Drain unblocking in Croydon
Croydon’s suburban plots mean long external drain runs with more gullies and inspection chambers than an inner London terrace has. That is more places to block, but also more places to get a rod or a camera in.
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Drain unblocking in Croydon
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Drain unblocking in Croydon
- Long external drain runs with multiple gullies and inspection chambers
- More access points, so rodding and camera work is usually straightforward
- Blockages between the house and the boundary
Most drain calls in Croydon’s suburban streets start outside rather than in. A 1930s semi typically has a gully by the back door taking the kitchen sink and a downpipe, another at the front, and an inspection chamber somewhere along the side passage. Over the years many of those chambers have vanished under block paving or a new driveway, and finding the cover can take longer than clearing the blockage. Pairs of semis often share a single pipe for the last stretch to the sewer, and a blockage in that stretch can show at next door’s gully first. Gardens wash leaves and silt into open gullies every autumn, and kitchen fat sets hard where the waste drops in. Closer to the town centre it changes: flats above shops, rear service yards and waste pipes shared with the business below, where lifting a cover may first need agreeing with the shop or the managing agent.
Everything drain unblocking covers
- Blocked sinks, baths and showers
- Blocked toilets and soil stacks
- External drains, gullies and manholes
- High-pressure jetting
- CCTV drain surveys
- Recurring blockages traced to their cause
We cover Croydon, across CR0, CR2, SE25, SW16. What kind of buildings are around here tends to decide what goes wrong: read more about plumbing in Croydon →
Common questions
Do you cover Croydon?
We do. Croydon falls within Croydon, covering the CR0, CR2, SE25, SW16 postcodes, and our engineers are out across Greater London from our Fulham office every day.
Where does my responsibility for the drain end?
Broadly at your property boundary. Beyond that it is normally the shared sewer and Thames Water’s to deal with. We will tell you which side of the line the blockage is on before doing work you should not be paying for.
The gully outside my kitchen overflows when it rains. Is the drain blocked?
Possibly, but look at the gully first. Lift the grid if you can and see whether water is sitting in it. If the gully is full and the next chamber along is empty, the blockage is in the short length between them, often fat and leaves. If the chamber is full as well, the problem is further down. A gully that only overflows in a downpour and then drains may simply be taking more roof water than it can cope with.
What does it cost?
You will have a price for the work before an engineer starts. If something behind the wall changes the scope, we pause and talk it through with you rather than carrying on and billing you afterwards.
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