Blocked Drains Chisholm
Chisholm Plumbing Co clears blocked drains in Chisholm and the nearby Maitland suburbs, whether it is a basin emptying slowly or a toilet backing up into the bath. The choke is found with a CCTV drain camera, cleared with the jetter or electric eel, and priced as a fixed figure before any clearing begins. Ring (02) 4915 2998 or send the form.
Drains are one part of what Chisholm Plumbing Co handles here, alongside hot water, gas fitting and leak detection.
Licensed plumbers and gas fitters · NSW Lic. 359278C
Last updated September 2026
- Available 24/7
- No call-out fee (excluding after-hours)
- Fixed, up-front quotes
- 365-day warranty on all work
The Slope Behind Chisholm Drain Trouble
Chisholm rises to a central ridge with the Waterford wetlands around its lower edges, and that shape decides where storm water ends up. Runoff gathers on the lots at the bottom of the fall, where a line laid with too little grade can overflow after one heavy downpour.
Wet ground, slow drains
Young pipes, fast builds
Chisholm Drain Services
Six drain services, each with a page of its own:
CCTV Drain Inspection
See it before we fix it. The camera runs the length of the pipe and puts the choke, its cause and the pipe condition on screen, so any repair is priced from footage you have watched. Blocked drain camera inspections.
Drain Jetting
Water, nothing else. High-pressure jetting scours the pipe wall and sends grease, silt and root fibre down the line without a drop of chemical going into your garden. High-pressure drain jetting.
Blocked Sewer
When the toilet gurgles. A shower filling up and smells from floor wastes mean the sewer is choking, and this page covers the clear, the camera check and what a repair involves. Blocked sewer clearing.
Stormwater Drains
When the yard spills. Gullies and pits that overflow in a storm point to the stormwater line, which we clear and then check for fall and silt build-up. Stormwater drain clears.
Pipe Relining
No digging required. Where a crack shows on the recording, a resin liner cured inside the old pipe seals it without trenching through lawn, paving or garden beds. No-dig pipe relining.
Tree Root Removal
Roots out, proof on screen. A cutting head removes roots from the joints, and a second look with the camera proves the pipe is open before we pack up. Drain root cutting.
What Are the Warning Signs?
Catching the early signs keeps a drain job small:
- One fixture, a shower or kitchen sink, taking longer to empty each week
- Gurgling from the toilet or floor wastes when the washing machine empties
- Wet patches or a bright green stripe of lawn along the pipe route
- Smell from a gully or grate after rain
- A pit in the yard spilling over during a storm
A single slow fixture points to a local choke. Several at once point to the main line, and the camera is the quickest way to prove which.
From Ring to Running Line
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Ring or send the form
Call (02) 4915 2998 or use the form to explain the fault. We ask enough to bring the right equipment the first time.
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A fixed price first
A plumber inspects the job and names a fixed figure up front. Nothing gets started until you give the go-ahead.
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Camera, jetter, camera again
The first camera run finds the choke, the jetter or eel shifts it, and a second run lets you watch water moving freely.
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Covered for a year
Every job carries our 365-day warranty on all work. If something we did isn't right, ring the same number.
How Is a Drain Clear Priced?
We provide up-front, honest quotes that will always match the final price, should you decide to go ahead.
Your drain quote depends on:
- Which line is blocked, since sewer and stormwater clears use different access points
- The distance from the access point to the choke, measured by the camera
- What the pipe is made of, because PVC and older materials each take different gear
- The hour, with nights and weekends priced at the after-hours rate and named before we start
Rain, Wetlands and the Estate Grid
The numbers
Where it bites
So a drain that behaves in dry weather can back up in a February storm. The answer is to clear the line properly, check its fall, and film the result so you can see water leaving the property.
What Customers Say
We talked through the options of our blocked kitchen sink drain (not just an s bend problem) and came to the perfect long term solution at a reasonable price.
When we're not the right call. Should the recording place the choke in the main beyond your connection rather than in your own pipes, Hunter Water owns that pipe, so we stop there and give you the footage to quote when you report it. If gutters are dumping water against your slab rather than a line being blocked, the gutter guards page is the better starting point.
Chisholm Drain Questions
How do I tell a sewer blockage from a stormwater one?
Sewer trouble shows indoors: toilets gurgling, showers filling, smells from floor wastes. Stormwater trouble shows outdoors, in pits and yard gullies spilling while it rains. On a lot near the wetlands both can happen at once, and the footage separates them.
Do you clear drains with chemicals?
No. The jetter uses water alone, which is kinder to gardens, pets and the pipe. It pushes grease, silt and debris down the line, and a closing camera pass lets you check the result on the monitor.
Will the drain just block again after clearing?
It depends on what caused it. Grease and silt cleared properly stay cleared, but a cracked section or a root entry will choke again, so the plumber shows you that footage and prices the lasting fix, relining or root cutting, as a separate option.
Does it cost anything for you to come and look at a blocked drain?
It costs nothing to get us out to your door (excluding after-hours). The plumber finds the choke, then names a fixed figure for clearing it, and that is the amount on your invoice.
Need a plumber? Call or send the form
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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