Pipe Relining in Melbourne West

Old clay drains are made of short pipes pushed together, and every join is a weak point. Ground movement opens them, roots find them, and the drain blocks again a few months after each clean. Replacing the line the traditional way means digging it all up, and that is a hard ask when it runs under a driveway, a patio or an established garden.

Relining fixes the pipe from the inside. A liner coated in resin goes in through an existing inspection point, is pushed along the damaged run and then cured in place. Once it sets, there is a new, continuous pipe inside the old one, sealed at every join and crack, so roots cannot get back in. The yard, the driveway and the slab stay where they are.

Blockage Bros puts the camera down before relining and again once the liner has cured, so you see the before and after on screen for yourself. Not every pipe can be relined, though. A collapsed line cannot hold a liner, and when the camera shows a collapse we say so plainly and price the repair instead, with the footage to show why.

Is relining the right fix for your drain?

• Roots keep coming back after every clean
• The drain runs under the driveway or the house slab
• The camera showed cracked joins along the whole line
• We don't want the garden or paving dug up
• It's been cleared three times this year

How does pipe relining work?

Relining follows the same six steps as every job, with the liner as the final one.

• The camera inspects the line and the locator marks its path and depth
• Roots are cut out and the pipe is jetted clean so the liner bonds
• The run is measured from the access point to the end of the damage
• The liner goes in and cures inside the old pipe
• The camera goes through again so you can see the finished line

When can a pipe not be relined?

When it has collapsed. A liner needs the old pipe to hold its shape while it cures, and a section that has caved in or been crushed flat leaves nothing to line. The camera shows this clearly. In that case the collapsed section is dug out and replaced, and the rest of the run can often still be relined.

Relining under driveways, slabs and big trees

Relining earns its keep in older suburbs, where clay sewer pipes run under concrete laid long after the drain, and where established gums, liquidambars and figs feed on the joins. On the reactive clay soils of the western plains, pipes shift between dry summers and wet winters. A continuous liner has no joins left to open.

Pipe relining across Melbourne's west and beyond

Blockage Bros relines drains across Melbourne's west and north-west, Geelong and the Surf Coast, Ballarat and Kyneton, with someone on call 24/7.

Melbourne's west: Melton, Bacchus Marsh, Caroline Springs, Werribee, Hoppers Crossing, Point Cook, Tarneit, Sunshine, Footscray, Williamstown, Altona.

Melbourne's north and north-west: Sunbury, Essendon, Brunswick, Craigieburn, Epping, Reservoir, Preston.

Geelong and the Surf Coast: Geelong, Lara, Torquay.

Ballarat and the Macedon Ranges: Ballarat, Kyneton.

Related drain services

• Drain Repairs: A broken section of drain will keep blocking however often it is cleared. Blockage Bros finds the break, digs one small hole in the right spot and replaces it.
• Sewer Repairs: Water coming up the shower or a sewer smell in the yard usually means the drain between the house and the sewer connection is cracked, full of roots or collapsed.
• Stormwater Drain Repairs: When the yard floods, downpipes back up or a pit overflows in rain, the stormwater line is usually blocked, crushed or collapsed somewhere between the roof and the outlet.
• Blocked Drains: Water sitting in the shower, a sink that will not empty or a gully trap spilling over? Blockage Bros clears the drain, then shows you on camera what caused it.
• Blocked Toilets: Toilet will not flush, or the water rises to the rim and sits there? Blockage Bros finds out whether it is the pan or the main line, and clears it.
• Drain Cleaning & Hydro Jetting: Grease, fat, sludge and roots narrow a drain long before it blocks. Blockage Bros cleans the whole pipe with high-pressure water, not just the spot that stopped.