Drainage emergencies in SW8 have a habit of happening at the worst time. We run a genuine round-the-clock service covering South Lambeth, Nine Elms and Battersea, and a fixed price given on the call.
What we cover in SW8
The area we cover in SW8 runs across South Lambeth, Nine Elms and Battersea, part of Lambeth and Wandsworth. Because we cover the neighbouring postcodes too, we can deal with both ends of a shared run.
South Lambeth and Nine Elms pair older terraces with a dense band of new riverside towers. The two have entirely different drainage: shared clay laterals in one, pumped systems and shared stacks in the other.
Common causes in SW8
Throughout SW8, the common causes are:
- Foul water coming up through a chamber
- Every fitting backing up at once
- Foul water backing into a ground-floor shower or bath
- Flooding after a storm
Signs worth reporting
Before you call, it helps to know what you are looking at:
- Water sitting in a drain outside when nothing is running
- Several fittings draining slowly at once, which points at the shared run
- Bubbling in the pan when something else empties
- A sour smell near the gully that keeps coming back
How the visit works
What we do when we get there:
- We give you a realistic arrival time on the call
- Keep water use to nothing until the engineer is with you
- We clear the blockage on the visit wherever possible
- We tell you whether there is an underlying fault
Before we arrive
Useful steps before we arrive:
- Hold off on taps, showers and appliances, particularly appliances on a timer
- Move children and pets away from the affected area
- Move bins or planters off the inspection covers
- Jot down what is draining and what is not so we arrive prepared
Who pays for the repair
On terraced and converted property, ownership is the first thing to settle. Pipework inside your boundary serving only your property is yours; past the boundary it is normally Thames Water. You get that in writing.
What it costs in SW8
Emergency attendance starts at a fixed £120 plus VAT, and we never charge for coming out. No call-out fee applies, day or night. You get the figure before any work begins.