5.0 366 Google reviews

Pipe Relining Hills District

No Digging, Done in a Day

The Hills District sits on some of the most reactive clay in Sydney, which is hard on pipes and even harder to dig through. We rebuild the drain from the inside instead, across Castle Hill, Baulkham Hills, Kellyville, Dural and the rest of the district. 50-year warranty, fixed price quoted upfront, and we beat any comparable written quote by 10%.

We beat any quote by 10%

If you have a comparable written quote from another Sydney reliner, we’ll beat it by 10%, in writing, not just talk.

50-Year Warranty & Workmanship Guarantee

If a relined section ever fails, we come back and put it right at no charge, backed in writing for 50 years, longer than most people own their home.

Free CCTV Camera Quote

We send a camera down the drain, show you the exact fault, then quote a fixed price, free, and with no obligation.

Fixed Price, Quoted Upfront

You get one clear price in writing before we start, so the final bill never comes as a surprise, even if the job turns out trickier than expected.

Reviews

What Hills District residents and business owners say

5.0
from 366 Google reviews
Rating breakdown
5 353 4 11 3 0 2 1 1 1
Most mentioned in our reviews
Professionalism245
Punctuality205
Transparent Pricing180
Friendly & Polite155
Respect for property120

We had a long length relined, over 40m, and the team worked hard and diligently to overcome a complication that came up to finish the job on the day. So impressed with the highly skilled, friendly and professional team at Ready Set Reline!

Anna Dominiq

We were very happy with the service from Ready Set. From organising the appointment with Dianne, to a very informative and thorough service by Luke. Reasonably priced too. Will definitely reuse again in future.

Vanessa Chu

Sam was amazing! Friendly and professional. Can’t recommend highly enough. I’ll be using Sam and the team at Ready Set Reline for all future plumbing needs.

Michael Hearle

The team recently relined my wastewater line, and I couldn’t be more impressed! The team did a fantastic job, seamlessly reinstating everything to an even better condition than before.

Bob Algie

Apart from fixing this issue he provided a number of options at different price points for reline works that would more permanently address tree root growth on our property. At all stages he was professional and thoroughly addressed our questions. Highly recommended.

Marc Casal

Very happy with the service we received. Staff were prompt and friendly, they worked hard to make sure we were happy, and everything went very well. No hesitation to recommend RSR.

Greg Egan

Why the Hills books a reliner, not a digger

Why Hills District Homes Call Ready Set Reline

Accredited Members of

Master Plumber NSW Member
Strata Community Association Member
Watermark Approved
Pipe relining team for the Hills District

Licensed, Insured and Local

  • Liners carried for runs up to 300mm
  • Brawoliner-certified installer
  • $20M public liability insurance
  • 15+ years experience
01

Set up for long runs

Hills blocks are big, and acreage around Dural, Kenthurst and Annangrove can put a hundred metres between the house and the main. We carry every liner size and length on the truck, so a long run does not turn into a second visit and a second mobilisation fee.

02

WaterMark approved for AS/NZS 3500

Every reline uses a WaterMark-approved liner system installed to the AS/NZS 3500 series and the Plumbing Code of Australia. Ryan trained on the Brawoliner system at the factory in Germany and still quotes every job himself.

03

Our own team, never a subcontractor

The reliner at your door is one of our own crew. You deal with the people doing the work, not a call centre and not a different operator each visit.

04

$20 million public liability

Well above the norm, which matters on jobs running under long driveways, established gardens and the paved entertaining areas that Hills homes are full of.

Relining a pipe in The Hills District

What Bringelly Shale Does to a Drain

Almost every Hills District drainage failure traces back to the ground it is buried in.

The clay moves every single season

The Hills sits on Bringelly shale, and the clay soils that weather out of it are highly reactive. They swell when they take up water and shrink back when they dry out, and that cycle repeats every wet season and every dry spell for as long as the pipe is in the ground.

Rigid pipe does not flex with it. Earthenware and clay drains laid with mortared joints and rubber rings get worked apart a fraction at a time, opening gaps that never close again. Even PVC lines in newer estates get pulled at their junctions. This is not settlement in the sense of ground dropping once and staying put. It is movement in both directions, over and over, and it is why Hills pipes fail at the joints rather than in the middle of a length.

Long runs mean more to go wrong

A Hills block is generous by Sydney standards, and the acreage properties around Dural, Kenthurst, Glenorie and Annangrove are on another scale again. A sewer line can run fifty metres or more from the house to the main, sometimes under a driveway, a shed and half a paddock on the way.

Every extra metre is more joints, and every joint is somewhere the clay can pull open and roots can get in. It is also why Hills quotes come in higher than the same repair on a quarter-acre block closer to town. There is simply more pipe.

New estates are not exempt

Homes across North Kellyville, Box Hill, The Gables and Beaumont Hills have modern PVC drainage, and they still fail. Estate blocks are cut and filled to make them level, so parts of the yard sit on undisturbed clay and parts sit on imported fill, and the two settle at different rates. A pipe crossing that boundary gets bent at exactly the wrong point. Construction damage from trades working over unprotected lines during the build is the other common cause, and it usually shows up in the first few years.

What you notice first is a slow toilet, a gurgle in the shower when the washing machine drains, a wet patch that stays green through summer, or a drain that blocks every autumn and clears after a plumber visit.

Digging is a poor answer here. Reactive clay is heavy, slow and expensive to excavate, trench walls need support, and the backfill has to be recompacted properly or you have created next year’s problem. Relining rebuilds the run as one jointless pipe from the inside, and a jointless pipe has nothing left for the clay to pull apart.

Our Services

Pipe Relining Services in the Hills District

A Hills drain is usually long, buried in clay that never stops moving, and running under something you would rather not dig up. Every service below is a way of rebuilding it through a single access point.

Trenchless Pipe Relining

Our core no-dig service. We rebuild cracked, leaking or root-damaged sewer and stormwater pipes from the inside with a resin liner cured in place, creating a jointless pipe up to four times stronger than PVC, most jobs finished in a single day with no excavation.

UV Pipe Relining

A glass-fibre liner cured with UV light for a fast, precise, high-strength result. Because it cures on demand rather than by time, UV relining is ideal for a controlled, clean install with minimal downtime.

Pipe Patch Relining

For a single crack or a short damaged section, we seal just the affected length instead of the whole line, a targeted, cost-effective repair with no digging, usually done in a few hours.

Satellite Junction Repair

Where a branch line meets the main, we repair cracked or leaking junctions and boundary traps using our 3 way satellite junction repair system, a specialist no-dig fix that seals the connection and locks tree roots out for good.

Robotic Cutting

Diamond-tipped robotic cutters grind out tree roots, concrete, grout and other obstructions, and reinstate junctions after relining. They navigate multiple bends through a single small access point, leaving a smooth interior ready to reline.

Drain Cleaning

High-pressure water jetting blasts away grease, silt, debris and tree roots to clear blocked drains and restore full flow, the essential first step before any reline, and a fast fix for everyday blockages.

CCTV Drain Inspection

A high-definition drain camera pinpoints the exact fault, its location and its cause, and you get the footage and an honest report. Perfect for diagnosing recurring blockages or checking a property’s pipes before you buy.

Pay over time with HomePro Credit

Interest-free payment plans on hot water, repipes & bigger jobs.

The Repair process

How our pipe relining process works

You’ll see the fault on camera, get the price in writing, then watch it get fixed.

1

Free CCTV inspection

We send a drain camera down to find the exact fault, its location and cause. You see the footage, no guesswork.

2

Fixed written quote

You get a clear, itemised price with your options explained in plain English. Already have a quote? We’ll beat it by 10%.

3

Reline in a day

We clean the pipe, install the liner through an access point and cure it in place. Most residential jobs are done in one day and you can use your drains straight away.

4

Before-and-after footage + 50-year warranty

We hand over CCTV footage of the finished pipe and your 50-year warranty certificate. Job done, mess-free.

Reline truck ready to attend job

Pricing

What Pipe Relining Costs in the Hills District

Pipe relining runs $500 to $1,100 per metre, and most complete residential jobs land between $3,000 and $20,000. Hills jobs tend toward the upper half of that band for one straightforward reason: the runs are longer.

  • Length is the main driver here. A 15 metre run on a Castle Hill block and a 60 metre run on Kenthurst acreage are the same repair, but they are not the same price. Only the damaged section usually needs lining, not the whole run, and the camera survey establishes which.
  • The camera inspection, high-pressure jetting and 12-month follow-up inspection are all part of the reline. No separate line item for any of them.

  • Setup is fixed regardless of length. It covers site preparation, safety and mobilising the equipment, which takes roughly the same couple of hours whether the run is 3 metres or 30. This is why a 5 metre job does not cost half of a 10 metre job.
  • The smallest full reline that makes sense is around $5,000. Below that a sectional patch is usually the better repair, at roughly $3,000 to $4,500 plus GST, and we will tell you which situation you are in. Note these are just estimates and we will confirm when onsite and give you an accurate cost and quote as every job is different.

For the full rate card, worked examples and a self-assessment checklist, see how much pipe relining costs.

You get your figure in writing before anything starts, and it does not move. Bring us a comparable written quote from another relining company and we will beat it by 10%.

Service Area

Pipe Relining across The Hills District

We cover the Hills District from Carlingford and North Rocks in the south through Castle Hill, Baulkham Hills and Kellyville, out to the acreage at Dural, Kenthurst, Glenorie and Annangrove.

  • Annangrove
  • Arcadia
  • Baulkham Hills
  • Beaumont Hills
  • Beecroft
  • Bella Vista
  • Box Hill
  • Carlingford
  • Castle Hill
  • Cattai
  • Cherrybrook
  • Dundas Valley
  • Dural
  • Gables
  • Galston
  • Glenhaven
  • Glenorie
  • Glenwood
  • Kellyville
  • Kellyville Ridge
  • Kenthurst
  • Maraylya
  • Middle Dural
  • Nelson
  • North Kellyville
  • North Rocks
  • Northmead
  • Norwest
  • Oatlands
  • Parklea
  • Pennant Hills
  • Rouse Hill
  • Seven Hills
  • Telopea
  • West Pennant Hills
  • Winston Hills

FAQ

Pipe Relining Hills District FAQs

Expert answers on cost, timing and what actually happens to your pipes.

The Hills sits on Bringelly shale, which weathers into highly reactive clay. That clay swells when it takes up water and shrinks back as it dries, and the cycle repeats with every wet season and dry spell. Rigid pipe cannot flex with it, so mortared joints in earthenware and clay drains get worked apart a fraction at a time and PVC junctions in newer estates get pulled at their connections. The damage shows up at the joints rather than mid-length, and it is progressive, which is why a drain that has blocked once will usually block again. Relining rebuilds the run as one jointless pipe, leaving nothing for the ground movement to pull open.
It changes the length, not the method. Properties around Dural, Kenthurst, Glenorie and Annangrove commonly run fifty metres or more from the house to the sewer main, sometimes passing under a driveway, outbuildings and paddock. More metres means more joints to deal with and a larger quote, but the repair is still carried out from inside the pipe through one access point, with no excavation across the property. The CCTV survey measures the exact run and locates the fault before any price is given, so you are not quoting off an estimate.
New estates across North Kellyville, Box Hill, The Gables and Beaumont Hills have modern PVC drainage, but the ground under them was cut and filled to level the blocks. Undisturbed clay and imported fill settle at different rates, so a pipe crossing that boundary can be bent or pulled at its joints within a few years. Construction damage is the other common cause, where lines are cracked or crushed by trades working over them during the build and the fault only shows once the house is occupied. Relining works on PVC as well as clay, so the repair is the same either way.
Yes. Ready Set Reline works with strata managers, body corporates and commercial property owners across the district, including the medium-density developments around Castle Hill, Bella Vista and Norwest. Shared drainage under common property suits relining well because it avoids excavating driveways, gardens and visitor parking. The CCTV survey maps both private and shared runs, so a committee can see exactly where responsibility sits before approving any work.