Blocked drain in Streatham? We clear blockages right across SW16 and SW2, from Streatham Hill down to Streatham Vale, at any hour. You get a local engineer, high-pressure jetting, CCTV surveys and no-dig repairs, with a clear price before any work starts.
Streatham is mostly Victorian and Edwardian houses, and a lot of the bigger ones were split into flats years ago. That leaves old clay drains carrying far more than they were ever built for, which is a big reason blockages here are so common. Add in the mature street trees, the London clay that shifts in a dry summer, and one of the longest high streets in the city, and SW16 and SW2 keep us busy. These are the blockages we clear most weeks:
| Common cause | Why it happens in Streatham |
|---|---|
| Fat, oil and grease | The takeaways and restaurants along Streatham High Road put a heavy grease load into the sewers, and it sets like candle wax in the cooler pipe runs. |
| Tree roots | The big street trees on roads like Leigham Court Road push fine roots into the joints of old clay pipes, and wipes and debris then snag on them. |
| Ageing clay pipes | Most SW16 and SW2 homes still drain through their original Victorian clay pipework, which cracks and drops at the joints as it ages. |
| Heavy rain | The lower streets near Streatham Vale sit on the old River Graveney line, so the combined sewers can surcharge and back up in a downpour. |
From a slow kitchen sink to a collapsed main sewer, this is everything we handle in Streatham, with upfront pricing and no call-out fee.
Blocked toilets, overflowing gullies, gurgling sinks and choked main drains are our daily work in Streatham. We diagnose where the blockage sits, then rod or jet it out rather than guessing. Every job is quoted before we start, most are cleared same-day, and if a drain blocks repeatedly we look for the underlying cause instead of charging you to rod it again and again. The A23 restaurant grease is the usual culprit along Streatham High Road, so we jet the fat out rather than just rodding through it.
A CCTV drain survey shows exactly what is wrong underground instead of leaving you to guess. Our camera travels the full run beneath Streatham and records everything, so cracks, root damage, bellies and broken joints are pinpointed on screen. You receive the recording and a clear report, which means any repair is aimed at the real fault the first time. Useful on the older SW16 terraces where root-cracked clay keeps re-blocking the same run.
When a drain floods, every minute counts, so we keep engineers on call across Streatham day and night. One phone call gets someone moving toward you with jetting and pumping equipment already aboard, ready to stop the flooding and clear the blockage there and then. We work through the night, at weekends and on bank holidays, always at a clear, upfront price.
Not every blockage is on your side of the boundary. We handle shared sewers, overflowing manholes and septic-tank faults around Streatham, jetting main lines and clearing multi-property backups, and we always confirm whether the pipe belongs to you or to Thames Water before any paid work. Where it is the water company's, we point you to the free fix; where it is yours, we sort it properly.
Unrecorded and mis-mapped drains cause expensive surprises, so we locate them properly. Using sonde tracing and dye tests, we follow the pipework beneath Streatham, confirm which property each shared drain serves, and produce a clear route map. It is the quickest way to settle a boundary question, plan an extension safely or aim a repair at exactly the right spot.
Fantastic company. Farhad came to unblock our drains in Croydon. He arrived on time, was very polite and explained everything really well, then carried out a CCTV inspection to make sure everything was cleared.
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Inside your property boundary the drains are yours. The shared lateral drain in the road and the main public sewer are Thames Water's. If you are not sure which side of the line the blockage sits on, we check it on a CCTV survey before any paid repair.
The A23 has one of the longest runs of restaurants and takeaways in south London. Fat, oil and grease from commercial kitchens goes down the sink warm and sets solid in the sewer, and it is the single most common cause of blockages along the SW16 stretch.
No. We give you a price for the work before we start, so there is no separate call-out charge and no surprise when the job is done.
Yes. That is the whole of SW16 (Streatham, Streatham Common, Streatham Vale, Streatham Park and Furzedown) and SW2 (Streatham Hill), plus the SW12 edge towards Balham.
Often, yes. The old street trees along Streatham's Victorian roads send fine roots into the joints of clay pipes looking for water. Once they are in, wipes and grease catch on them until the pipe blocks. We cut the roots out with a high-pressure jet and can reline the pipe so they do not grow back.
We are based in south London and cover Streatham 24/7, usually with an engineer at your door within the hour for an emergency.
A slow drain today is a flooded one next week. Get a Streatham engineer out fast, with a clear price upfront and no call-out fee.
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