Dealing with a blocked drain in CR0, we can usually be with you inside 90 minutes. We work across Croydon, Addiscombe and Shirley and the surrounding roads, day and night, including weekends and bank holidays.
What we cover in CR0
Our coverage of CR0 runs across Croydon, Addiscombe and Shirley, in Croydon. Because we cover the neighbouring postcodes too, a drain shared between streets is not a problem.
Croydon, Addiscombe and Shirley range from a dense commercial town centre to interwar suburbs. Basement pump chambers in the centre and failing soakaways in the suburbs are the two distinct types of work.
Common causes in CR0
The recurring problems in CR0 are predictable:
- Fat and cooking oil poured down a kitchen sink, which solidifies as soon as it cools
- Wet wipes, which hold together once flushed
- Root growth finding an open joint
- Sand and silt settling where the fall is shallow
Signs worth reporting
What you are likely to be seeing around CR0:
- Standing water in a yard gully hours after the last discharge
- More than one appliance backing up, not just one
- Bubbling in the pan when the bath is let out
- Foul odour around a chamber that worsens after rain
How the visit works
We work to the same order on every visit, which is how we can quote a fixed price:
- Work through the inspection chambers to find where the flow stops
- Confirm whether the fault is inside your boundary
- Jet the restriction out at a pressure suited to the pipe
- Run water through every fitting before we finish
Before we arrive
In the meantime, there are two or three useful steps:
- Stop using water in the property, particularly appliances on a timer
- Cordon off contaminated ground
- Move bins or planters off the inspection covers
- Jot down what is draining and what is not for the call
Who pays for the repair
A blockage is not automatically your bill. Shared drains and laterals transferred to the water company in England in 2011, which means a fault beyond your boundary is theirs to fix. We establish which side of the line the fault sits and tell you plainly, even when that means we are not the ones doing the repair.
What it costs in CR0
Outside drain clearance is a fixed £144 plus VAT. Prices are fixed rather than hourly, so nothing changes once we are on site.