When you have a blocked drain in SE27, we can usually be with you inside 90 minutes. We work across West Norwood and Tulse Hill and everything nearby, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
What we cover in SE27
SE27 takes in West Norwood and Tulse Hill, within Lambeth. Homes, flats and commercial premises are all covered, from a slow sink to a complete system.
West Norwood and Tulse Hill sit on sloping ground with Victorian terraces and post-war estates. Surface water arrives quickly and finds any restriction already present in a run.
Common causes in SE27
The recurring problems in SE27 are much the same year to year:
- Cooking fat washed into the kitchen waste, which sets on the pipe wall
- Wet wipes, which hold together all the way to the sewer
- Tree and shrub roots entering through a cracked joint
- Sand and silt settling where the fall is shallow
Signs worth reporting
What tends to prompt the call around SE27:
- Water sitting in a drain outside hours after the last discharge
- Two or more fittings affected together, which points at the shared run
- A glugging noise from a plughole as another appliance drains
- Foul odour around a chamber that keeps coming back
How the visit works
We diagnose before we clear:
- Work through the inspection chambers to find where the flow stops
- Work out which side of the boundary the fault sits
- Jet the restriction out at a pressure suited to the pipe
- Prove the flow from every connected appliance before we finish
Before we arrive
In the meantime, these few things genuinely help:
- Keep water use to nothing, 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
The first question on a shared drain is whose it is. Pipework inside your boundary serving only your property is yours; past the boundary it is normally Thames Water. We record it so you have something to act on.
What it costs in SE27
Outside drain clearance is a fixed £144 plus VAT. We quote a fixed price, not a rate, so a difficult job in SE27 does not become an expensive surprise.