Blocked Drains Byron Bay

 

If you have experienced a blocked drain in the Byron Bay Shire, you’re not alone. Blocked drains can be inconvenient at any time they occur and can be stressful for homeowners.

 

Clearing a blocked drain

In order to clear a blocked drain, your local plumber should use a CCTV drain camera and high pressure jet rodder. Often, plumbers in the Byron Bay area will use and electric eel or drain snake to clear a blockage. The problems associated with these are that they will only punch a hole in the blockage rather than removing it entirely. Because the blockage is not completely removed it is sure to return soon after it is cleared. On top of this, sometimes electric eels can punch a hole through PVC pipes as they are pushed around a bend. Electric eels were originally designed in the 1920’s for clay pipes which are stronger than PVC pipes.

 

Water jetters or jet rodders

Water jetters come in all different sizes, flows and water pressures. There are also many different types of nozzles available to suit different blockages. It’s important your plumber stocks a wide range of jetter nozzles in order to clear your blockage efficiently. Using the wrong nozzle will take more time to clear the blockage, which costs you more money.

 

Different water jetter nozzles have different jobs. Choosing a Byron Bay plumber with a wide variety of nozzles will save you money.

CCTV drain cameras

A CCTV drain camera is useful for clearing blocked drains in Byron Bay as it will show the plumber exactly what is causing the blockage and how to rectify the problem. If tree roots are the cause of the blockage and they have damaged the pipe, it may be able to be relined.

 

‘No dig’ solutions to pipe relining repairs

Pipe solutions such as pipe relining are a minimal disruption solution to ongoing pipe problems. Rather than digging the pipe up, a new pipe is inserted inside the old broken one under the ground using a resin coated sleeve.

 

Some plumbers may choose not to use a CCTV drain camera when called out to a blocked drain in Byron Bay. This may cause further blockages in the future as they will be unable to tell you the root cause of the drain blockage.