Quoting a Blocked drain clearing with Reece Trade Prices
CCTV consumables, jetting nozzles, root cutters, and replacement DWV — priced at your real Reece trade rate when a clear-out becomes a repair.
Or try it on the web →Blocked drains start as a clearing job and turn into a repair more often than tradies quote for. The customer wants a price for unblocking; you arrive, run the camera, find a tree-root intrusion or a collapsed PVC junction, and now you're quoting a dig-up. QuoteMate handles both halves on one quote — the diagnostic and clearing rate up front, plus a real-trade-priced contingency line for the repair work the camera reveals — using your Reece maX catalogue for any DWV materials you'd order if it goes that way.
Why Reece pricing matters for blocked drain clearing
A drain clearing quote looks small on paper, but the consumables compound. A typical jet head replacement is $80–$200 at trade rate; a root-cutter blade is $40–$80; a CCTV reel skid runs $250+. Run twenty drain jobs a year and you're spending $3,000–$5,000 on consumables alone — a 10–15% Reece trade discount on that is $400–$750 in your pocket annually that wouldn't show up if you were quoting RRP. The bigger win is the repair fork. When the camera finds a collapsed PVC junction, QuoteMate prices the dig-up — DWV pipe, junctions, couplings, bedding sand, geotextile — against your real Reece rate so the upgrade quote is ready before you've packed the camera away.
Materials priced at your trade rate
These materials prefill at your Reece trade rate when you describe a blocked drain clearing in QuoteMate.
Jetting nozzles (penetrator, root-cutter, flusher)
Consumables — Reece carries common imperial and metric sizes at trade rate.
Mechanical root-cutter blades
For electric eel and rotating cutter heads.
CCTV camera skids and centring brushes
Replaceable wear parts — often forgotten on the quote.
DWV PVC pipe (100mm / 150mm)
If clearing reveals a collapsed line that needs replacing.
DWV junctions, bends, couplings
Y-junctions, 45/88 bends, repair couplings.
Inspection openings and risers
Often added during repair to make future cleanouts easier.
Bedding sand and geotextile
For backfill on excavated repairs.
Trap re-seating gear
Wax seals, silicone, brass fittings if replacing a fixture trap.
Diagnostic vs clearing pricing
Two different rates apply on a blocked drain — the call-out and CCTV diagnostic, and the actual clearing or repair. Quote them as separate lines so the customer sees what the inspection cost is even if no further work is done. QuoteMate prefills both lines and lets you set the diagnostic as 'absorbed if work proceeds' so the customer sees the saving when they accept the bigger job. Materials for the inspection (camera consumables, locator chalk) come through at your Reece trade rate.
When to recommend repair vs continued clearing
If the camera finds a tree-root intrusion at a single junction, repeat clearing every 12–18 months may be cheaper for the customer than a dig-up. If the camera finds a collapsed PVC line, displaced earthenware, or repeated belly issues, the repair quote needs to land that day. QuoteMate generates the repair quote against your live Reece DWV catalogue — pipe, junctions, fittings, bedding sand — at your real trade rate, so the customer sees the upgrade cost while they're still on-site and motivated.
Equipment day-rate and consumable maths
Most plumbers under-quote consumables on drain work because each line is small. The reality: a typical clear-and-camera job burns $50–$120 of jet nozzles, cutter blades, and camera wear, and that doesn't show up unless you build it into the quote. QuoteMate prefills the consumable line at your Reece trade rate so the price you give the customer covers the actual cost of the job, not just labour.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes — three separate lines on the same quote. Diagnostic and CCTV inspection up front, clearing as the next step, and a contingency repair line priced against your Reece DWV catalogue if the camera finds a collapsed section.
Yes. Replaceable camera skids, centring brushes, and locator chalk in your Reece purchasable catalogue come through at your trade rate. Most plumbers forget these — QuoteMate prefills them so they're not absorbed silently.
Yes. The repair quote materials list — DWV PVC, junctions, couplings, bedding sand — pushes through to a Reece order against your nominated branch as soon as the customer accepts.
QuoteMate lets you set an after-hours rate multiplier on labour while keeping materials at your Reece trade rate, so emergency quotes are produced in seconds without surprises.
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