Pipe relining is a no-dig method of repairing damaged underground pipes by inserting a resin liner that cures in place to form a new, structural pipe inside the old one, sealing cracks, leaks and tree-root damage without excavation. Ready Set Reline is the specialist pipe relining brand of Ready Set Plumb, relining cracked, blocked and root-invaded sewer, stormwater and drainage pipes for residential, strata and commercial properties across the Sydney metro area, usually in a single day, without digging up your yard, driveway or slab.
The process explained
What pipe relining is and why it beats digging up your pipes
Pipe relining (also called trenchless or no-dig pipe repair) installs a resin-saturated liner inside your existing pipe. The liner is cured in place to form a hard, seamless new pipe within the old one, a process known as cured-in-place pipe (CIPP). The result is a smooth, jointless, root-resistant pipe with a design life of decades.
Relining vs replacement — what’s the difference?
Traditional pipe replacement means excavating to reach the pipe: digging up lawns, driveways, paths or even concrete slabs, then reinstating everything afterward. That’s slow, expensive and disruptive. Relining repairs the same pipe from existing access points, so in most cases there’s:
For the vast majority of Sydney drainage faults, relining delivers the same structural outcome as a dig-and-replace job, for less total cost and a fraction of the disruption.
Drain backing up right now?
Here’s exactly what happens when you call
You don’t want a sales pitch, you want the blockages to stop for good. No call-out fee to come and look, and a fixed price in writing before any work starts.
A relined pipe is a repair you can’t see, and you’re trusting it to hold underground for decades, so two things protect you. Our reline workmanship guarantee means if a pipe Ready Set Reline has relined ever fails, we come back and put it right at no cost to you. We also carry $20 million in public liability insurance, so if anything’s damaged getting to your pipe, you’re covered. And because we camera the line and show you the fault before we quote, you only ever reline what genuinely needs it, never a metre more than the job calls for.
You call, we answer
Tell us what’s going on, a blockage that won’t stay gone, a sewage smell in the yard, tree roots in the line, or a failed pipe report from a building inspection. No call-out fee to come and take a look.
$0 call-out fee and we give you an arrival time
A specific 2 to 3 hour timeslot. Our team works across Sydney daily, so we’re rarely far away.
We camera the pipe and show you the fault
Before anyone quotes a dollar, we run a CCTV camera through your pipe and show you the crack, blockage or root intrusion on screen. You see exactly what’s wrong and where and whether it needs a full reline or just a patch.
You get a fixed price upfront
Once we know the fault, you get a fixed price in writing, none of “we’ll see once we get into it”. If you’re happy, you approve it and we book the reline. The number on the quote is the number you pay.
We reline it, camera it again and back our work
We install and cure the new liner through your existing access points, no digging in most cases, and most homes are done in a day. Then we camera the finished pipe and hand you the footage, so you’ve got proof the repair’s sound, backed by our guarantee.
Pricing
What pipe relining costs in Sydney
Cost is the number-one question and the honest answer is it depends on the job, because no two damaged pipes are the same. The main factors are:
A dig-and-replace job carries the cost of excavation, the new pipe, and reinstating everything that was dug up. Relining removes the excavation and reinstatement cost entirely, which is why it’s usually the more cost-effective permanent repair, not the dearer one.