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Drainage Pricing: Auckland
Our rates for CCTV inspections, blocked drain clearance and drainage reports, and how we price drain repairs. All rates exclude GST.
Rates last reviewed: August 2026
Our rates for CCTV inspections, blocked drain clearance and drainage reports, and how we price drain repairs. All rates exclude GST.
Rates last reviewed: August 2026
Most drainage companies won't give you a number until they're standing in your driveway. Here are ours. Inspections and blockage clearance are charged by the hour at the rates below. Repairs aren't, because a drain fault is hidden by definition: the same symptom can be a root cut or a section of collapsed pipe two metres down. So we put a camera down the line first, tell you exactly what's wrong, and quote a fixed price on what we found.
| Service | Rate | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| CCTV Drain Survey and As Built Plan | $995 + GSTfixed price | Pipe footage from inside all accessible lines, plus as-built plan of your drain layout. |
| Blocked drain clearance | $395 + GSTper hour | CCTV, hydrojet and/or root cut only. |
| Drainlaying labour | $135 + GSTper hour, per drainlayer | Repairs are quoted at a fixed price after the survey. |
Our drain unblocking service is charged at $395 + GST per hour. This includes CCTV, hydrojet and/or root cut only. One rate, one truck, one crew: you're not paying separately for the camera and then again for the jetter.
Most blockages are cleared inside the first hour or two. If the camera shows the blockage is a symptom of a broken pipe rather than a build-up, we'll tell you that on the day rather than clearing it and letting you find out again in six months.
You get three things: footage from inside your pipes, a plan of your drains, and a fixed price to fix what we find.
The CCTV Drain Survey and As Built Plan is a fixed price of $995 + GST and includes:
Standard delivery is five working days and is included in the price. If you need the as-built plan and footage faster, two-working-day delivery is $300 + GST and 24-hour delivery is $600 + GST.
Where the survey shows drainage failure has already caused structural movement, the escalation path runs to the Foundations Group structural repair team and Geofix®, including the subsidence risk and insurance-grade investigation tier for bank, insurer and Natural Hazards Cover (NHC Toka Tū Ake) purposes.
We don't publish a price for drain repairs, and you should be sceptical of anyone who does. Depth, ground conditions, access, and what has to be lifted and reinstated over the trench change the cost of the same repair by thousands. Drainlaying labour is charged at $135 + GST per hour per drainlayer, but the number that matters is the fixed price we give you after the inspection, that's the one you can hold us to.
Repair work requires a 50% deposit before work begins, with the balance due on completion.
We don't reline pipes. Relining has its place, but we've built Drainage Works around diagnosis and permanent repair. If relining is genuinely the right answer for your property, we'll say so in our findings.
A leaking drain under a house doesn't stay a drainage problem. Water washes out the ground your piles or slab sit on, and the house starts to move. Drainage Works sits alongside the Foundations Group structural repair team and Geofix®, so if the camera finds a fault that's already causing movement, one team handles the drain, the ground and the structure. See our structural referral process for how this works.
A CCTV Drain Survey and As Built Plan from Drainage Works is a fixed price of $995 + GST. It includes a CCTV survey of all accessible lines, pipe footage from inside every run, and an as-built plan of your drain layout. If you need CCTV on a council or public drain, call 0800 436 347 for details, as that work is priced differently.
Drainage Works charges $395 + GST per hour for blocked drain clearance in Auckland, which includes CCTV, hydrojetting and/or root cutting. Labour is charged in 15-minute increments after the first 30 minutes.
Drain repairs are quoted at a fixed price after a CCTV survey, because depth, ground conditions, access and surface reinstatement change the cost of the same repair substantially. Drainlaying labour is charged at $135 + GST per hour, and the fixed-price quote is given once the fault has been identified on camera.
Because the fault is underground and invisible from the surface. A camera inspection is the only way to price a drain repair accurately, which is why Drainage Works quotes a fixed price after inspection rather than an estimate before it.
No. Drainage Works repairs and replaces drains rather than relining them. If relining is the right solution for your property, we will say so in our findings.
Yes. A leaking drain washes out the soil supporting your foundations, which is a common cause of foundation movement on Auckland clay. Where our inspection finds a leak that is already causing movement, the structural side is handled by the Foundations Group structural repair team, including Geofix® ground stabilisation.