Recognizing that your sewer line is clogged is half the battle. The solution is simple once you realize what’s going on. All you have to do is stay calm and follow these two simple steps:

1. Turn off the water supply: First and foremost, turn off the water in your home. This step is critical because it prevents the situation from worsening. To turn off your water, locate your water main, which is the line that supplies water to your home. It’s usually near your home’s water meter, but it can also be found outside near a house corner.
2.  Hire a Plumber: Although it is technically possible to clear small sewer line clogs yourself, it is rarely recommended. The problem with do-it-yourself repairs is that most sewer line clogs are caused by broken pipes, tree roots, and other issues deep within your plumbing system.

The best way to keep drains clear is to limit what you put in them.

• Food, coffee grounds, and grease should avoid kitchen drains.
• Don’t put leftovers in the garbage disposal.
• Liquid grease should be sealed. After cooling, dispose of or recycle it.
• Hair and soap scum clog the drain. Cover tub and shower drains with mesh screens or hair catchers. Both gather hair and let water through.
• A hair catcher can be made of stainless steel, silicone, or both. Replace the shower stopper with one that has a screen to prevent hair clogs.
• This eliminates loose hair to prevent shower drain clogs. Place a washcloth over the drain if you must bathe your dog in the tub or shower. A dog’s bath hair can clog a shower drain hair catcher.
• Dental floss, tampons, and other waste should be thrown away.

Quintessential Plumbing is your emergency plumbing specialist providing 24-hour blocked sewer plumbing services across Sydney. We service all inner city and surrounding suburbs of Sydney day or night and with 60-minute response time. Our fleet of emergency vehicles is fitted with GPS tracking systems sending you the closest urgent plumber in Sydney available. Our utes are fully equipped for all kinds of domestic and commercial plumbing emergency work making sure after we leave your place, the problem is permanently fixed.

We operate 24 hours, 7 days a week, and never close, so if you find yourself in a plumbing emergency call us on 0403 549 598 and we will dispatch the closest emergency plumber to your address.

A drain may typically be cleaned professionally by a business with years of knowledge in a matter of a few hours. It is not unreasonable for you to anticipate that the cleaning company will complete the task in a period of time that is shorter than three hours. In the course of those three hours, we will begin the process of putting in place the necessary components of the drain cleaning apparatus so that we can get started. This consists of a water tank as well as a hose that is in some way connected to a piece of specialized machinery.

The sewer pipes that run from our network to the property connection point are the responsibility of Sydney Water.

• Your neighbors are having the same issue
• There is widespread flooding in your neighborhood
• You are experiencing a continuous overflow and you are not currently using water on your property.
• The overflow is visible beyond your property boundary, for example, from a maintenance hole located on public land.

What’s expected of property owners:

Private wastewater pipes on a property are the responsibility of the owner up to and including the point of connecting to our pipes (the connection point). Your personal pipes are most likely where the obstruction is if:

• There isn’t a blockage affecting your neighbors.
• There is no flooding in your neighborhood, and the only overflow you
• experience is while using water on your property. Your drainage system is not shared with any other homes.