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Blocked Drains New Lambton

New Lambton Plumbing Co clears blocked drains across New Lambton and the streets around it, from a kitchen sink running slow to a sewer spilling into the yard. We clear the line, jet it clean and run the drain camera through afterwards, so you can see exactly what caused the trouble. Ring (02) 4063 1093 and we book it in.

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Licensed plumbers and gas fitters · NSW Lic. 359278C

Last updated September 2026

Plumber feeding a drain camera into a pit at a commercial unit
Plumber installing a strip drain beside a sliding door

Why do the drains block here?

Three things about this suburb block drains, and they stack on top of each other in the older streets.

Tree cover

The suburb borders the reserve and carries big established street trees along roads like Lambton Road and Tauranga Road. Fine roots hunt out damp joints, and once inside a line they mat up and catch everything flushed past.

Pipe age

Houses built in the coal township's early decades went in with glazed earthenware line that grows brittle underground. Fractures open at the joints, roots move in, and the same drain blocks again and again.

Shared stormwater

The whole patch sits in one catchment, so an intense Hunter downpour can fill street drains faster than they empty and push water back up low gullies.

A slow first sign, like a gurgling floor drain, is worth acting on before the line plugs solid.

New Lambton Drain Services

Each of these jobs has its own page with the full detail on how it runs:

Plumber running a drain camera at an outdoor pit

CCTV drain camera inspections

We run the camera before clearing and again after, so you see the cause and the clean line: book a camera inspection

Plumber working a drain-clearing machine

Drain jetting

High-pressure water strips grease, sludge and root mass using water alone: drain jetting service

Plumber laying new pipe in an open trench

Blocked sewer

A sewer pushing back into toilets, floor drains or the yard, cleared and camera-checked: clear a blocked sewer

Plumber installing a strip drain beside a sliding door

Stormwater drains

Downpipes, pits and yard drains that overflow in rain, traced and cleared: sort stormwater drains

Pipe relining equipment set up in a shower recess

Pipe relining

A cracked sewer section relined from inside, with no excavation under gardens, paths or old floors: pipe relining options

Tree roots exposed around a pipe in a trench

Tree root removal

Roots cut out, the entry point found on camera, and the gap sealed: remove tree roots

What drives the price of drain work?

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

The figure moves with the job itself, and the big movers are:

  • Access A line with a reachable inspection opening in an open subfloor is quicker to work than one under a tight crawl space.
  • Pipe material A fractured earthenware run takes longer to clear and assess than a modern PVC line.
  • What the footage shows Clearing a one-off clog is one price; cutting roots out and repairing the section they came through is a bigger job.

The camera run means the quote is based on what is in the pipe, not on a guess from the backyard.

What happens when you call

  1. 01

    Ring or send the form

    Call (02) 4063 1093 or use the form to explain the fault. We ask enough to bring the right equipment the first time.

  2. 02

    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.

  3. 03

    Clear and check

    The jetter or electric eel does the clearing, and a camera run afterwards shows the water moving on screen.

  4. 04

    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.

Where stormwater settles here

The low ground fills first

The eastern streets barely lift, while the west climbs toward about 90 metres, so stormwater arrives at the bottom of the slope with the whole hillside behind it. The recorded annual average for the area is 1,128mm of rain, and intense summer-autumn storms deliver it in heavy bursts.

Blocked or just outrun

When those bursts hit, the low yards and gullies take the first push. A drain that copes in ordinary weather can simply be outrun for an hour, which is why we check whether a storm overflow is a blockage or just a saturated catchment before quoting a repair nobody needs.
Plumber repairing an exposed pipe in a trench

Drain Jobs That Belong Elsewhere

When we're not the right call: a fault past your property line is the water authority's to fix, and a blocked council street drain goes to the council. Our work stops at your boundary.

Plumber working a drain-clearing machine

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.
Debbie

Drain questions from New Lambton

My gully overflowed in the last storm. Is that a blocked drain or just heavy rain?

Both are possible. When several properties spill at once in the same downpour, the shared catchment is usually surcharged and the water has nowhere to go. If your gully is the only one running back, a blockage in your own line is the more likely culprit, and a camera run settles it.

Do the earthenware drains under New Lambton homes need replacing after a clear?

Not always. Clearing the line buys time, but if the footage shows fractured joints or a collapsed section, roots can find their way straight back in. We walk you through clearing, relining and replacement as options, so you decide while watching the footage yourself.

Is jetting safe for the older pipes here?

Yes, when it is matched to the pipe. Jetting pressure is set to suit the line, and the camera is run beforehand so we know the condition of the pipe before any water is let go. Badly fractured sections are cleared another way rather than pressured.

Will you show me what the camera finds?

Yes, and the recording is yours to keep. It shows where the clog sat, what caused it and the line's condition once it is running clean. Any repair decision happens with that footage in front of you, not on a verbal description.

Need a plumber? Call or send the form

Call (02) 4063 1093 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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