Unblocking Drains Brisbane

How to fix a Solid Blocked Drain

Many Plumbers have Electric Eels and Water Jetters to unblock drains . But what happens when the drain blockage is too solid for these to work? This could be a solid tree root, concrete or even steel. In other instances, you might have a failed pipe lining that needs to be removed.

A traditional plumber would have to dig up the blocked drain and repair it. But what if you don't want it dug up, or it can't be dug up? In this case you can use a robotic cutter.

Unblocking drains with a robotic cutter

A robotic cutter is essentially a cutting head on the end of an air pipe that is rotated via compressed air. This cutting head is then sent down a blocked drain to the blockage where it will grind it away. The cutting head rotates at high speed, enabling it to cut through pretty much anything.

Reline Solutions have 2 different types of robotic cutters. These are:

DanCutter Robotic Cutter

Ka-Te Robotic Cutter

This robotic cutter is designed for pipes between 150-1050 millimetres in diameter. For this reason it is perfect for large stormwater and sewer pipes. The cutting head is attached to a crawler which is operated from the surface controller and driven down to the blockage

Robotic cutter in action

Below is a video we took of a failed Pipe Lining that we had to remove with a cutter ready for relining with our Brawoliner Inversion Pipe Relining solution.