If you have a blocked toilet in SW9, help is normally under 90 minutes away. Our engineers cover Brixton and Stockwell and everything nearby, at any hour, 365 days a year.
What we cover in SW9
SW9 includes Brixton and Stockwell, in the London Borough of Lambeth. Homes, flats and commercial premises are all covered, whatever the size of the job.
Brixton and Stockwell mix Victorian terraces, estates and a busy commercial centre. Food premises and converted housing discharge into the same combined network.
Common causes in SW9
Nearly everything we clear in SW9 comes down to a short list:
- Non-flushable items caught at a bend
- A heavy load of paper, on a pan with a weak flush
- A partial blockage in the stack, not a fault with the toilet itself
- A foreign object caught in the outlet
Signs worth reporting
The symptoms worth reporting when you ring:
- Standing water in a yard gully when nothing is running
- More than one appliance backing up, which points at the shared run
- Gurgling from a toilet or sink when the bath is let out
- A sour smell near the gully that worsens after rain
How the visit works
We diagnose before we clear:
- Check whether other fittings are draining normally
- Protect the bathroom before any work starts
- Clear the trap with the right tool for the blockage
- Work down to the external run if the pan is already clear
Before we arrive
Useful steps before we arrive:
- Keep water use to nothing, particularly appliances on a timer
- Cordon off contaminated ground
- Move bins or planters off the inspection covers
- Have your postcode and a description ready so we arrive prepared
Who pays for the repair
Whose pipe it is matters as much as what is in it. Shared drains and laterals transferred to the water company in England in 2011, so a fault out in the road is not yours to fund. 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 SW9
A blocked toilet is normally cleared at the fixed £120 plus VAT rate. There is no call-out charge in SW9, at any hour. The price is confirmed before we start.