When you have a drain survey in W8, help is normally under 90 minutes away. We attend jobs throughout Kensington and Holland Park and everything nearby, day and night, every day of the year.
What we cover in W8
W8 covers Kensington and Holland Park, inside Kensington and Chelsea. Homes, flats and commercial premises are all covered, from single blockages to full drainage installations.
Kensington and Holland Park are tall stucco terraces and garden-square townhouses, many with deep basement extensions. Pumped basement waste and original clay laterals under front gardens are the recurring combination.
Common causes in W8
The recurring problems in W8 are predictable:
- A drain that keeps blocking, which points to a fault in the pipe
- A property being bought, with mature trees close to the run
- An insurer asking for evidence that has to be supported properly
- Building work about to start, where the run has to be located first
Signs worth reporting
The signs that bring people to call us across W8:
- Standing water in a yard gully 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:
- Flush the run so the camera can read the pipe
- Run the camera through the full length
- Mark the position and depth of each defect
- Hand over the recording with a written report
Before we arrive
Useful steps before we arrive:
- Hold off on taps, showers and appliances, especially washing machines
- Cordon off contaminated ground
- Make sure the chambers can be reached
- Note which fittings are affected when you ring
Who pays for the repair
A blockage is not automatically your bill. Since 2011, most shared drains and lateral drains in England belong to the water company, which means a fault beyond your boundary is theirs to fix. We work out where the fault is and say so, even where it means there is no job in it for us.
What it costs in W8
A CCTV drain survey is a fixed £300 plus VAT, footage and written summary included. No call-out fee applies, day or night. You get the figure before any work begins.