Concrete is the part that does not go back
On these properties a drain very often runs under something solid. A concrete driveway, a paved area at the side of the house, or the slab itself.
That changes the comparison completely, because the pipe repair is no longer the expensive part of an excavation quote. Cutting concrete, excavating beneath it, repairing, backfilling and re-pouring is where the money goes, and unlike a garden bed, concrete does not recover.
A patch in a driveway is permanent. New concrete does not colour-match old concrete, the joint stays visible for the life of the house, and it is one of the first things anybody notices at the front of a property. Under a slab it is worse again, because the work happens inside a house somebody is living in.
Relining sidesteps all of it. A resin sleeve is drawn through the existing pipe and cured hard, the defect is sealed continuously, and the concrete above never gets touched. It is not always the right method, and we film first to be sure, but where it fits it is not a close comparison.
- Concrete untouchedNo cut, no re-pour, no visible joint
- Filmed before quotedBecause a collapse is a different job entirely
- About 50-year design lifeContinuous, with no joint at the fault
- Licensed plumberNSW Licence 368473C, fully insured
