When you have a drain survey in SE11, we can usually be with you inside 90 minutes. Our engineers cover Kennington and Vauxhall and the streets around them, day and night, every day of the year.
What we cover in SE11
SE11 includes Kennington and Vauxhall, in the London Borough of Lambeth. Homes, flats and commercial premises are all covered, from single blockages to full drainage installations.
Kennington and Vauxhall sit low and close to the Thames, with Georgian terraces, estates and a wall of new development at Nine Elms. Combined sewers here fill quickly during storms.
Common causes in SE11
Nearly everything we clear in SE11 traces back to a handful of causes:
- A run that blocks again within weeks, which suggests something structural
- A purchase in progress, and no records of the drainage
- An insurance claim requiring footage and positions
- An extension being planned, where the run has to be located first
Signs worth reporting
What to tell us on the call:
- Standing water in a yard gully hours after the last discharge
- Several fittings draining slowly at once, which points at the shared run
- Bubbling in the pan when something else empties
- A drain smell outside that keeps coming back
How the visit works
The order matters, so we work it out before we jet:
- Flush the run so the camera can read the pipe
- Record the entire line
- Record where each defect sits, and how deep
- Give you footage plus a report an insurer will accept
Before we arrive
Worth doing while you wait:
- Keep water use to nothing, especially washing machines
- Cordon off contaminated ground
- Clear access to the drain covers if you can
- 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; beyond that, and on anything shared, it is generally the water company’s. We put that in writing after the visit.
What it costs in SE11
A CCTV drain survey is a fixed £300 plus VAT, footage and written summary included. Prices are fixed rather than hourly, which means a stubborn blockage costs what we said.