Blocked Sewer for Granville Homes

A blocked sewer covers more than one scenario.

What we actually do depends on where the line has failed and how far the problem has spread.

1. Locating the blockage. A camera pass shows precisely where the line has backed up or broken.
2. Clearing the line. Jetting or cabling shifts roots, grease or solids blocking the flow.
3. Relief-gully check. We confirm the overflow relief gully is doing its job, not overwhelmed by what's backing up.
4. Root intrusion removal. Cutting roots out of a sewer joint and assessing whether the joint itself needs repair.
5. Section repair or reline. Where a joint has actually failed, we fix or reline it, not just clear past it.
6. Full-line assessment. For repeat problems, the entire run gets checked, not just the spot where trouble first showed up.

Most of these start with the same first step. Clearing the immediate blockage so the household's usable again, before deciding what long-term fix, if any, the line actually needs.

East Street sits close to the original railway core of Granville, where the suburb's oldest cottages still stand on their original 500 to 600 square metre blocks.

Those original sewer connections went into the ground when the cottages themselves went up, before 1940, and most have never been touched since. A connection that old has been carrying waste for the better part of a century.

That length of service is often reason enough for a backup on its own, well before any single dramatic fault sets in. It isn't unusual for one of these old connections to simply reach the point where it needs attention, purely from age.

It's worth knowing before assuming the worst, though. A backup on one of these blocks doesn't always mean the connection itself is broken.

Sometimes it just means a decades-old line is due a proper look, the same as anything else that's stayed in constant use for that long.

1. Fixed quote first. Agreed before any work begins.
2. Camera assessment. Confirming which section of the run has actually failed.
3. Clear or repair. The footage decides between jetting, cabling, or a full reline.
4. Test and warranty. Water gets run through to prove it, and the finished work carries our lifetime labour warranty.

A simple clear is normally finished long before the visit wraps up. Anything that turns into a reline or a section replacement runs to a separate, honest timeframe once we know the full extent.

Doing this job properly means seeing what's actually wrong, not guessing at it.

Book any jet blast on the sewer line and the CCTV check rides along free, so the footage speaks for itself before anyone decides what's next.

Every plumber sent out is also a licensed plumber and gas fitter, which matters on an older Granville property where a sewer callout sometimes turns up an unrelated gas or water issue on the same visit.

That's less an upsell and more a heads-up, so an ageing hot water unit or a tired gas fitting doesn't come as a surprise on a separate call weeks later.