Drains & Sewers
Drain Cleaning Roodepoort: Jetting, Root Cutting and Camera Inspections
Toilet slow to flush, kitchen sink holding water, gully spilling over after a storm? Our drain cleaning Roodepoort team clears homes, complexes, plots and factory drains with machines, high-pressure jetting and CCTV camera inspections. Phone 082 550 3306, day or night.
Day or night, calls and WhatsApp: 082 550 3306 | Office-hours line: 087 700 7781
Drains & Sewers
Getting Drains Properly Clean
On this side of Joburg, blocked drains usually come down to one of four things. Roots from established trees grow into old clay sewers. Grease from kitchens, especially takeaways and canteens, sets hard in the pipes. Storm runoff from the koppies washes sand and gravel into gullies. And on smallholdings, the long run from the house to the septic or conservancy tank can sag or silt up. Emptying the tank itself is a tanker job; what we handle is the pipework leading to it.
We clean the whole pipe, not just a hole through the middle of the blockage, so it stays open. If the same drain keeps blocking, we push a camera down the line to find the root intrusion, crack or dip, and then repair that section.
Jobs We Handle
Drain Work We Do Around Roodepoort
Blocked Toilet
Cleared and the line beyond it checked, so we find what actually caused it.
Roots in the Sewer
Roots cut out of clay pipe, then a camera inspection and repair of the damaged part.
Greasy Kitchen Drains
Fat jetted out of home kitchens, canteens and restaurant grease traps.
Industrial Drains
Drains at workshops and factories in Industria North and Manufacta cleared and flushed.
Stormwater After Storms
Gullies, channels and downpipes cleared of sand, gravel and leaves.
Plot Drain Lines
Long runs from the house to the tank on smallholdings cleared and inspected.
West Rand Conditions
What Causes This Work Around Roodepoort
Hard water, steel pipe from the mining-town era, height differences on the ridges, long lines on the plots and an unreliable supply all play a part. Here's how they connect to this service:
Roots Working Into the Sewer
Big established trees in Roodepoort need water, and in a dry winter the old clay sewer line is the easiest place to find it. Fine roots slip in at the joints, then swell into a thick plug that catches paper and fat. Slow toilets and a yard gully that bubbles after the washing machine drains are the early signs. We cut the roots, run a camera to see how badly the pipe is cracked and replace the broken length.
Highveld Storms Off the Koppies
A December storm can drop a month's rain on the West Rand in half an hour. Water sheets off the rocky koppies and down sloping streets, carrying sand, gravel and leaves into gutters, gullies and stormwater channels. Properties at the bottom of a slope get the overflow, and a sewer gully that takes in rainwater will spill. We clear blocked drains and gullies with machines and jetting once the rain has passed.
Steel Pipes From the Mining-Town Days
Roodepoort grew up around the gold mines, and many of the older houses around Roodepoort still run on the galvanised steel that went in when they were built. After decades of West Rand water the inside of that pipe is crusted with rust. The flow gets weaker, the first water of the day runs orange, and eventually a joint weeps inside a wall. One or two repairs are fine. Once leaks start appearing in different rooms, it's time to re-pipe the worst runs in PEX, copper or HDPE.
Dry Taps During Supply Cuts
Rand Water work on the bulk lines or a Joburg Water main that bursts under a busy road can leave Roodepoort without water for a day, sometimes longer. Properties up on the ridges feel it first, because the little pressure that is left can't push water uphill. When supply comes back, the air rushing ahead of it hammers ball valves and old joints. We fix whatever gave way, and for households and businesses that have had enough we put in a JoJo tank and pump that switches over without anyone touching it.
Water Everywhere in Roodepoort? Do This First
Find the main stopcock, usually close to the meter at the street boundary or, on a plot, where the line enters the property, and turn it off. If hot water is escaping, switch the geyser off at the board as well. Then call 082 550 3306. Someone answers at night, on weekends and over public holidays. Non-urgent work and quotes go through 087 700 7781.
Three Simple Steps
From Phone Call to Finished Job in Roodepoort
1
Get Hold of Us
For a burst, a flood or anything after dark, ring 082 550 3306. Not sure how bad it is? WhatsApp a picture to the same number. Routine jobs and quotes are booked through the office on 087 700 7781.
2
Diagnosis and a Fixed Price
One of our West Rand plumbers drives out, tracks down the cause and quotes a single amount. There's no charge for coming out to Roodepoort during the day (after hours, the surcharge is quoted on the phone first), and nothing starts until you say yes.
3
Fixed, Tested, Guaranteed
We do the repair, run the water to show it holds, sweep up and leave you with our workmanship guarantee on the job.
What We Do
More Plumbing Help on the West Rand
We do all of this in Roodepoort. Emergencies go to the front of the line, day or night.
What Customers Say
5-Star Google Reviews Behind Us
We are the West Rand branch of MacRamos Plumbing. The group's Google listing carries 5-star reviews from homeowners, landlords, plot owners and factory managers. Take a few minutes to read them and decide for yourself.
Straight Answers
Your Questions on Drain Cleaning Roodepoort
Click any question to open the answer.
Usually roots in older clay sewers, kitchen fat, wet wipes or sand washing into gullies during storms. A camera inspection shows which one it is.
High-pressure water scrubs the full inside of the pipe, removing grease, silt and fine roots far more thoroughly than a rod pushed through the blockage.
No, that needs a tanker service. We clear and repair the drain line between the house and the tank, and we can inspect it with a camera.
Where We Work
Serving Roodepoort and the Rest of the West Rand
Our vans spend the day moving between central Roodepoort, Florida, the ridges at Kloofendal and Roodekrans, the newer estates out at Ruimsig, Wilgeheuwel and Honeydew, and the plots further west. Look for your suburb below. Not listed? Give us a call with the address and we'll tell you straight away.
Central Roodepoort, the Ridges & Industrial Areas
- Plumber Roodepoort
- Plumber Davidsonville
- Plumber Groblerpark
- Plumber Helderkruin
- Plumber Horison
- Plumber Horison Park
- Plumber Horizon View
- Plumber Industria North
- Plumber Kloofendal
- Plumber Lea Glen
- Plumber Little Falls
- Plumber Manufacta
- Plumber Matholesville
- Plumber Ontdekkerspark
- Plumber Princess AH
- Plumber Rand Lease
- Plumber Reefhaven
- Plumber Roodekrans
- Plumber Roodekrans AH
- Plumber Roodepoort Central
- Plumber Roodepoort North & West
- Plumber Tres Jolie
- Plumber Whiteridge
- Plumber Wilfordon
- Plumber Wilro Park
- Plumber Witpoortjie
Florida, Florida Lake & the Older South Side
- Plumber Creswell Park
- Plumber Delarey
- Plumber Discovery
- Plumber Fleurhof
- Plumber Floracliffe
- Plumber Florida
- Plumber Florida Glen
- Plumber Florida Hills
- Plumber Florida Lake
- Plumber Florida North
- Plumber Florida Park
- Plumber Florida View
- Plumber Georginia
- Plumber Goudrand
- Plumber Hamberg
- Plumber Lindhaven
- Plumber Maraisburg
- Plumber Quellerina
- Plumber Robertville
- Plumber Selwyn
- Plumber Technikon
Honeydew, Ruimsig, Wilgeheuwel & the Plots
- Plumber Allen's Nek
- Plumber Bergbron
- Plumber Constantia Kloof
- Plumber Eagle Canyon Golf Estate
- Plumber Harveston AH
- Plumber Honeydew
- Plumber Honeydew Grove
- Plumber Honeydew Manor
- Plumber Honeydew Ridge
- Plumber Honeyhills
- Plumber Kimbult AH
- Plumber Laser Park
- Plumber Noordekrans
- Plumber Poortview
- Plumber Radiokop
- Plumber Ruimsig
- Plumber Ruimsig AH
- Plumber Sonnedal AH & Stormill
- Plumber Strubensvallei
- Plumber Weltevreden Park
- Plumber Wilgeheuwel
- Plumber Wilgespruit
- Plumber Willowbrook
- Plumber Zonnehoewe AH
Roodepoort Plumber 24/7 is run by MacRamos Plumbing for the West Rand. Got a property in another part of Gauteng? Go to www.macramos.co.za and the group will send the plumbers who work nearest to it.