amount of time, sets into the exact size and shape of the existing pipe. The result? A new section of pipe that’s long-lasting. Here’s some more detail on the process:

We feed a CCTV camera into your drain to get an accurate picture of where the pipe is damaged, how far the damage has progressed, and what the cause is. This HD camera also shows us any issues within the sewer pipe we may not have been aware of, so those can also be addressed. For example, if there’s damage caused by an obstacle in the pipe, such as a tree root or foreign object, we may need to use diamond-head robotic cutters to clear the pipe before we can reline it.
We then use high-pressure water jets to clean the pipe so it’s clear for drain relining.
We prepare a new pipe liner by filling it with resin, inserting a deflated bladder into the liner, and then inserting the liner into the damaged pipe.
When we’ve positioned the liner into the correct position, the bladder expands the liner to form the shape of the new pipe (a new pipe within the damaged pipe).
The resin cures to form a permanent replacement pipe. After that, we remove the bladder so that the pipe can be immediately used. The drain repair is complete.

The whole drain relining process is completed quickly, and can be done in multiple locations within the drain if more than one pipe repair is needed.

Drain Fixers Surrey Hills - Specialists in Drain Relining

When your regular plumber can’t sort the issue out, they usually turn to Drain Fixers for drain repair work. Our state-of-the-art equipment and innovative pipe relining solutions put us a step ahead of most plumbers.

With our pipe relining solutions, we won’t dig up your property to fix your problem unless we absolutely have to. Plus, with Drain Fixers pipe relining solutions, you know you’re receiving a permanent fix to a complicated problem. It’s also much more affordable than traditional drain repair methods that use ground excavation. So ditch the dig, and call Drain Fixers in Surrey Hills for effective drain relining solutions.