Drain Unblocking Southampton
Clearing blocked drains, gullies and waste pipes at homes and businesses, then explaining what caused the blockage so it is less likely to come back.
We jet drains at homes, rental properties, restaurants, shops and managed buildings throughout the city.
Problems we often see in Southampton
When customers in and around Southampton contact us about drain jetting, these are some of the most common issues:
- Grease build-up in restaurant and takeaway drains
- Recurring blockages in shared rental houses
- Silt in yard and car park gullies after heavy rain
- Fine root growth in clay drains in older neighbourhoods
- Scale and soap build-up in long bathroom waste runs in flats
What usually causes them
- Fat, oil and grease that coats and narrows the pipe
- Silt and grit washed in from driveways and roads
- Soap scum, hair and limescale in bathroom wastes
- Fine root growth at pipe joints
- Years of gradual build-up in drains that have never been cleaned
Drain Jetting across Southampton
In Southampton, the drains that benefit most from jetting tend to fall into three groups. The first is kitchen drains (in homes and especially in the city’s many cafés, takeaways and restaurants), where fat and grease coat the pipe and harden. The second is heavily used drains in shared houses and flats, where build-up happens quickly. The third is surface water drains and yard gullies that have filled with silt.
Jetting is also useful for older clay drains in areas such as Shirley and Portswood where fine roots have started to grow through joints. It will clear the roots, but because they enter through a gap in the pipe, they usually return. A camera survey after jetting shows whether the joint needs repairing.
Before jetting a drain we consider its condition. Very old or visibly damaged pipes need a careful approach, and a collapsed section cannot be jetted clear, so where there is doubt we may suggest a survey first.
What Clear Drainage does
High-pressure water jetting to clear stubborn blockages and scour away fat, silt, scale and debris from the inside of drain pipes.
- Cleans the full bore of the pipe, not just a channel through the blockage.
- Well suited to fat, grease, silt and scale build-up.
- Can be combined with a CCTV survey to confirm the pipe is clear.
- Useful as planned maintenance for drains that block regularly.
When to call us
Get in touch if you notice any of the following at your Southampton property:
- A drain that has been rodded before but keeps blocking
- Slow drainage across several fittings without a full blockage
- Kitchen drains affected by fat and grease
- Surface water drains or gullies full of silt
- Recurring smells from a drain that appears to be flowing