Stormwater Drain Repairs in Melbourne West

Stormwater drains are a separate system from the sewer. Rain comes off the roof, down the downpipes, into pits and pipes under the yard, and away to the street or an easement. Because they only carry water when it rains, problems hide for months. Then a heavy downpour arrives and the yard turns into a pond, downpipes overflow and water pools against the house.

The causes are usually simple, and visible on camera. Leaf litter and silt settle in pits and pipes until there is no room left. Pits near driveways get cracked or crushed by cars and wheelie bins. Roots find the joins. On reactive clay soils, ground movement can split a pipe or drop a section out of line so water sits in it.

Blockage Bros puts the camera through the stormwater line first, so you see on screen whether it is blocked, crushed or collapsed, and where. The locator marks the spot and its depth. The line is jetted clear and tested, and you get three priced options in writing before any work starts, from a clean out to replacing the pit and pipe.

Signs your stormwater drain is blocked or broken

• The yard floods every time it rains heavily
• Water spills out the top of the downpipes
• A pit overflows or its grate has sunk
• Water pools against the house or the fence
• Leaves and silt keep filling the same pit

Is my stormwater drain blocked or broken?

The camera answers it. A blocked line shows a build up of leaves, silt or roots, with the pipe intact behind it, and jetting clears it. A broken line shows a crack, a crushed section or a collapse, and jetting only moves the debris along until it catches on the damage again. The footage decides which fix makes sense.

Replacing a crushed stormwater pit

A pit that has been driven over often cracks at the base or the sides, and the pipes joined to it shift out of place. Water then backs up into the yard instead of flowing on.

• The old pit is dug out
• A new pit goes in at the right level
• The inlet and outlet pipes are rejoined
• The line is tested so we know water flows through

Stormwater drain repairs across Melbourne's west and beyond

Blockage Bros repairs stormwater 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

• Pipe Relining: Roots and cracks keep wrecking a drain that runs under the lawn, the driveway or the slab. Relining puts a new pipe inside the old one without a trench through the yard.
• 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.
• 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.