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Areas of Expertise With over 2 decades of experience in the drainage sector, both in New Zealand and internationally, you can be sure you’re leaving your drains in the best hands. Let us do your dirty work. Drain Unblocking Let us help where you can’t see! Be it lego, concrete, or fat clogging y...

27/02/2018

An interesting find in Culverdon, the septic tank had a bed of roots 200mm thick, pulled out with a tractor.

13/04/2016

Another successful unblock found the cause to be a broken section of 100mm pipe under the footpath

10/04/2016

In the world of drainage CCTV one gets to see some crazy things. This week while filming a 150mm sewer main on Mt Pleasant a little dirty rat came running upstream to say Hi. This bu**er is bigger than a 2.25L Coke bottle!

17/03/2016

An interesting find this week under the slab of a new house that has recently been repaired in Christchurch CBD, This pipe has broken through on the bottom right side with a chunk of concrete left inside the 100mm PVC pipe.

23/02/2016

Another fibre broadband cable going through the sewer on Brockworth Street and blocking it up!

22/02/2016

An interesting unblock in close to the Uni found a few surprises under the house. Looks like the tenants were trying to dispose of something...

18/02/2016

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15/02/2016

Greers Road Unblock, found a fibre broadband cable that penetrated the sewer out on the foot path yesterday.

19/08/2015

An unblock during the week had a few surprises down the line.
Roots had grown through the inspection cap and a root cut was done to remove it.
Just a few meters down the line a bigger problem was found in the council lateral.

11/08/2015

A customer requested CCTV of their storm water after it stopped flowing out into the stream. The cause of the issue was found directly under the swimming pool. Check this video out!

06/08/2015

Another successful unblock during the week. A piece of plaster cement was found and removed from the 100mm sewer pipe. The location of the blockage was under the concrete slab of a new home in Christchurch.