Dealing with a blocked drain in SE22, help is normally under 90 minutes away. We attend jobs throughout East Dulwich and Peckham Rye and the surrounding roads, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
What we cover in SE22
SE22 takes in East Dulwich and Peckham Rye, inside Southwark. We work for householders and businesses alike in this area, from a slow sink to a complete system.
East Dulwich is street after street of Victorian terraces, most with rear extensions and mature planting. The uniform housing stock produces a very consistent set of drainage faults.
Common causes in SE22
Throughout SE22, the common causes are:
- Fat and cooking oil poured down a kitchen sink, which sets on the pipe wall
- Cleaning wipes, which hold together in the drain
- Tree and shrub roots finding an open joint
- Silt and grit building up where flow slows
Signs worth reporting
What you are likely to be seeing in SE22:
- Water standing in an outside gully hours after the last discharge
- Two or more fittings affected together, which points at the shared run
- Bubbling in the pan when something else empties
- 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:
- Open the chambers in order 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
- Prove the flow from every connected appliance before we finish
Before we arrive
Before the engineer arrives, these few things genuinely help:
- Stop using water in the property, including the washing machine and dishwasher
- Move children and pets away from the affected area
- Make sure the chambers can be reached
- Note which fittings are affected when you ring
Who pays for the repair
On terraced and converted property, ownership is the first thing to settle. A private drain serving one building is the owner’s; past the boundary it is normally Thames Water. You get that in writing.
What it costs in SE22
Outside drain clearance is a fixed £144 plus VAT. You get a fixed figure rather than a running clock, so nothing changes once we are on site.