Blocked Drains
The everyday clearing job: basins, showers, gully traps and yard drains running slow or stopped, cleared and then checked so the same drain does not back up again next month.
Drainage Woody Point
Plumber Woody Point handles the drain work on this headland: blocked drains, blocked sewers, stormwater with nowhere to go, and camera inspections that show what is actually down there. Every job runs across Woody Point and the streets either side, from Margate to Clontarf, with a fixed quote before any work starts.
If we're late, $100 comes off your bill
- $0 Call-Out FeesNo extra charge for nights, weekends or public holidays
- Available 24/77 days a week, and same-day where we can
- Lifetime Labour WarrantyBacked by our Fix-It-or-It's-Free guarantee (T&Cs apply)
- Licensed and InsuredEvery job done by a licensed plumber. QBCC No: 15024607
Which Drain Is Causing Trouble
Most drain calls land in one of four buckets, and there is a page for each:
Every fixture slow or gurgling at once
start with Blocked Drains, the everyday clearing job.
Sewage smells or a toilet backing up
that is the sewer line, so read Blocked Sewer first.
Water pooling in the yard after rain
that is stormwater, covered on Blocked Stormwater.
The same drain blocking again and again
a CCTV Drain Inspection finds the cause instead of guessing at it.
Not sure which it is? Describe what happens on the phone and we will route it before anything gets booked.
Clay, Roots and a Falling Headland
The drains under this suburb are old and the ground is anything but flat, and those two facts shape nearly every job we clear here.
Earthenware under the cottages
Clay and asbestos cement make up most of the sewer main network Unitywater maintains beneath Donald Street, Kate Street and Ellen Street, and older homes linked to it typically rely on earthenware branch lines whose joints have shifted open over the decades.
Roots know the way in
This suburb's heritage register lists large cottonwoods, figs and palms, and roots of that size hunt straight for a gap in an old earthenware joint.
The slope runs out of slack
The ground falls away from the ridge on Oxley Avenue down to the bay, so lines move water quickly until the gradient eases near the foreshore, where solids settle and block along that gentler stretch.
Old pipes fail outright
Asbestos cement sewer lines weaken over the decades and can fracture under a heavy downpour or a traffic load, which turns a slow drain into a collapsed one.
That is the short version of why drains here block, and block again, until someone puts a camera down and names the cause.
The Four Drainage Guides
Each page below takes one drain problem and works through it properly:
Blocked Sewer
When the sewer line itself blocks, toilets gurgle, floor wastes fill and the yard smells, so we clear the line and find whether roots or a cracked main are behind it.
Blocked Stormwater
Rain water pooling against the house or flooding the yard after a storm, with pits, downpipes and grates cleared, levels checked and the water given a proper path away from the building.
CCTV Drain Inspections
The camera run that shows the pipe's full length, so you see the crack, the dropped joint or the root invasion on screen before anyone commits to digging up a garden.
Need a plumber in Woody Point?
$0 call-out fees, available 24/7, and same-day where we can.
How a Drain Gets Diagnosed Here
Clearing a blockage without naming its cause just books the same job again next season, so the diagnosis comes first.
Start with the pattern
One slow fixture usually means a local blockage, but several at once points past the branch line and at the main, and where the gurgles sit tells us which.
Then the camera travels the pipe
Once the line is clear enough to pass, the inspection shows the wall itself: cracked clay, dropped joints, root masses or a sagging section where the run levels out toward the water.
Soil and sand do their part
This headland runs rock and sand, so water drains fast where it can, roots follow loose backfill easily, and fine sand washes into any opening a cracked joint leaves.
Stormwater runs on its own clock
Averages sit around 1104 mm of rain a year, and summer storms land much of it in bursts that hit every pit and grate on the foreshore streets at once.
The result you want is a drain that stays clear, and that only happens when the diagnosis names the cause.
When Rain Finds the Low Streets
The flood overlays matter for drain work, because the streets that take the most water are the streets where the pipes work hardest.
Medium hazard class
Hawthorne Street, Inglis Street, Woodcliffe Crescent, Samuel Street and View Street all fall in this band.
Storm tide overlay
takes in Donald Street, Short Street, Inglis Street and most of Woodcliffe Crescent.
Overland flow
routes run across Donald Street, Victoria Avenue and Wharf Street.
The ridge stays clear
the Oxley Avenue spine sits outside those classes mostly, so one storm hits drains very differently two streets apart.
Council warns those maps predate its 2016 planning scheme and points readers to the Flood Viewer for the current picture. For drain work the lesson is simple: the low streets near the bay cop the most water in the least time.
Tell us if your place sits low near the water when you call, because it changes what goes on the van.
Our Process
- 1
Tell us what's wrong
Phone (07) 3524 7117 with what's happening in Woody Point. A few questions on the call mean the right parts come with us.
- 2
Your price before we start
Flat-rate pricing and no hidden fees, set before the job starts. Give the go-ahead and we begin.
- 3
Clear, camera, price the fix
We clear the blockage, send the camera down to find what caused it, then set down the repair figure in writing, whether that means a patch, a dig-up or swapping out the failed section.
- 4
Pay on site or later
Settle by card or EFTPOS when the work is done, or ask us about Fix now, pay later.
Why Plumber Woody Point for the Drain Work
No Call-Out Fee, Any Hour
You pay zero call-out fees in Woody Point, and there's no extra charge for nights, weekends or public holidays.
Fix It or It's Free
Our Fix-It-or-It's-Free guarantee covers the job (T&Cs apply), and if we're late, $100 comes off your bill.
Lifetime Labour Warranty
Every job is handled by a licensed plumber under QBCC No: 15024607, and the labour has a lifetime labour warranty.
Licensed and Insured
Locally owned and operated, licensed and insured, with flat-rate pricing on every job.
Drain jobs reward a written price more than almost any other trade, because a camera run can turn into a dig, and nobody wants that unsighted.
Drainage Questions From Around the Headland
Call (07) 3524 7117Who owns the sewer main running under my Woody Point street?
The public sewer and water mains, plus the meter, belong to Unitywater, while every pipe from that connection through your own property is yours as the owner to maintain.
Why do tree roots keep getting into the earthenware drains here?
Because most branch drains on this headland are old clay whose joints have opened over the decades, and the cottonwoods, figs and palms on Council's heritage register send big roots straight after those gaps.
What does a CCTV drain inspection actually show?
The camera passes along the full length of pipe and shows every crack, dropped joint, root mass or collapsed section on screen, so repeat blockages get a named cause before anyone digs.
Why does my stormwater pit flood on the flat runs near the Woody Point foreshore?
Because the ground drops steeply off the ridge and flattens out by the water, so silt and solids settle out on those level stretches near the bay and choke the pits.
Can heavy rain push sewage up through a gully trap on the low streets?
Yes, because storm flow can enter the old clay network through its open joints and lift wastewater out of the lowest gully traps near the bay first.
How do I book a drainage plumber in Woody Point?
Ring (07) 3524 7117, name your street and what the drain is doing, and we will set a time, put the price in writing before anyone starts, and take card or EFTPOS on site.
Book Drainage Work in Woody PointLet's sort it today.
Ring (07) 3524 7117 and tell us what's happening. We're available 24/7, jobs in Woody Point come with zero call-out fees and flat-rate pricing, and every job is done under QBCC No: 15024607, same-day when we can.
Current offers:
- $80 off a tap replacement. T&Cs apply. Mention this offer when booking.
- $60 off your first service. T&Cs apply. Mention this offer when booking.
- $99 off blocked drains. T&Cs apply. Mention this offer when booking.
- $220 cashback on hot water installs. T&Cs apply. Mention this offer when booking.
Not sure it is a drain at all? A leaking pipe under a unit block can look like a blocked one, so check the plumbing page too, and our emergency plumbing page covers anything that cannot wait for a booked visit.
To claim your $0 call-out fee, call (07) 3524 7117 today.