Dealing with a blocked drain in SW3, we can usually be with you inside 90 minutes. We attend jobs throughout Chelsea, Brompton and Knightsbridge and everything nearby, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
What we cover in SW3
The area we cover in SW3 spans Chelsea, Brompton and Knightsbridge, part of Kensington and Chelsea. As we also attend the adjoining areas, we can deal with both ends of a shared run.
Chelsea, Brompton and Knightsbridge combine Georgian terraces with mansion blocks and deep basement conversions. Basement kitchens with pumped waste and lightwell gullies dominate the work here.
Common causes in SW3
The bulk of the jobs in SW3 traces back to a handful of causes:
- Fat and cooking oil poured down a kitchen sink, which solidifies as soon as it cools
- Cleaning wipes, which hold together in the drain
- Tree and shrub roots working into the pipe
- Sand and silt collecting in a low point
Signs worth reporting
The signs that bring people to call us around SW3:
- Water sitting in a drain outside when nothing is running
- Two or more fittings affected together, which points at the shared run
- A glugging noise from a plughole when something else empties
- Foul odour around a chamber that is stronger in warm weather
How the visit works
The process is the same whatever the address, so nothing turns into an open-ended bill:
- Check the chambers along the run to find where the flow stops
- Establish whether it is your pipe or the water company’s
- Clear it with high-pressure jetting at a pressure suited to the pipe
- Flush the line and test each fitting before we finish
Before we arrive
Worth doing while you wait:
- Stop using water in the property, particularly appliances on a timer
- Cordon off contaminated ground
- Clear access to the drain covers if you can
- Jot down what is draining and what is not so we arrive prepared
Who pays for the repair
The first question on a shared drain is whose it is. Your own run up to the boundary is your responsibility; shared runs and anything past the boundary generally are not. We record it so you have something to act on.
What it costs in SW3
Outside drain clearance is a fixed £144 plus VAT. No call-out fee applies, day or night. You know the cost before the engineer picks up a tool.