Stormwater Cheltenham
1000+ five-star reviews
We design, clear and repair stormwater systems across the ridge-top blocks, from choked downpipes to valley-side gully lines, with a $0 call out fee and a fixed price before any work begins.
- $0 Call Out Fee
- Lifetime Labour Warranty
- Licensed & Insured
- Lic #275278C
- Licensed & Insured
- $0 Call Out Fee
- Lifetime Labour Warranty
- On-Site Fast, 24/7
- 1000+ five-star reviews
- Real Humans Answer, Day or Night
- Lic #275278C
- Licensed & Insured
- $0 Call Out Fee
- Lifetime Labour Warranty
- On-Site Fast, 24/7
- 1000+ five-star reviews
- Real Humans Answer, Day or Night
- Lic #275278CNSW plumbing licence, fully insured, water and gas
- $0 Call Out FeeIt costs nothing to get us to your door
- Lifetime Labour WarrantyIf it's not right, we come back. No questions. No cost.
- 1000+ five-star reviewsSydney homeowners have rated us five stars over a thousand times
Rain on a ridge has one way to go, and it goes fast
When a storm crosses the ridge, every roof, driveway and paved path sheds its water downhill at once, and a stormwater system either carries that surge or surrenders to it. Homeowners across Cheltenham learn which kind they have during the first serious downpour, usually through a gully bubbling over beside the back step.
We build, clear and repair systems that carry the surge, and route anything bigger back to our drainage team.
Where the water ends up when it leaves your block
This is a ridge-top suburb with no flood-prone housing, and that shapes the whole stormwater story. Two valleys catch the runoff. Water heads east into the Byles Creek and Devlins Creek valleys toward the Lane Cove bushland, so gully run-off at the bush edge is the local hazard, never inundation.
The soil fights back
The fall is your friend and your problem
What we do with stormwater
The work splits into five jobs, each quoted as a single fixed price before a tool comes off the van: protecting the roof's path down, clearing what is already buried, replacing what has failed, correcting what was never quite right, and connecting lawfully at the boundary.
Downpipe and gutter work
Gutters and downpipes are cleared, reseated and correctly fallen so roof water reaches the ground, because on homes with big roof planes one blocked downpipe dumps a sheet of water against brickwork and footings whenever heavy weather arrives.
Pit and line clearing
Stormwater pits, grates and agi lines are jetted clear of silt, leaf litter and invasive roots, stopping backups at gullies and floor wastes, and every cleared line is fully flushed and checked so the fix genuinely holds through heavy rain.
New stormwater lines
New stormwater runs are trenched and laid in modern PVC to a real fall, sized for the roof catchment they serve, which suits properties still draining through cracked earthenware or undersized runs inherited from the original estate plans of the 1890s.
Regrading and pit repairs
Falls are corrected and pits rebuilt where ground movement or reactive clay has left sections holding water, because a line that ponds breeds mosquitoes, erodes footings and silts up again, and clearing it without fixing the level guarantees a repeat.
Kerb and council connections
Connections to the street kerb or Sydney Water system are arranged, cut in and tested, the paperwork handled, so roof and garden runoff leaves the property lawfully instead of ponding against a fence line or flooding a neighbour's lower block.
Leaf season and the big-roof problem
The garden-suburb character that makes these streets beautiful writes most of our autumn workload. Almost every property is a house. Census figures put separate dwellings at 95.7% of all homes, which means nearly every block drains a full-sized roof through its own private run of downpipes and pits.
The canopy loads the system
Winter then tests everything
The problems stormwater causes when it stalls
Gullies that overflow in ordinary showers
Gullies that overflow in light rain point to a line running at half capacity, because silt, roots or a sagging length of old pipe has quietly narrowed the run, and no amount of rain explains water that backs up from a shower that barely qualifies as heavy.
Runoff carving the garden
Blocks on the eastern side shed water down long falls toward the bushland valleys, and runoff that is never captured carves channels through garden beds, undermines paths and delivers silt into the creeks below, a slow cost that compounds with every downpour.
Damp that shows up indoors
Constantly damp patches at the base of brick walls often trace to a downpipe or stormwater joint leaking against the structure, and on double-brick homes that moisture migrates inward, showing up as mould, salt damage and paint that will not stay put.
Why stormwater deserves attention before the next storm
Stormwater failures rarely announce themselves on a sunny day; they fail mid-downpour, when the damage is done in minutes and the repair happens in the wet. Sorted early, the same work is planned, dry and far kinder on the wallet.
Your footings stay dry
Water ponding against brickwork and foundations is the quiet destroyer of older homes, and a properly graded system carries it away before it soaks in.
The garden survives the season
Captured and piped runoff protects beds, paths and retaining walls, instead of letting every storm carve a little more of the block toward the valley.
You avoid the emergency version
A system checked and cleared in autumn costs a fraction of a flooded undercroft called in at nine at night, which is where our blocked drains page usually begins.
How it works
Our stormwater process, step by step
- 01
Call and tell us
Ring (02) 9072 0520 and describe what's happening, and a licensed plumber, not an answering machine, will tell you what it likely means, what to stop using, and when we can realistically be there.
- 02
Quote before work
Your plumber inspects the job properly, runs whatever diagnosis it genuinely needs, and hands you a single fixed written price covering the complete fix, with a $0 call out fee and nothing added afterwards.
- 03
Trace, jet and confirm
The line is camera-located, the fault is cleared with the right gear, and a second pass confirms water running cleanly through it, so the price you approved covers a genuinely finished job rather than a hopeful poke with a rod.
- 04
Backed for life
Everything we complete is covered by our Lifetime Labour Warranty, the promise that outlasts the job itself: if it's not right, we come back. No questions. No cost.
Why choose Your Plumber Cheltenham
Fixed prices, kept
Every job is priced upfront in plain writing before any work starts, the invoice always matches that number, and weekend or late-evening timing changes nothing, because overtime rates simply don't exist here.
Licensed and insured
Your Plumber Cheltenham works under licence #275278C with full insurance behind every job, and the compliance certificates that protect your home's paperwork trail arrive with the invoice, without you ever needing to ask for them.
Lifetime Labour Warranty
Workmanship here is guaranteed for life under our Lifetime Labour Warranty rather than for a warranty card's fine-print window, which says more about how the work is done in the first place than any advertisement could.
Genuinely local response
We work these streets constantly rather than commuting in from across Sydney, so the van reaching you has usually just left a job nearby, stocked for the faults the local houses actually develop.
That fourth card matters most with stormwater, because the faults here are so specific to the era of the pipes and the lie of the land.
Where we work
Areas we service around the ridge
The van covers North Epping, Beecroft, Epping, Pennant Hills and South Turramurra as regular rounds, so a crew familiar with the shale ridge, the tall canopy and the deep estate blocks of this pocket of Hornsby Shire is never far from your door.
Good questions, straight answers
What local homeowners ask about stormwater
Can stormwater be connected to the sewer?
No, roof and stormwater drainage must discharge to the kerb or another approved point, and connecting it to the sewer is illegal because storm surcharges overload sewer lines and push sewage back into homes.
Why do my gullies overflow in heavy rain?
On these ridge-top blocks the usual culprit is old earthenware stormwater choked with silt and fine roots, a problem our camera surveys confirm quickly before jetting restores the fall and the flow.
How often should stormwater drains be cleaned?
Most properties benefit from a check every couple of years, though homes beneath tall eucalypts and exotic canopy should book a clear each autumn before leaf litter loads the pits and the first storms arrive.
Does stormwater work need council or Sydney Water approval?
Connections to the kerb or a Sydney Water asset follow set requirements, and we handle the approvals, the inspection points and the paperwork so the system leaves your property lawfully and stays that way.
Can you fix stormwater on sloping blocks?
Yes, the valley-side falls on the suburb's eastern edge are familiar ground, and we plan access, grade and pit placement so water is captured and carried down those long runs without carving up the garden.
How much does stormwater repair cost?
Every job is quoted as a fixed written price before any work begins, with a $0 call out fee, so you know the full cost and only proceed if the number works for you.
Stormwater problems in Cheltenham? Call now and get it sorted today
Call (02) 9072 0520 now and speak straight to a licensed plumber, day or night. The call out fee is $0, the price goes on paper before a tool comes off the van, and every repair is backed by our Lifetime Labour Warranty.
For everything beyond stormwater, the home page holds the full service range.