Drain Jetting Redhead
Drain jetting in Redhead cleans a blocked pipe with a hose firing water at high pressure, stripping sand, grease and fine roots off the pipe wall. It clears the coating an electric eel leaves. Your plumber in Redhead gives you a set price up front; book by phone or the form.
Licensed plumbers and gas fitters · NSW Lic. 359278C
Last updated September 2026
When Does a Jetter Beat the Eel?
An electric eel bores through a plug and leaves the coating behind. The jetter washes the pipe back to its full width, so the next heavy rain has less to catch on.
Jetting is the better tool when:
- Grease has coated the walls of a kitchen or laundry line
- Fine sand has packed into a cracked pipe near the dunes
- Root mass has spread along a joint instead of forming one plug
- The same fixture keeps blocking after earlier clears
One solid plug in an otherwise clean pipe can be eel work, and that is a smaller price. Drain camera inspection footage shows which one your pipe needs.
How the Jetter Scours a Line
The nozzle has one jet facing forward and several angled back. The front one breaks up the blockage, and the rear ones pull the hose along while washing the loosened sand and grease out to the opening.
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Ring or send the form
Call (02) 4093 0558 or use the form to explain the fault. We ask enough to bring the right equipment the first time.
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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.
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Jet and film
We feed the hose in, work it along the blocked length at a pressure that suits the pipe, then run the camera through to show it clean.
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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.
If roots are the cause and they keep coming back, see tree root removal.
Sand, Roots and the Jet
Sand that settles
Old clay and native roots
What Goes Into a Jetting Quote?
We provide up-front, honest quotes that will always match the final price, should you decide to go ahead.
"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
Hose time is the main cost in jetting:
- Metres to the blockage, since a choke near the street takes more hose than one beside the house
- The material, as packed sand, a grease coating and fibrous roots each take different nozzles and time
- Openings, and whether the hose can reach the blocked section from one of them
- Night or weekend attendance, which is dearer
Nothing is jetted until you have agreed the figure.
When We're Not the Right Call
Collapsed pipe
Public sewer
Sewage coming up inside the house is a blocked sewer, and every drain service is listed under drain clearing.
Drain Jetting Questions
Can jetting shift sand out of a drain near the beach?
Yes. The rear-facing jets flush sand back out to the opening instead of driving it further along, so jetting suits drains close to the dunes. If sand returns after a clear, there is a crack letting it in, and we find that crack on camera and price the repair.
Will high-pressure water damage old clay pipes in Redhead?
Not when the pressure matches the pipe. Clay laid with the old township is jetted softer than PVC, and any line we have not seen is filmed first. If a section is already cracked, we mark it for repair and keep the jet off it.
Do you jet stormwater lines as well as sewers in Redhead?
We do. Rainwater pipes fill with sand, leaves and silt, and the same machine flushes them. Outlets near the beach that fight a high sea during storms can need more than a flush, which the stormwater page explains.
Can I book a jetter at night if the drain has backed up?
Yes, we are Available 24/7. The van carries the jetter, camera and eel together, so finding and clearing the fault is one booking. Night work is charged at a higher rate, and you hear the price before we start.
Need a plumber? Call or send the form
Call (02) 4093 0558 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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