NSW Plumbing Licence 456767C
Sewer Pump Services operates under a current NSW plumbing contractor licence — licensed plumbing and drainage work, on record.
🔧 Pump specialists since 1985
Pump services across Sydney's Inner West
Terraces with basement bathrooms, cafes with grease trap pumps, unit blocks with stormwater sumps — the Inner West runs on more pumps than most people realise. Regular service runs across the Inner West, with emergencies prioritised 24/7.
SINCE '85Pumps are all we do — four decades of them
REGULARService runs across the Inner West
24/7Emergencies prioritised, day or night
Pump specialists since 1985
24/7 emergencies prioritised
Grease trap & FOG repair experts
Lic No. 456767C
Why the Inner West needs more pumps than it lets on
The Inner West's housing is old, dense and endlessly converted — and that's exactly what creates pump work. Every terrace with a bathroom dug into the basement, every warehouse apartment with a laundry below street level, sits beneath the gravity sewer main. The only way that waste gets up to the street is a sewage lifting pump working away in a sealed pit. The same goes for stormwater: light wells, sunken courtyards and basement levels in unit blocks all rely on a sump and pump to stay dry.
Then there's the food. The cafe and restaurant strips through Newtown, Marrickville, Leichhardt and Balmain run grease trap pumps that cop fat, oil and grease every trading day — and hardened FOG buildup is one of the most common pump failures we repair anywhere in Sydney. Add narrow blocks and rear-lane-only access, and Inner West jobs reward a crew that plans the lift before swinging a crane.
Our regular service runs bring us through these suburbs week in, week out. Every visit gets megger and amp testing, straight repair-or-replace advice, and fibreglass pits specced to fit tight inner-city access.
What we do across the Inner West
The full range — installation, repairs, servicing and emergencies — shaped to terraces, food businesses and strata blocks.
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Sewer Pump Installation
Pumped systems for terraces and conversions where the bathroom or laundry sits below the sewer main and gravity can't help.
Learn more → 🌧️Stormwater Pump Installation
Sump and pump systems for unit blocks, light wells and converted warehouses where the rain has nowhere to drain by itself.
Learn more → 🔧Pump Repairs
Diagnostic-led repairs with megger and amp testing — including grease and fat buildup, the Inner West's most common pump killer.
Learn more → 📋Servicing & Maintenance
Scheduled servicing for homes, cafes and strata blocks on our regular Inner West runs — faults found before they become floods.
Learn more → 🏗️Pump Pit Installation
Fibreglass pits with gas-tight lids, planned around tight rear-lane and courtyard access on narrow inner-city blocks.
Learn more → ⚡Emergency Callouts
24/7 emergency response — Inner West emergencies jump the queue ahead of routine work, day or night.
Learn more →Inner West pump playing up? Emergencies jump the queue, 24/7.
📞 0415 210 267Inner West suburbs we cover
From the cafe strips to the peninsula — here's where the calls come from.
Newtown · Enmore · Marrickville · Dulwich Hill · Petersham · Leichhardt · Annandale · Balmain · Rozelle · Ashfield · Summer Hill · Stanmore · Camperdown
The credentials behind the work
Licensed, certified and fully insured — the standards every Inner West job is held to.
AS/NZS 3500 standards
Plumbing and drainage work is carried out to the AS/NZS 3500 standard family — the benchmark for compliant work across Sydney.
Restricted Electrical Licence — Motors
Issued by NSW Fair Trading under the disconnect/reconnect framework (UEERL0004). We connect the pump and alarm, set up the control panel and fit the overload protection ourselves; your electrician runs the supply.
Confined Space Entry certified
Statement of Attainment from Pinnacle Safety and Training (RTO 40496). Deep pits and confined spaces are part of the trade — most residential pits never need it, but when one does, we're set up for it.
Fully insured
Public liability and workers compensation cover in place across all work, with certificates of currency available on request.
Specialist focus since 1985
A plumbing trade since 1985, pumps-only since 2010. You deal with the same operators from first call through to commissioning.
Inner West pump FAQs
Straight answers for Inner West homes, cafes and strata blocks.
How quickly can you get to a job in the Inner West?
We run regular service runs through the Inner West, and emergencies are prioritised 24/7 — a pump that's down gets bumped ahead of routine work. Call 0415 210 267 and we'll give you an honest arrival time.
My basement bathroom sits below the sewer line — what do I need?
A sewage lifting system: a sealed pit with a macerator or grinder pump that lifts the waste up to the gravity main. It's the standard fix for terrace conversions and warehouse apartments where a bathroom or laundry has gone in below street level. We size the pump, install the pit and set up the high-level alarm — see our pump pit installation page for how it goes together.
Do you service cafe and restaurant grease trap pumps?
Yes, and it's a big part of what we repair. Fat, oil and grease set hard inside pumps, floats and pipework, and the Inner West's food strips produce plenty of it. We strip the buildup, test the pump electrically and get you back trading — plus scheduled servicing so the same blockage doesn't shut the kitchen twice.
Do you work with strata buildings in the Inner West?
Yes — sewer and stormwater pump systems for unit blocks and converted buildings, including scheduled servicing with written reports formatted for strata committees and managing agents. See our strata pump services page.
My pump alarm is going off — what should I do?
Stop running water into the system, check the breaker once, don't open the pit, and give us a call. Our pump alarm guide walks through it step by step, and alarm callouts are treated as emergencies 24/7.
Pump specialists for the Inner West.
Regular service runs across the Inner West. Installation, repairs, servicing and 24/7 emergencies — quoted on the day, done properly.