Cured-in-place lining turns a cracked, leaking, root-invaded pipe into a continuous jointless one without opening the ground above it. One access point, one crew, usually two days.
Or speak to a relining specialist now — (03) 9059 2707A liner is not a patch. We saturate a felt sleeve in two-part epoxy resin, winch it into the damaged run, inflate it hard against the old wall and leave it to cure. What sets is a structural pipe inside the pipe — a continuous one, with no joints, no mortar and nothing for a root to find.
That matters more in Melbourne than most cities. The reactive clay under the eastern and bayside suburbs moves enough every summer to work a terracotta joint apart, and the street trees do the rest. Replacing a section fixes that section. Lining the run fixes the run.
Not sure which of our services you need? Start with a CCTV drain inspection — it is free with any quote and it decides everything else.
A high-resolution camera goes down the line so we can measure the damage, find the depth and confirm relining is actually the right call. Thirty to ninety minutes. You keep the footage whether you book the work or not.
Roots, scale and debris are cut back with a high-pressure jetter until the inside wall is bare. A liner can only bond to a clean pipe, so this step is not optional and it is where cheap operators cut corners.
A felt liner saturated in epoxy resin is pulled through, inflated hard against the wall and cured in place. Junctions are reinstated with a cutter. Nothing is excavated and nothing is cut.
A second inspection confirms a continuous, joint-free liner from end to end. You get the before and after footage, a written report and the 50-year liner warranty paperwork.
| Criterion | Pipe relining | Dig and replace |
|---|---|---|
| Time on site | 1–2 days | 3–5 days, often longer |
| Your driveway | Untouched | Cut, removed, re-poured |
| Garden and paving | Untouched | Excavated and reinstated |
| Root re-entry | Sealed permanently | Returns at the new joints |
| Reinstatement cost | None | Concreting, paving, landscaping |
| Council permits | Rarely needed | Often needed for crossings |
| Warranty | 50 years on the liner | Workmanship only |
Honest caveat: if a pipe has fully collapsed there is nothing left to line against, and we will tell you to dig. The camera decides, not the quote.
Still deciding? We wrote a longer breakdown in pipe relining versus pipe replacement.
Three depots — Oakleigh, Essendon and Ivanhoe — covering 130+ Melbourne suburbs. These are the ones we are in most weeks.
Most residential runs are done in one to two days, including the inspection, the clean and the cure. A single short section can be same-day. Commercial and multi-unit sites with several runs take longer, and we give you a day count in writing before we start.
Structurally it is a standalone pipe in its own right — the liners we use are rated to carry load without the host pipe. That is why they carry a 50-year manufacturer warranty rather than a workmanship guarantee.
The liner wall is a few millimetres thick, so the internal diameter drops slightly. In practice flow usually improves, because a smooth epoxy wall has far less friction than rough, scaled, root-filled terracotta.
Yes. Liners pull through bends, and junctions are reinstated with a robotic cutter once the resin has cured. Branch connections to a laundry or a downpipe are reopened before we leave, and we show you each one on camera.
Not for relining inside your own boundary — nothing is excavated and nothing in the street is touched. Work on the sewer beyond the boundary trap is a water authority matter and we handle that conversation for you.
It stays where it is and becomes the outer shell. That is the point: no spoil, no truck of broken terracotta, and no reinstating what you dug through to reach it.
Water stays connected. You avoid putting anything down the drain for a few hours while the resin cures, and we tell you the exact window before we start. Most households barely notice.
We run three depots, Oakleigh, Essendon and Ivanhoe, and keep inspection slots open each day. Same-day CCTV is normal, and emergency calls are answered around the clock.
Tell us what the drain is doing and we will book a CCTV inspection, usually same day. No charge, no obligation, and you keep the footage either way.