Blocked Sewer Raworth

A blocked sewer in Raworth is a choke in the pipe carrying toilet, shower and kitchen waste from the house to the property connection. Our plumber in Raworth team opens it with a jetter or an electric eel, films the pipe afterwards and prices the job before it starts. The drains hub covers every other drain problem.

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Licensed plumbers and gas fitters · NSW Lic. 359278C

Last updated September 2026

Is It the Sewer or Just One Drain?

A single slow basin is a local choke in that fixture's waste. The sewer is involved when:

Flushing the toilet makes the shower or floor waste bubble
Water rises in the shower tray while the washing machine drains
The yard gully overflows or leaves a wet ring around its grate
Every fixture in the house slows down together

The lower the fixture, the sooner it shows the problem, because sewage backs up to the lowest opening first.

Steps in a Sewer Clear

Locate

The pipe locator traces the run and finds the inspection openings so no ground is dug without cause.

Break through

Grease and soft waste are scoured out with the high-pressure jetter. A root ball gets cut with the eel's blades.

Film

The drain camera travels the whole line and records what was holding the waste back.

Confirm

A second camera pass once the line runs shows it clear, and the recording is yours to keep.

How Is a Sewer Clear Priced?

The first question is how far out the choke sits, because a blockage metres from the house needs more cable, more water and more time than one at the toilet pan. After that come:

The material causing it As grease flushes out while a root mass has to be cut
Openings on the line Since a property with no usable inspection point may need one opened
Out-of-hours timing As a Sunday or night-time clear carries the after-hours rate

We provide up-front, honest quotes that will always match the final price, should you decide to go ahead.

Sewer Lines Under Raworth Homes

Young pipe, moving ground

The sewer lines here are mostly PVC, laid as the brick-veneer estates went in from the late 1980s. They sit in alluvial soil with reactive clay, which heaves with rain and shrinks in dry spells, so joints ease apart over twenty or thirty years and give roots a way in.

Big households, busy kitchens

Census figures show 67.1 percent of homes with four bedrooms or more, and a full house rinses plenty of pan fat into the sink. Fat cools and sets on the pipe wall, narrows the bore and catches whatever comes next. If the camera finds roots behind the grease, cutting out tree roots is the next step.

What Customers Say

[The team] fixed my blocked sewer connection quickly and on budget. Good guys, polite, tidy and prompt.

Richard

When we're not the right call: a choke in the shared main past your connection is for Hunter Water to clear. If the pipe itself has cracked or dropped, a clear is only a stopgap, and relining the damaged section or a camera survey through CCTV drain inspection comes next.

Sewer Questions Before You Book

Sewage is coming out of the gully in my Raworth yard. What now?

Stop using water inside, including the dishwasher and washing machine, because every litre ends up at the gully. Keep children and pets away from the spill. Then ring us: a surfacing sewer is an urgent booking, and we are Available 24/7.

Will the sewer block again after you clear it?

If grease caused it and the kitchen habits change, it may not. If roots caused it, they will grow back through the same joint, and the footage shows that joint. At that point sleeving the pipe or cutting the roots on a schedule are the choices, and you get a price for each.

Is the blockage in my pipe or the main in the street?

Everything upstream of your property connection is your line and yours to fix. If your neighbours are backing up too, or the camera finds the choke past that junction, Hunter Water owns it and takes the report on their faults number.

Can I use a drain cleaner from the supermarket on a sewer choke?

It rarely reaches a choke out in the yard line, and caustic product sitting in a full pipe makes the clear harder and less safe for whoever opens it. Tell us what went down the drain before we start so the plumber can protect themselves and pick the right machine.

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Call (02) 4915 2998 or send the form below. Available 24/7, you see a fixed figure ahead of any work, and every job carries our 365-day warranty on all work.

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