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Drain Cleaning in London

Not the same job as clearing a blockage.

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Drain cleaning in London
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Cleaning takes a drain that still runs but runs slowly, strips the fat, silt and root hair off the pipe wall, and puts the full bore back, which is what stops the next blockage rather than reacting to it.

What you get

Drain cleaning in London: what the price includes

  • 01
    Rodded, then jetted

    Rods break the obstruction; water carries it away and scours what the rods left behind. Rodding alone leaves a channel through the fat and the drain blocks again within months. That is why the cheap visit is so often the repeat visit.

  • 02
    Camera before and after

    We film the run so you can see what the pipe actually looked like and what it looks like afterwards. Drainage work happens where you cannot see it, which is precisely why it should be evidenced.

  • 03
    Fat, silt and roots each need a different head

    A rotating cutting head for root hair, a flat descaler for fat, a straight nozzle for silt. Using one head for all three is why some jettings do less than they should.

  • 04
    Scheduled cleaning for the runs that need it

    A restaurant kitchen, a shared rear run behind a terrace, or a drain with roots that will come back, those are maintenance intervals, not one-off jobs. We will tell you which yours is instead of booking you in reflexively.

  • 05
    Whose drain is it

    Since 2011 the shared and lateral drains beyond your boundary are the water company's responsibility. If the camera shows the fault is on their length, we tell you and you should not be paying us to fix it.

What this means in London

Local conditions we work around

Most of London still drains through Victorian infrastructure, much of it combined sewers carrying foul and surface water in the same pipe. Two consequences follow. Heavy rain can surcharge the system and push water back up through the lowest gully in a property, which is why some basements flood in a storm without any blockage at all. And the older clay runs beneath gardens and pavements have joints that tree roots find, so root intrusion is one of the most common things our cameras record.

Where we do this in London

Covered across London

Same published rate card and the same twelve-month workmanship guarantee everywhere below, there is no postcode loading. Each area has its own page with an arrival time taken from our job records rather than chosen for a website.

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Straight answers

Drain cleaning in London, your questions

What is the difference between drain cleaning and unblocking?
Unblocking restores flow to a drain that has stopped. Cleaning restores the full bore to a drain that still flows but is lined with fat, silt or root hair. If yours is gurgling and draining slowly, cleaning is the job you want, before it becomes the other one.
How often should drains be cleaned?
A domestic drain, only when it shows symptoms. A commercial kitchen, quarterly. A run with known root intrusion, annually. Anything on a shared Victorian rear run in London, roughly every two years is realistic.
Do chemical drain cleaners work?
On hair in a basin trap, sometimes. On a fat-lined underground run, no, they cool, set below the blockage and add to it. They also make the drain hazardous for whoever opens it next, and we have to flush before working.
How much does drain cleaning cost in London?
From £130 for a single domestic run including the camera check. Fixed price agreed before we start, and if the camera shows the fault sits on the water company's length we tell you rather than charging to fix it.
Is London drainage different?
Much of it is Victorian, and a great deal of it is combined, foul and surface water in the same pipe. Two things follow: heavy rain can surcharge the system and push water back up the lowest gully in a property with no blockage present at all, and the old clay runs under gardens and pavements have joints that tree roots find. Root intrusion is one of the most common things our cameras record here.
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