Drain Clearing
Blocked Drains Gauteng: Sinks, Toilets and Main Sewers Cleared
Blocked drains in Gauteng range from a slow kitchen sink to a main sewer overflowing in the yard. MacRamos Plumbing clears them with drain machines and high-pressure jetting, and uses camera inspection when a blockage keeps coming back. Call 082 550 3306 or book on 087 700 7781.
24/7 and WhatsApp: 082 550 3306 | Office hours: 087 700 7781
Drain Clearing
Clear It, Then Find Out Why
Pushing a rod through a drain might shift a blockage for a week. We prefer to find out what caused it: grease from the kitchen, wipes in the toilet, roots in an old clay pipe, or a collapsed section that traps everything that passes.
For stubborn or repeat blockages we use high-pressure jetting to scour the pipe clean, then run a camera through to see its condition. That way you know whether the job is done or whether a section needs replacing.
What We Handle
Drain Problems We Clear
Kitchen Sinks
Grease and food waste build up in the pipe. We clear and flush the line.
Toilets
Wipes, sanitary products and toys removed, and the outlet checked.
Main Sewer Line
Blockages between the house and the municipal connection, cleared with machines or jetting.
Stormwater Drains
Gullies and stormwater pipes clogged with sand and leaves after storms.
Tree Root Intrusion
Roots cut out of old clay pipes and the damage assessed by camera.
Complex & Commercial Drains
Shared lines in complexes and busy drains in restaurants and factories.
Underlying Causes
Gauteng Conditions Behind These Jobs
Wherever you are in the province, these are the conditions most often behind this kind of call:
Summer Cloudbursts and Overwhelmed Drains
A late-afternoon storm can drop a month's rain in an hour. Gutters overflow, gully traps fill with sand and jacaranda leaves, and stormwater that sneaks into the sewer pushes it up through the lowest manhole on the property. We clear the line with a drain machine or a jetter and look for where the rainwater is getting in.
Tree Roots in Old Clay Sewers
Big established trees around your area find their way into the joints of old clay sewer pipes. The drain slows, gurgles, gets cleared and then chokes again a few weeks later. We cut the roots out, run a camera through to see the damage and replace the broken section so it stays open.
Clay Ground That Moves Under the Pipes
Much of Gauteng is built on clay that swells when the rains come and shrinks in the dry season. Buried pipes move with it until a coupling pulls apart. If every tap is closed and the meter in your area still turns, leak detection finds the spot before anyone starts digging up paving.
Galvanised Pipe Near the End of Its Life
Houses put up before the late seventies in Gauteng were usually plumbed in galvanised steel. After decades of Highveld water the inside of that pipe is crusted and thin. Signs to look for: rusty water first thing in the morning, a shower that dribbles, a damp patch that keeps coming back on the same wall. Clamping one leak just moves the problem along the line, so we price a proper replacement of the worst runs as well.
Leak, Flood or No Hot Water? Phone Us Before It Spreads
Turn off the stopcock at the meter, switch off the geyser at the board if it is involved, and call 082 550 3306. That line takes calls day and night for every city on this site. For quotes and planned jobs in office hours, use 087 700 7781. Daytime visits carry no call-out fee; after hours a surcharge applies, and you hear the amount before anyone is sent.
How a Job Runs
From Phone Call to Finished Repair
1
Tell Us What Happened
Phone 082 550 3306 for anything urgent or after hours, or 087 700 7781 to book routine work during the week. A photo on WhatsApp helps us send the right person with the right parts.
2
Agree the Price on Site
Our plumber finds the fault, explains it in plain language and writes down what the repair will cost. You decide; nothing starts without your go-ahead.
3
Tested and Tidied
Joints are pressure-checked, the work area is cleaned and the repair is covered by our workmanship guarantee. If it gives trouble inside that period, we return.
Our Services
Other MacRamos Services
Six areas of work cover nearly every call we get. Open a service for details, or just phone and describe the problem.
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Questions We Get
Blocked Drains Gauteng: Questions
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City Pages
Gauteng Cities With Their Own MacRamos Page
Each city below has a page describing its suburbs, the plumbing faults we see there and the local MacRamos sites that serve it. For the full list of local websites, see our network page.
Johannesburg & the North
- Plumber Fourways
- Plumber Johannesburg
- Plumber Midrand
- Plumber Randburg
- Plumber Roodepoort
- Plumber Sandton
Pretoria & Centurion
East Rand (Ekurhuleni)
- Plumber Alberton
- Plumber Bedfordview
- Plumber Benoni
- Plumber Boksburg
- Plumber Brakpan
- Plumber Edenvale
- Plumber Germiston
- Plumber Kempton Park
- Plumber Springs
West Rand & the Vaal
MacRamos Plumbing also runs local websites for individual towns and for geysers, drains and roof leaks. They share our phone lines and our guarantee. Find your local MacRamos site or go straight to all plumbing services.