Blocked drains in Peterborough

The cause often depends on the age of the street. Peterborough's older terraced houses usually have clay drains running along the backs of the houses, and after a century of use their joints can be cracked, displaced or full of roots. In rented houses and houses in multiple occupation, with a lot of people using one kitchen and bathroom, fat and wet wipes are the usual cause. On the newer estates in the townships the pipes are plastic and normally in good condition, so a blockage there tends to be something that should not have been flushed, or building debris left in the drain.

• Blocked outside drains, gullies and manholes
• Blocked toilets, baths and showers
• Kitchen sinks, including commercial kitchens
• High pressure water jetting
• CCTV drain surveys, including before you buy
• No-dig drain repairs and relining

We work for landlords and agents across the city. We clear the blockage and tell you what caused it, and for drains that block again and again, planned drain maintenance deals with the build-up before it becomes another call-out.

In a terrace, the drain along the back is usually shared between several houses. Shared drains and public sewers in Peterborough are the responsibility of Anglian Water, while the pipes that serve only your house, inside your boundary, are yours. A CCTV survey shows which side of that line the problem is on, and if it is in the shared drain we will tell you so you can report it.

We are pest controllers too. In older parts of the city, rats often get into houses through a defect in the drain. We find the defect with a camera and repair it, so the rats cannot get back in. See rats in drains.

As well as Peterborough itself, we cover Werrington, Bretton, Orton, Hampton, Eye, Thorney, Yaxley and Whittlesey, and the smaller villages in between. Not sure if we reach you? Call us on 01775 720015.