Dealing with a drain survey in SW2, we can usually be with you inside 90 minutes. We attend jobs throughout Brixton Hill and Streatham Hill and the surrounding roads, day and night, including weekends and bank holidays.
What we cover in SW2
The area we cover in SW2 spans Brixton Hill and Streatham Hill, within Lambeth. Since we work the surrounding postcodes as well, a run crossing a boundary needs only one contractor.
Brixton Hill and Streatham Hill are Victorian terraces with a high level of flat conversion. A single lateral often serves four or more kitchens and bathrooms, so one blockage affects several households.
Common causes in SW2
What actually causes most of the work in SW2 follow a pattern:
- Repeat blockages in the same place, which suggests something structural
- An imminent exchange, and no records of the drainage
- An insurer asking for evidence that has to be supported properly
- Building work about to start, so the pipe has to be found before digging
Signs worth reporting
The symptoms worth reporting when you ring:
- Water standing in an outside gully when nothing is running
- More than one appliance backing up, rather than a single sink
- A glugging noise from a plughole when something else empties
- A drain smell outside that worsens after rain
How the visit works
Finding the cause comes before clearing it:
- Remove debris so the footage shows the pipe, not the deposits
- Survey the whole run, not the first few metres
- Mark the position and depth of each defect
- Provide the footage and a written summary
Before we arrive
While you wait for us, there are two or three useful steps:
- Keep water use to nothing, particularly appliances on a timer
- Keep people and pets away from any standing waste water
- Move bins or planters off the inspection covers
- Note which fittings are affected so we arrive prepared
Who pays for the repair
A blockage is not automatically your bill. Shared drains and laterals transferred to the water company in England in 2011, and a defect on the shared run is not your cost. 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 SW2
A CCTV drain survey is a fixed £300 plus VAT, footage and written summary included. No call-out fee applies, day or night. You know the cost before the engineer picks up a tool.