Blocked Stormwater in Cranebrook

1. Clearing out pits that are surcharging so the system can cope with the next downpour
2. Freeing up downpipes and gully traps once they've backed up in a heavy downpour
3. Digging out the leaves and silt that have piled up in pits, junctions and channel drains
4. Clearing blocked ag lines and sub-surface drainage around garden beds and lawns
5. Locating the actual point where yard flooding is starting rather than guessing
6. Figuring out early whether it's stormwater or a sewer issue wearing a disguise

Streets like Laycock Street sit in the lower parts of the suburb, closer to the creek catchments that feed into Rickabys and Torkington Creeks. The Cranebrook overland flood study identifies local creek catchments where stormwater drains surcharge in heavy rain, and this is one of them.

When one of the Cumberland Plain's intense summer thunderstorms hits, more water arrives at a pit than the pipe underneath can carry away, and it backs up onto the surface instead. A pit already carrying a season's worth of leaf litter and silt has even less spare capacity to absorb that extra rush of water.

That's the combination we see most here: a genuine capacity problem in the ground, made worse by what's sitting in the pits above it. Clearing the debris out is often the fastest, cheapest way to get real capacity back before the next storm arrives, without needing to touch the pipe itself.

Assessment first. Every pit, junction and downpipe in the run gets checked so we can see exactly where things are backing up.

Clear the blockage. Whatever's sitting in there, leaf litter, silt or roots, gets matched to whichever tool shifts it.

Test under flow. The hose goes on to prove the whole run is moving freely again, not just cleared at one single point.

Warranty and wrap-up. Most stormwater clears are finished in a single visit, and the labour behind the fix is covered for life. A more involved fix, like a collapsed section of ag line, can take longer once the full extent is visible.

A storm has no respect for office hours, which is exactly why we're contactable around the clock. Flooding yard at 11pm, someone picks up and a plumber starts moving.

Every blocked stormwater job we finish is backed by our lifetime labour warranty on the workmanship, no matter how the clear was done. That's not a call-out extra, it's how every job is run here.

We also agree the number with you before anyone gets to work, so a stormwater job that turns out bigger than first thought is never a surprise bill after the fact.