Blocked Drain Redland Bay

A blocked drain in Redland Bay deserves one question before any clearing starts: did the water come from your pipe, or from outside it? Council describes the southern Redland Bay catchment as a narrow strip of coastal land with short waterways running into southern Moreton Bay. At the 2021 Census 94.3% of occupied dwellings here were separate houses, so most owners, landlords and property managers are dealing with a lot’s own private pipework. Jim Monger Plumbing and Gas clears drains with a jet rodder or electric eel and checks lines with a CCTV camera. The checks below help sort out your problem, but skip them for sewage or an overflow: Council takes gully overflows with nothing running, and we take overflowing drain calls 24/7.

Council describes the western and southern areas as predominantly rural with limited development, and the 2021 Census averaged 3.8 bedrooms per dwelling against 3.2 for Queensland. So tell us on the phone whether you are on acreage or a house lot, and which fixtures are affected.

Sewage or an overflow comes first: if your overflow relief gully overflows with no water in use, Council says the blockage is likely in its sewer main, so ring Council on (07) 3829 8999. For any other overflowing drain, ring our 24/7 line.

Council’s Redland Bay disaster profile gives creek flooding, flash flooding and storm tide inundation as the primary flood risks, with waterways including Weinam, Moogurrapum, Native Dog and Eprapah creeks. If one of those creeks was up, water in your yard may be creek water, not a blocked pipe, though that is our reasoning rather than Council’s. Tell us which of the four sits closest to your lot.

Council’s guide to roads with past flooding takes in parts of School of Arts Road, Serpentine Creek Road, Hamilton Street and Pitt Street, and warns other roads may flood. Near those stretches, note whether the road was under water when your drain slowed. Council’s Flood Cameras page lists Moores Road, so you can look there for water on the road.

Council says storm tide inundation may affect locations including the Redland Bay Golf Club, the Weinam Creek Marina precinct, Banana Street, Esplanade, Junee Street, Pear Street, Zipfs Road and Rocky Passage Road. On those streets, Council points to a property enquiry through Development.i for peak levels. We reason that water left by a storm tide there is inundation, which clearing a pipe would not remove.

Torquay Creek gives one example, not a rule. Council officers found no current flooding issues there, while Redland Bayside News said flooding across part of one private property in that investigation is expected because of an existing drainage easement. If water keeps crossing the same part of your lot, an easement is one possibility to check on your title, and a wet yard can have many other causes.

At the Pitt Street Wetlands, an August 2025 inspection found dense vegetation in a bio-retention basin and ponding in the channel, and a 30-metre concrete open drain is proposed, with design in 2026/27 and construction in 2027/28. That proposal comes from a Council report, so ask Council about that basin or channel. Stormwater pipes on your own land stay yours to maintain, even beside those wetlands.

Away from those creeks and streets, Council says that if only one fixture is affected, the problem is most likely in your home’s plumbing. A dry day does not settle it, because Council’s gully and inspection opening checks can still point to its sewer main. For your own line, we can clear it and run a CCTV camera through it.