YEARS ON COMMERCIAL SITES
Affinity Plumbing Solutions designs, repairs and maintains stormwater drainage on commercial and institutional sites across South East Queensland. Most of the work comes through facilities managers at schools, universities and hotels, and through body corporates holding older strata stock.
Our commercial drainage solutions run from pits and pipes through to soakwells, detention systems and the compliance paperwork that follows the repair.
Water pushing out from under a driveway in heavy rain
The line has failed somewhere below, and the water is finding its own path out. Driveways get undermined that way.
Bubbling at the base of a downpipe
The pit or the line under it can no longer take the flow, so the downpipe backs up.
Ground near the carpark edge staying soft for weeks
Water is sitting in the fill and not moving. Subsidence and slab edge movement follow.
A pit still holding water days after the storm
Silt or a collapse downstream. The pit has lost its outlet.





Heavy subtropical rainfall in South East Queensland puts immense pressure on residential and commercial drainage infrastructure. When water lines leak or stormwater channels become clogged, pooled runoff can quickly threaten your property’s structural integrity. Affinity Plumbing Solutions delivers complete water and drainage care, ensuring efficient flow and total protection for your site year-round.
Our stormwater plumber walks the site, finds the pits, and works out where the water is meant to go.
CCTV down the line with depth marked on the surface. You keep the footage. Fixed written quote.
Scope, method, reinstatement and timing, with options where more than one compliant fix exists.
Job Safety Analysis issued with the invoice, PO and job numbers on the paperwork, gas certification where required, next service date set.
Properly managed drainage and water supply systems protect your property from structural damage, soil erosion, and severe flooding. Here are answers to common questions about keeping your water and stormwater lines compliant and flowing freely:
Depth. Stormwater sits shallow. A line 1.5 to 2 metres down is almost certainly sewer, and if someone has quoted a dig that deep on a job they've called stormwater, get the plans checked first.
No. The gully has to sit above the surrounding ground so stormwater can't get into the sewer, and the grate is loose by design so it lifts when the line surcharges. Bury it and the next sewer blockage comes up inside the building. Paving, turfing and resurfacing crews cover these constantly on school and aged care sites, and the first anyone knows about it is the callout.
Council holds it and will supply the location, usually for a fee. Plenty of older Brisbane properties have no kerb outlet at all and run into a barrel drain under the street, a rubble pit, or a neighbour's line. Queensland stormwater drainage regulations and council plumbing approvals both key off that point.
Sometimes. Relining needs a host pipe intact enough to hold the liner and access at both ends, and a collapsed section still gets dug.
Check the QBCC number covers drainage work and ask whether they own a camera or hire one. Ours is 125 8056. Our drainage specialists cover Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Moreton Bay, the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast.
Twice a year on most sites, scheduled either side of the wet season. Carparks and kitchen surrounds silt up faster and want a jetting run in between. Planned stormwater maintenance costs a fraction of the drainage repair services that follow a collapse.
Request a free site assessment. We’ll identify exactly what your drainage needs, design a program that fits your operations, and give you transparent pricing.
Unit 4, 22 Kremzow Road, Brendale QLD 4500