Gilles Plains · Adelaide
Drains in Gilles Plains
Gilles Plains grew from a famous hay farm into streets of 1950s Housing Trust homes, later houses and units. We keep those older drains flowing.
- Toilets, sewers, sinks & showers
- Stormwater & downpipes
- Camera inspections
- Price agreed before work
Tell us
- The drain. Toilet, shower, sink, laundry or the outside gully.
- What it does. Slow, gurgling, overflowing, smelly.
- How long. Since today, or on and off for months.
- Access. Who can let us in, and who approves the job.
- Suburb
- Gilles Plains
- Postcode
- 5086
- Job
- Clear, camera, reline
- Price
- Agreed before work
Gilles Plains
Trust-era homes, 70-year-old drains
Gilles Plains lies about 10 km north-east of the city between Grand Junction, North East and Sudholz roads, shared by Port Adelaide Enfield and Tea Tree Gully councils. Before the houses, it was farmland: in 1874 South Australia's biggest hay farm was here. The suburb was carved off Hillcrest, and in 1950-54 the Housing Trust erected imported, prefabricated timber homes here, part of several thousand across the inner north-east. Today houses make up 77.5% of its 1,513 occupied homes, with flats and units at 13.3%.
Each of those early Trust homes had a kitchen, laundry, bathroom and toilet, and their drains are now around 70 years old. Lines of that age are commonly earthenware, with a joint every short length and decades of root growth. Adelaide's reactive clay adds movement every summer and winter. We clear these older drains, inspect them with a camera, and repair the sections that have failed.
- In an older earthenware line, bin wipes, sanitary products and cooking fat. Roots at the joints catch them first.
- Before winter, clear the stormwater pits and downpipe outlets of leaves, so roof water gets away from the house.
- A big tree near an old drain line is worth mentioning when you book. Its roots go looking for water at the joints.
The jobs
Clear it, see it, fix it in Gilles Plains
Blocked drains in Gilles Plains
Toilets, showers, sinks, laundries and sewer lines cleared with a jetter or a drain machine.
See the details →CCTV drain inspections in Gilles Plains
A camera through the line to see roots, cracks and dips, with footage or a report when you need one.
See the details →Pipe relining in Gilles Plains
Cracked or root-entered pipe assessed first, then relined where it suits, or a short dug repair.
See the details →
FAQ
Drains in Gilles Plains questions
Got another question? Call us and we’ll talk it through.
Do you clear drains in Gilles Plains?
Yes. We clear blocked drains, run camera inspections and assess pipe repairs for homes across Gilles Plains. Tell us the street when you book.
How soon can you come?
Call us and we book the next attendance window and tell you when it is. If water or sewage is overflowing, say so when you call, and stop running water into that drain until we arrive.
Can you help with a rental property?
Yes. Tell us the owner or property manager who approves the work and the tenant’s contact for access, and we book a time that suits the tenant.
What does it cost to clear a drain?
We confirm the visit charge when you book. Once we’ve found the cause, you get the price of the clearing or the repair before any work starts, so every item is agreed first.
Get a quote
Tell us about your drain
Which drain, what it’s doing and your suburb. We confirm the visit and the charge when we book, find the cause, then give you the price of the work before we start.
Water rising now? Call
1300 963 986
Worth including
- Which drain: a fixture inside, the outside gully or stormwater
- What it’s doing, and since when
- The property’s suburb
- Who approves the job, and the tenant’s contact for a rental
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