Blocked drains across Frankston

How it works

What a blocked drain usually costs

As a guide, most standard blockages clear for $150 to $400. If tree roots are involved, or the plumber needs a CCTV camera to find the problem, a camera inspection with jet blasting typically runs $350 to $900. A broken pipe that needs relining is a bigger job, typically $3,000 and up. Quotes vary, and the plumber's written quote is the price that counts. The cost guide breaks it down.

Why Frankston drains block

The age of the house is the biggest factor. Frankston North began as a Housing Commission estate in the 1950s, and much of Seaford and the older parts of Frankston, including the Karingal estate, went up in the 1950s and 1960s. Sewer lines that old are often clay pipe with joints that roots can find, and mature street and garden trees have had decades to do it. Carrum Downs and Langwarrin are mostly from the late 1970s onwards, where roots and stormwater are the usual calls. Skye and Sandhurst are newer, and blockages there are more often something flushed or poured that should not have been.

Whose pipe is it

In the sewered parts of Frankston, South East Water maintains the sewer up to the connection point with your property, often near the boundary, and the pipes upstream of that point are the owner's. Stormwater is different again: your property's drainage links to Frankston City Council's drainage network at a stormwater discharge point, which the council allocates and can locate on request. A licensed drain plumber can usually establish which side of the line a blockage sits on. See blocked sewer and blocked stormwater.

How this works

Send the quote form with your suburb and a line about what the drain is doing. A licensed plumber who works your part of Frankston calls you back with a price. The quote is free, there is no obligation, and you deal with the plumber directly from there.

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