The stormwater drain is the last stop for every drop that lands on your roof. When it blocks, the water stays on your property. Urban Gutters’ crews vacuum grates and pits clear across Canberra and the ACT – with before-and-after photos sent to your phone
A stormwater drain does not block in one go. Leaf litter, silt, bark and garden soil wash across paving and driveways with every shower and settle in the grate and the pit beneath it. Each one leaves a little more behind, until the pit is holding more debris than water.
Canberra’s pattern makes it easy to miss. Autumn fills the pits with leaves from the street trees and the garden, a dry winter and spring let dust and sediment settle on top, and nothing tests the drain until the first summer thunderstorm arrives all at once.
Gum bark is the other culprit-long strips mat across a grate and seal it far more effectively than loose leaves do.
a season is far cheaper than repairing water damage
after a blocked drain floods the yard, the garage or the ground floor.
Puddles that sit around the base of a downpipe, over a grate or across the driveway long after the rain stops.
A gurgling sound from the outlet, or water that drains away far slower than it used to.
Leaves, bark and silt sitting on or just under the grate. What you can see is usually the top of a full pit.
Standing water in a blocked pit goes stagnant, and it is exactly where mosquitoes breed.
We look at every grate and pit on the property and how the water is draining, then give you a fixed, no-obligation quote.
Grates come up and the pits are vacuumed out with the industrial vacuum-leaves, silt and sludge go into the unit, not onto the lawn.
We run water through and check it drains away as it should.
Before-and-after photos to your mobile, plus a straight answer on anything we found that needs more than a clean.
You deal with the same local team every time, and the job's always done with a smile.
Two-person crews, WHS-compliant, with harnesses and helmets on every Canberra roof.
The price we quote is the price you pay. Free inspection first, always.
See exactly what came out of the line, sent straight to your phone.
Rated 5 stars by homeowners across Canberra and the ACT.
Gutters, downpipes and stormwater drains checked in the same visit — one crew, one call-out.
Free-flowing drains take the water away instead of leaving it across the yard, the driveway or the garage floor.
Water that drains away does not sit against the base of the house
No standing water in the pit means no stagnant smell and nowhere for mosquitoes to breed.
A clean grate looks better and lets you see at a glance that it is working.
A check each season suits most Canberra properties. The two that matter most are late autumn, once the leaves are down, and late spring, before the summer thunderstorms.
The easiest way to stay on top of it is to have the drains looked at whenever the gutters are cleaned – the crew is already on site.
Pro tip: What ends up in the drain usually started on the roof. Pair this with a gutter clean and a downpipe check so the whole path is clear in one visit.
If water is coming over the gutter edge or down the outside of the pipe, the blockage is in the downpipe, not the drain.
Need stormwater drains cleaned in Canberra? We work right across the ACT — Belconnen, Gungahlin, the Inner North and Inner South, Woden Valley, Weston Creek, Molonglo Valley and Tuggeranong — plus Queanbeyan and surrounds.
We clean stormwater grates and pits for commercial and strata properties across Canberra – apartment blocks, car parks, schools and warehouses. Scheduled seasonal visits and before-and-after photo reporting for owners and committees. Property managers: ask about recurring maintenance scheduling.
It depends on how many grates and pits there are and how full they are, so we quote each job individually —
free inspection first, then a fixed, no-obligation price. Call 0431 000 441.
We lift the grates and vacuum the pits out with our industrial vacuum, then check the water drains away
properly
A quick check each season, and always before the wettest part of the year. Properties under trees or on a
slope need it more often.
Yes — same thing, two spellings. It is the drain that carries rainwater off your property, separate from the
sewer
A clean will not fix a collapsed or root-damaged pipe — that needs a licensed plumber. If that is what we find,
we will tell you straight.
Yes, and it is the best way to do it. One crew clears the whole path from the roof to the drain in a single visit
Free quote, fixed price, photos to prove it.
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