Pipe Relining Rathmines

Pipe relining gives a cracked Rathmines drain a jointless new wall inside the old pipe, cured in place with no trench across the garden. The plumber in Rathmines team quotes the job fixed before anything starts, and you can book through the main line or the form here.

Footage comes first. A reline is only booked after a camera run, with the blocked drains page stepping through how each fault gets cleared beforehand. A clear treats the symptom; a reline fixes the pipe itself.

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Last updated September 2026

When Does a Line Need Relining?

The camera inspection footage decides, and four faults on the screen point to a reline:

Roots regrowing through the same cracked joint within months of a clear
A clay section that has dropped or ledged inside, catching solids on the lip
A crack or open joint letting soil and groundwater into the line
A drain slow across the whole house that refills weeks after clearing

Any of those means the pipe wall is the problem. Water alone will not mend clay.

How We Reline a Drain

01
Measure first
The camera run maps the pipe material, the fault and the exact length to be lined.
02
Clean the wall
The jetter scours the pipe back to bare clay so the liner bonds, with root cutting done first if growth is thick.
03
Feed and cure the liner
The resin sleeve travels the run from one access point, then inflates and cures into a single continuous pipe.
04
Prove it on camera
A final run shows the new wall sealed across every crack and the line flowing end to end.

The finished wall has no joints, so roots have nowhere to enter. That is what makes it a lasting fix for old clay.

How Is a Reline Priced?

We provide up-front, honest quotes that will always match the final price, should you decide to go ahead.

The figure on this job comes down to:

The length of line the liner has to cover, measured on the camera run
Bends and junctions along the route, each of which slows the pull
Root growth that needs a full clearing pass before the liner can bond
The state of the old pipe, since a partly collapsed run has to come out first

Wet Ground and Three Vintages of Pipe

The ground makes the case for a reline here

Groundwater lies just beneath the low shore land, so a trench dug for a replacement pipe floods and drags on, and buried steel in it rusts early. A reline sidesteps the trench almost entirely.

The drains themselves come from three build eras

The sewers went in street by street as the 1920 subdivision built out, so the earliest glazed-clay runs near Hampstead Way and Bournville Road have served long beyond what they were designed for, while the postwar cottages and the 1980s Crown closes each carry their own vintage of pipe. The camera run shows which section is failing, and the liner covers whichever one it is.

One From the Pipe Work

"They were very understanding of my situation, with a work around for my pipe issues, which ended up being a fraction of the cost than previous quotes from another company." Sarah

When We're Not the Right Call

The utility's side is theirs

Footage that puts the fault in a Hunter Water main past your boundary makes the job theirs, and the call to make is to them, not to us.

A collapsed run cannot carry a liner

Where the old pipe has fully folded, a small excavation at that point is the honest fix, and it gets quoted on its own.

A sound pipe needs no reline

If the blockage clears and the wall shows clean, a straightforward blocked sewer clear is all the job needs.

Four Questions on the Reline

Is relining suitable for the old clay drains under Rathmines?

Yes, relining suits those pipes well. The old glazed-clay runs that went in beneath Halloran's streets crack at their joints and ledge inside, and a smooth liner bridges both faults so roots have nothing to grip. Badly shattered sections are the exception and may still need cutting out.

Can a drain be relined without digging up the garden?

Mostly, yes. The liner travels in through an existing access point, then presses against the old wall and cures hard. Lawns, driveways and established gardens stay untouched unless a section has fully collapsed and needs one small dig at that spot.

How does relining compare with replacing the whole pipe?

Replacement means trenching the whole run, and on the low shore blocks that means digging in wet ground. A reline skips nearly all of the trench, so the job itself is smaller. A collapsed section is the one case where cutting it out is the only route.

Do you reline drains on the nearby peninsulas as well?

Yes. Relining is offered in Kilaben Bay, Coal Point and Fishing Point too. A camera run first decides whether each job is a reline or a dig, and the quote follows the footage.

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