A tradie has issued an urgent warning to Aussies after he made a “massive” six-metre discovery in a flooded home’s stormwater drain.

Last week, a family living in Bilgola, on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, noticed a pipe on their property wasn’t draining properly, forcing water from the backyard to seep into their house, Yahoo reports.

The family contacted Kevin Barry, a local man with over 30 years of experience clearing blocked drain pipes in the area.

When he arrived at the house, he found a tree root, about six metres long and 10cm wide, had grown into their stormwater pipe, causing serious problems.

“The pit was very close to the back door, so it flooded the house,” Mr Barry, who co-owns Streamline Drains & Pipelines with his wife Alex, told Yahoo.

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