Emergency Plumber in Clapham

Lower maisonette, wet kitchen ceiling, upstairs not answering? Or a slow drain off Clapham High Street that has finally stopped? Call 07861 933265. We answer day and night, with no call-out charge, and we are usually in SW4 within 60 minutes.

Act quickly: In a converted house, each maisonette may have its own stopcock in the kitchen or hall cupboard, or one valve under the floor inside the front door may supply both. Turn off electrics near the water if it is safe. If there is a smell of gas, ring 0800 111 999 first.

Upper and lower

Clapham grew from a Georgian village around the Old Town and the Common into a Victorian suburb when the railways came, and the house you are most likely to be in is a terrace split into an upper and a lower maisonette. Two kitchens and two or three bathrooms now use drains and a supply pipe that served one family. When the upper bathroom leaks, it is the lower kitchen or lounge ceiling that suffers, so it pays for both owners to know where the stopcock is and who to call.

Extensions and slow drains

Kitchens have moved into side-return and rear extensions all over SW4, especially in the streets off the High Street and around Abbeville Village. The waste from those kitchens often travels a long way, nearly flat, to reach the drain. That run is where fat collects and where most slow sinks start.

Old drains by the Common

Around the Old Town and the streets facing Clapham Common the original clay drains are often still in use, with roots from the Common’s trees and the street planes finding the joints. The drain that serves only your house is yours to clear; shared sections belong to Thames Water.

Price and nearby

£110 for the first hour and £45 for each half hour after, plus parts, with no call-out charge. We also cover Clapham Old Town, Clapham North and Abbeville Village, and nearby Battersea, Balham and Wandsworth.