Dealing with a blocked drain in W14, we are typically 60 to 90 minutes away. We attend jobs throughout West Kensington and Olympia and the streets around them, 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
What we cover in W14
W14 includes West Kensington and Olympia, within Hammersmith and Fulham. We attend both residential and commercial property here, whatever the size of the job.
West Kensington and Olympia are stucco and red-brick terraces, heavily converted, alongside exhibition and commercial buildings. Shared stacks and front lightwell gullies dominate the residential work.
Common causes in W14
Nearly everything we clear in W14 traces back to a handful of causes:
- Fat and cooking oil poured down a kitchen sink, which sets on the pipe wall
- Cleaning wipes, which stay intact all the way to the sewer
- Tree and shrub roots working into the pipe
- Silt and grit settling where the fall is shallow
Signs worth reporting
What tends to prompt the call around W14:
- Standing water in a yard gully hours after the last discharge
- Several fittings draining slowly at once, not just one
- A glugging noise from a plughole when the bath is let out
- A drain smell outside that keeps coming back
How the visit works
The order matters, so we work it out before we jet:
- Work through the inspection chambers to find where the flow stops
- Establish whether it is your pipe or the water company’s
- Clear the blockage with water jetting at a pressure suited to the pipe
- Prove the flow from every connected appliance before we finish
Before we arrive
Before the engineer arrives, there are two or three useful steps:
- Keep water use to nothing, especially washing machines
- Move children and pets away from the affected area
- Make sure the chambers can be reached
- Jot down what is draining and what is not when you ring
Who pays for the repair
On terraced and converted property, ownership is the first thing to settle. Your own run up to the boundary is your responsibility; past the boundary it is normally Thames Water. You get that in writing.
What it costs in W14
Outside drain clearance is a fixed £144 plus VAT. We never charge for coming out, whatever the time. You get the figure before any work begins.