Stormwater · Adelaide
Most of Adelaide’s rain falls in winter, and that’s when a blocked stormwater line shows itself: a downpipe that won’t empty, a pit that spills, water pooling against the house. We find where it’s stopping, then clear it.
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Stormwater
If water spills from the gutter or the downpipe joint, the blockage is up top: leaves in the gutter or the downpipe. If the downpipe is full to the brim, or water bubbles up out of a pit or the lawn, the underground line is blocked or broken further along.
A line that drains slowly for hours after rain is usually silted up or partly blocked by roots. One that only overflows in heavy rain is often carrying more water than its pipe can take, or discharging somewhere that backs up. We look at where your stormwater ends up as well as where it starts.
A new grate or an extra pit treats the symptom. We clear the existing line, run a camera along it if needed, and quote the repair the line actually needs, before anything new goes in.
Water coming up through a shed, garage or house floor is a sign to investigate, not a diagnosis. Tell us when it appears, after rain, after a tap runs or all the time, and we assess whether a drain is the cause.
Adelaide’s ground
Old pipes, moving clay and thirsty roots. Adelaide has all three.
Adelaide sits on reactive soils, particularly Keswick Clay, black earth and some red-brown earth. Clay shrinks as it dries in summer and swells in winter, and that movement works at the joints of buried pipe.
Earthenware pipe lasts a long time but is more brittle than plastic, so it cracks, and it has a joint every short length. Adelaide’s older suburbs still drain through plenty of it.
Roots find the moisture at a cracked or open joint and grow into the pipe. A dry summer sends them looking harder.
Most of Adelaide’s rain falls in winter. That’s when silted stormwater lines, blocked pits and full downpipes show up.
Sources: Adelaide (housing, climate), expansive clay, vitrified clay pipe.
More
Toilets, showers, sinks, laundries and sewer lines cleared with a jetter or a drain machine.
See the details →A camera through the line to see roots, cracks and dips, with footage or a report when you need one.
See the details →Cracked or root-entered pipe assessed first, then relined where it suits, or a short dug repair.
See the details →FAQ
Got another question? Call us and we’ll talk it through.
Yes. Tell us where the water collects, whether the downpipe flows and where the underground drain comes out. We find the cause and quote the clearing or the repair before anything new goes in.
It’s a sign to investigate. Tell us when it appears (after rain, after using a tap, or all the time) and where, and we assess whether a drain is the cause.
No. Stormwater carries rain from the roof, downpipes and paved areas away from the house. The sewer carries the toilet, shower, sink and laundry. They’re separate lines, and we clear both.
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.
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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.
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