Ready Set Reline are relining specialists carrying out commercial pipe relining across Sydney, on offices, warehouses, retail sites and complexes that can’t afford to close. Ryan trained on-site at the Brawoliner factory in Germany, and every UV reline is installed to the Plumbing Code of Australia (PCA) using WaterMark-approved materials that meet AS/NZS 3500. Your facilities or site manager deals directly with the crew doing the work, never a subcontractor.

Preparing to reline a commercial building

What is it?

Relining for buildings that can’t shut down

Commercial pipe relining fixes cracked, leaking or root-damaged sewer and stormwater pipes under offices, warehouses, retail sites and complexes without digging. A resin liner is cured inside the old pipe to form a new jointless pipe, so floors, car parks and footpaths stay intact.

On a commercial job the pipe is rarely the hard part. The hard part is everything around it, tenants who need their toilets, a loading dock that can’t be blocked, a street that can’t be closed, cooling towers and stormwater that have to keep running. Excavation turns a drain fault into weeks of disruption and a reinstatement bill. Relining usually gets the pipe fixed in one shift.

We reline sewer and stormwater for facilities managers, property owners, builders and site managers across Sydney, on offices, warehouses, retail sites, clubs and commercial complexes.

Commercial drain problems we get called out for

  • Sewer surcharging inside a complex, usually tree roots working through old clay joints and coming back after every jetting.
  • Defective drainage on a new build, found after the slab is down and the tenant has moved in.
  • Leaking stormwater joints wetting basements, car parks and building fabric.
  • Sewer gas inside a warehouse or office from an open line or failed junction.
  • Corroded cast iron stacks in older towers, with odour complaints across several floors.
  • The same line jetted every few months because nobody has fixed what is letting the blockage form.

If any of those sound familiar, the first step is a camera through the line. That tells you whether the pipe can be relined in place or genuinely needs replacing, before you commit your budget either way.

Recent Commercial Relining Jobs

Site Pipe Length Method Result
Bunnings warehouse (new build) 100mm (4″) PVC sewer 25m Full reline, open junctions capped Done in 1 day
Office block, Sydney CBD 375mm fibro-cement stormwater 12m UV-cured liner All leaking joints sealed
Commercial complex, Brookvale 150mm clay sewer 55m Two-part epoxy liner Roots sealed out, surcharging stopped

Bunnings warehouse, 25 metres of defective PVC sewer on a new build

The building was brand new and the drainage was already failing. Defects in the PVC sewer meant it was leaking into the ground underneath and causing blockages, and some lines had been left open, so raw sewer gas was venting straight into the warehouse.

Digging up a finished warehouse floor to replace new pipe wasn’t an option anyone wanted. We relined 25 metres of 100mm (4 inch) PVC sewer to seal the defective line, and capped off the open sewer junctions so nothing could vent back into the building. The whole job was done in one day, and the leaks, blockages and smell have all been resolved.

Sydney CBD office block, 12 metres of 375mm fibro-cement stormwater

A commercial office block in the city had a 375mm fibro-cement stormwater pipe leaking at multiple joints, and the water was causing damage to the building. At that diameter, under a CBD building, replacement means a serious dig.

We installed 12 metres of 375mm liner and cured it with UV light, turning a run of leaking joints into one continuous, jointless pipe. No more leaks, and a complex that no longer has water where it shouldn’t be.

Fibro-cement pipe of this age can contain asbestos, and cutting it out brings licensed asbestos removal into the job. Relining leaves the old pipe where it is, sealed inside the new one.

Brookvale commercial complex, 55 metres of 150mm clay sewer

The sewer mains running through this Northern Beaches complex kept blocking and surcharging, pushing sewage back up inside the complex. Tree roots coming through the joints of the old clay pipe were behind it, and jetting only buys time because the joints stay open.

We relined 55 metres of 150mm clay sewer with a two-part epoxy resin liner. The joints are sealed, the roots have nowhere left to get in, and the surcharging has stopped.

Step-by-Step

How a commercial reline runs

1

CCTV inspection

We run a CCTV inspection to find the fault, its cause and exactly where it is. You get the footage, so you can show your board, owner or builder what we saw.

2

Plan around your operation

Before anyone turns up, we agree the work window with you: after hours or weekends, which fixtures, stormwater or plant need to come offline, how flows get diverted, and how we get equipment in through lifts, loading docks or footpaths.

3

Clean and prepare

High-pressure jetting clears grease, silt and debris, and robotic cutting removes hard obstructions so the liner has a sound surface to bond to.

4

Reline

The liner goes in through an existing access point and is cured in place, forming a new jointless pipe inside the old one. Liners are WaterMark certified and installed to AS/NZS 3500 Plumbing and Drainage.

5

Reopen or cap the junctions

Branch lines that need to stay live are reinstated with a robotic cutter. Open or redundant ones are capped off.

6

Final CCTV inspection and handover

A second CCTV run confirms the cure and the flow. That footage goes to you as a record for your maintenance file.

Reviews

5-Star Pipe Relines, Sydney-Wide

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Respect for property120

Ryan is a very professional plumber with great attitude. His team had just installed a brawoliner for us to fix a cracked PVC pipe for the drain at our backyard. My garden remained clean and tiny upon completion.

Danny Chiu

A good experience from start to finish of installation. His equipment was extensive and in very good condition – well set up in purpose-built truck and knows how to finesse the German designed product.

Greg Naimo

Very professional, punctual and friendly. They did a reline of our pipes using Brawoliner from Germany. Gives us peace of mind with the 50 year guarantee.

Robin Mayo

We had five members of the Ready Set Reline Team at our home yesterday for a big job relining cracked clay pipes. They talked me through the cutting edge technology and showed me a video of the finished product. I would highly recommend this team.

Nerida McDonald

Sam conducted investigations and cleared the blocked drain promptly. Sam was knowledgeable and offered solutions for other issues which we will call them back for. Highly recommended.

Georgia Bartley

I used Ready Set Reline to reline just over 40m of sewer pipe. The job was completed exactly as scheduled, cleanup was good, and the guys were great at communicating throughout the process. I highly recommend them.

Richard Tucker

Matching the liner to the pipe

There is no single commercial method. The pipe size, material, length and the window you can give us decide which system we use.

Situation What we use Why
Large-diameter stormwater, vertical stacks, tight shutdown windows UV pipe relining The glass-fibre liner cures on demand under UV light, so the install is controlled and the line is back in service quickly.
Long sewer runs with root intrusion through old joints Two-part epoxy liner Seals the full run as one jointless pipe, so roots have no joint to get through.
One cracked or displaced section Pipe patch relining Seals only the damaged length instead of the whole line.
A failed connection where a branch meets the main Satellite junction repair Seals the junction itself, where relining the main alone would leave it open.

On commercial sites we reline PVC (including defective new-build pipe), vitrified clay, fibro-cement, cast iron and concrete, from 100mm sewer up to 375mm stormwater.

What sets the price on a commercial job

Commercial relining is quoted per site, because the conditions you need us to work under matter as much as the pipe. The price comes down to:

  • Pipe diameter and length
  • How many junctions need reinstating or capping
  • Access: how many entry points, how deep, and how far equipment has to travel
  • Working hours: after-hours and weekend windows
  • Shutdowns and flow diversion: stormwater, cooling plant, tenant fixtures
  • Traffic management or footpath control on street-front sites

Some rough pricing estimates for 100mm and 150mm lines are on the pipe relining cost page. Larger diameters are quoted after we’ve had a camera through the line. Got a written quote from someone else? We’ll beat any comparable written quote by 10%.

Service Area

Suburbs we serve across Sydney

Ready Set Reline is based in Roseville and delivers pipe relining services right across Sydney. We work daily through the North Shore, Lower North Shore, Northern Beaches, Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, Hills District and the CBD.

These are exactly the areas where pipe relining earns its keep. Sydney’s established suburbs are full of pre-war homes on leafy streets, where original earthenware and clay drains sit under mature trees, heritage gardens and paved driveways. Digging is expensive and often restricted, relining from the inside is not.

Artarmon
Asquith
Cammeray
Castlecrag
Chatswood
Cremorne
Crows Nest
East Killara
Eastwood
Epping
Gordon
Greenwich
Hornsby
Hunters Hill
Killara
Kirribilli
Kurraba Point
Lane Cove
Lavender Bay
Lindfield
Longueville
Marsfield
Mosman
Mount Colah
Mount Kuring-gai
Naremburn
Neutral Bay
North Epping
Northbridge
North Sydney
Pennant Hills
Pymble
Roseville
South Turramurra
St Ives
St Leonards
Thornleigh
Turramurra
Wahroonga
Warrawee
Waverton
West Pymble
Willoughby
Wollstonecraft

Balgowlah
Beacon Hill
Belrose
Brookvale
Collaroy
Dee Why
Fairlight
Forestville
Frenchs Forest
Killarney Heights
Manly
Narrabeen
Newport
Queenscliff
Seaforth
Warriewood
Bellevue Hill
Bondi
Double Bay
Elizabeth Bay
Millers Point
Paddington
Randwick
Rose Bay

Annandale
Ashfield
Balmain
Dulwich Hill
Forest Lodge
Glebe
Leichhardt
Lewisham
Marrickville
Newtown
Rozelle
Stanmore
Strathfield

Baulkham Hills
Beecroft
Bella Vista
Carlingford
Castle Hill
Cheltenham
Cherrybrook
Dural
Stanhope Gardens
West Pennant Hills
Winston Hills

FAQ

Commercial pipe relining FAQs

Straight answers to the things people ask us most when something’s gone wrong.

100mm and 150mm commercial lines are priced on the same per-metre rates listed on our pipe relining cost page. Larger diameters, after-hours windows, shutdowns and traffic management are quoted per site after a camera inspection, and almost always come in under the cost of digging up a slab or car park.
Usually, yes. Most lines are relined through an existing access point, so customer areas, car parks and floors stay open. The only things that pause are the fixtures or drainage connected to the line being relined, and we schedule that with you.
Yes. We relined a cast iron vent stack through a 19-level CBD office tower, and a stormwater drain under a trading CBD hotel, both on a Saturday, with each building back to normal by Monday.
Yes, where the pipe is in the right position and holding its shape. On the Bunnings warehouse we relined 25 metres of defective new PVC sewer in a day, instead of breaking up a finished floor.
On commercial sites we’ve relined everything from 100mm sewer to 375mm stormwater, including vertical cast iron stacks running through multi-storey buildings.
Most single lines are done in one day. Bigger jobs, like a multi-level stack, are staged so the preparation happens beforehand and the relining fits inside a single weekend window.
Every reline carries our 50-year installation warranty. The new pipe is jointless, so roots and leaking joints, the usual causes of failure, have nowhere to start.
When it has collapsed or lost its shape, or the fall is wrong enough that the line won’t drain once it’s lined. The CCTV inspection tells you which one you’ve got before you spend anything on the repair.