Straight answers about the drains under Vaucluse homes, what is worth trying yourself, what quietly makes things worse, and how to tell when a blockage has stopped being a DIY job.
Blocked Drains
Roots do not break into sound pipe. They follow a joint that has already opened, which is why clearing works for a year or two and then stops working, and why taking the tree out almost never helps.
Pipe Relining
The per metre rate is the number every quote leads with and it is the number that tells you least. On a short repair the setup charge is most of the bill, and the lines that get left off a quote are where the surprises live.
Blocked Drains
Stormwater is the one drain on your property you can follow almost end to end without lifting anything. Most of it is above ground, the blockage is usually in a section you can point at, and a garden hose will tell you which one.
Blocked Drains
A kitchen sink is the only drain in the house that blocks with something that went down as a liquid. Fat leaves the sink at 60 degrees and sets a couple of metres along the pipe, which is why the plughole is almost never where the problem is.
Blocked Drains
About half the toilets we are called to are not blocked at all: the pan is fine and the drain it empties into is not. Here is the five-minute check that tells you which one you have, and what actually works on each.
Blocked Drains
Hair and soap scum explain most of them, and they sit closer to the grate than people think. Coastal sand explains a lot of the rest, and the ones that keep coming back are usually neither.
Blocked Drains
The four things worth trying yourself, the four that make it worse, why baking soda and vinegar is a myth, and how to tell when the problem has moved past anything you can reach.
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