Tree Root Removal in Melbourne West

Tree roots go looking for water, and a sewer pipe carries a steady supply. They find their way in through cracked joins, loose rubber rings and old mortar joints, then grow into a fine mat inside the pipe. Paper and waste catch on the mat, the flow slows, and eventually the drain blocks. Big established trees near older clay drains, like gums, liquidambars, willows, figs and bottlebrush, are the usual source.

Blockage Bros cuts the roots out with mechanical root cutting and high-pressure jetting, then flushes the line clean. The camera goes down before and after, so you see the roots on screen, see the pipe once they are gone, and see exactly which joins they came through. The locator marks those joins and their depth from the surface, so you know where any repair would go.

Cutting roots clears the drain, but it does not stop them. They grow back through the same gap. The way to keep them out is to seal the join by relining the pipe, or to replace the damaged section. That is why every root job ends with three priced options in writing, so you can weigh a quick clear today against fixing the cause.

Signs of roots in your drain

• The drain blocks every few months, often in the same spot
• The toilet or floor waste gurgles
• Water comes up the shower drain
• The gully trap overflows after heavy rain
• There is a big gum or liquidambar near where the sewer runs
• It was cleared before and came back

How do tree roots get into sewer pipes?

Through the joins. Many older homes still have vitrified clay pipes, laid in short lengths with mortar or rubber-ring joins. Over the years those joins crack and shift, and the reactive clay soil across Melbourne's western plains makes it worse by shrinking in dry summers and swelling in wet winters. Every movement opens a gap, and fine roots follow the moisture in.

PVC lines in newer estates are less prone to roots, but a join that has moved with the ground can still let them through.

Will the roots come back?

Yes, unless the gap is sealed. Root cutting removes what is inside the pipe, not the roots outside it, and they regrow towards the same water. For a drain with one bad join, replacing that section may be enough. Where roots have got in at join after join, relining the whole run seals every one of them without a trench through the garden.

Tree root removal across Melbourne's west and beyond

Blockage Bros removes tree roots from drains across Melbourne's west and north-west, Geelong, Ballarat and Kyneton.

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

• 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.
• Drain Maintenance: Some drains block on a schedule: the rental with a big tree out the back, the older home with clay pipes. Blockage Bros keeps them clear with regular jetting and root cutting.
• CCTV Drain Inspection: You cannot fix a drain properly without seeing inside it. Blockage Bros sends a CCTV camera through the whole run and shows you every join on screen.
• Drain Locating: You know the drain is broken, but not where it runs or how deep the fault sits. Blockage Bros finds both from the surface, so any dig is small and in the right spot.