Nobody inspects stormwater until something moves. A leaking stormwater line washes out the ground under a slab, a path or a footing, and the first symptom is usually a crack in something expensive.
Or speak to a relining specialist now — (03) 9059 2707Stormwater pipe is thinner-walled and shallower than sewer, and on older properties it is often the last thing anyone has thought about. Downpipe connections work loose, agricultural lines silt up, and a tree that cannot reach the sewer will happily take the stormwater instead.
Because the line only runs hard during a downpour, the damage is invisible for years. By the time there is standing water against the house or a dip in the driveway, the pipe has been discharging into the soil for a long time. Lining it stops the discharge without lifting the surface above it.
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.
Three depots — Oakleigh, Essendon and Ivanhoe — covering 130+ Melbourne suburbs. These are the ones we are in most weeks.
Yes, and the process is the same: inspect, clean, line, re-inspect. Stormwater pipe is often thinner and shallower, so access is usually easier and the job faster.
Water that pools near the house after rain, a garage that floods, gutters that back up, or a section of driveway that has dropped. Any of those justify half an hour with a camera before the ground under something structural goes.
Often yes. Downpipe connections are a common failure point and are frequently where we put the camera in. Where there is no usable access we can create a small one in a garden bed rather than cutting a path.
Jetting fixes silt. Relining fixes the reason the silt is collecting — usually a dropped joint or a crack where the pipe has lost its grade or its seal. The camera tells us which problem you actually have.
If the leak is from the stormwater line, yes — a continuous liner has nowhere to discharge except the legal point of discharge. If the water is coming from somewhere else, the inspection will show that too, and we will say so.
Within your property boundary it is yours, up to the legal point of discharge. Beyond that it is council or the water authority. We inspect to the boundary so the line of responsibility is on camera, not in dispute.
No — those are designed to leak, so lining them defeats the purpose. We can reline the solid stormwater line they discharge into, which is usually the part that has failed.
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.