Blocked drains, jetting, CCTV surveys and drain repairs across Bournemouth and the BH postcodes. We're external drainage specialists — the underground drains outside the building — and we answer the phone 24 hours a day.
Most drainage calls we take in Bournemouth follow one of two patterns. Either something outside has stopped working — a gully backing up, a manhole overflowing onto a driveway, a smell in the garden that won't shift — or several things inside have gone wrong at once, which almost always points at the main drain rather than the fixtures themselves.
Either way, we'll tell you the price before we start and we won't charge you for turning up. If it turns out to be internal pipework rather than the drain, we'll say so and point you to a plumber — you won't pay us for finding that out.
Postcodes: BH1 · BH2 · BH3 · BH4 · BH5 · BH6 · BH7 · BH8 · BH9 · BH10 · BH11 — plus surrounding areas on request.
Every service below is available across Bournemouth, domestic and commercial.
Gullies, grids, manholes and inspection chambers cleared — most on the first visit.
Blocked drains in Bournemouth →Fat, silt, scale and root ingress cut away properly rather than pushed further down the line.
Drain jetting in Bournemouth →Camera surveys with written report and footage — for repeat blockages, house purchases and insurance.
CCTV surveys in Bournemouth →Cracked, displaced and collapsed drains repaired — no-dig relining wherever the pipe allows.
Drain repairs in Bournemouth →Planned maintenance and priority response for pubs, care homes, letting agents and FM contractors.
Commercial drainage →Sewage overflowing now? Call — the phone is answered 24 hours a day, every day.
Call 0330 123 4567 →Drainage problems aren't the same everywhere. These are the patterns we see repeatedly across Bournemouth.
Large parts of Boscombe, Springbourne and Pokesdown are late-Victorian, which usually means original clay pipework and shared lateral drains running under several properties. Shared runs are where responsibility gets murky and where blockages affect more than one household at once.
Bournemouth has a high density of converted flats, student housing and short-term lets. More occupants on one drain run means more fat, wipes and general misuse — and often a landlord or agent who needs to authorise the work rather than the person who called us.
The pines Bournemouth is known for are a genuine drainage issue. Roots find hairline cracks and old clay joints, then grow into the pipe and catch everything passing through. Jetting clears it; a CCTV survey tells you whether the joint underneath needs repairing before it happens again.
Much of the area sits on sandy soil, and where a drain has cracked, sand washes in and silts the run. It's a slow-building blockage rather than a sudden one — the classic sign is a drain that clears easily then blocks again a few months later.
Narrow terraced streets, permit zones and seafront restrictions all affect where a jetting van can park and how far we run hoses. We plan for it rather than turning up and discovering it — it's one of the reasons local knowledge beats a national call centre dispatching from out of county.
Not every blockage is yours to pay for. Shared sewers and lateral drains beyond your boundary are generally the water company's responsibility, and we'll tell you when that's the case rather than quoting you for work you shouldn't be funding.
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For emergencies — sewage overflowing, drains backing up into the property — we aim to attend the same day, and often within a few hours. Call rather than filling in the form; it's quicker. Overnight calls are booked into the first available window the following morning.
Broadly: drains within your boundary serving only your property are yours. Shared drains and sewers beyond the boundary are usually the water company's. It isn't always obvious from the surface, so we'll check and tell you straight — including when the answer means you don't need to pay us.
No. You pay for the work, not the visit. We confirm a fixed price on site before starting, so there's nothing open-ended and no surprise on the invoice.
Possibly not. If it's only one fixture and everything outside is running clear, that's usually internal pipework and a plumber will be quicker and cheaper. If several fixtures are affected, or an outside gully or manhole is backing up, that's the main drain and it's ours.
Regularly. We can invoice the agent or landlord directly, attend with tenant access arranged, and send photos and reports so whoever's authorising the work can see what was found without being on site.
Yes — pubs, restaurants, care homes, schools and managed properties, on both call-out and planned maintenance. Blocked drains close kitchens and bathrooms, so commercial customers get priority response.
Call any hour and you'll speak to someone who can book an engineer — or send an enquiry and we'll come straight back.