Blocked Drains
Help with blocked outside drains, gullies, inspection chambers and underground drain runs: found, cleared and explained.
Bournemouth is in our wider service area, so please get in touch with your postcode and details of the problem to check availability.
Problems we often see in Bournemouth
When customers in and around Bournemouth contact us about drain unblocking, these are some of the most common issues:
- Shared drains in converted flats
- Heavy use in hotels, guest houses and holiday lets
- Grease in restaurant and takeaway drains
- Older clay drains in Victorian and Edwardian properties
What usually causes them
- Wet wipes, sanitary products and kitchen roll flushed down toilets
- Fat, oil and grease poured down kitchen sinks, which hardens in the pipe
- Food waste, coffee grounds and rice collecting at bends
- Hair and soap residue in bathroom waste pipes
- Leaves, silt and debris washed into outside gullies
Drain Unblocking across Bournemouth
A large share of Bournemouth’s housing is flats, many in large Victorian and Edwardian villas that have been converted. In these buildings, one set of drains that was designed for a single household now serves several flats, and blockages in shared pipes are common. We can help residents and managing agents work out where the blockage is and clear it.
The town’s hotels, guest houses, restaurants and holiday lets put heavy and seasonal demands on drains. Fat from commercial kitchens and wipes from high-turnover accommodation are frequent causes of blockages.
Public sewers in the Bournemouth area are the responsibility of Wessex Water. If we find the blockage is in the public sewer, we will explain how to report it.
What Clear Drainage does
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.
- The blockage is traced to its source rather than just pushed further down the pipe.
- You are told what caused the problem in plain English, with practical advice on preventing it.
- Where a drain looks damaged, you can choose whether to investigate further with a CCTV survey.
- The method is matched to the drain, from simple rodding to high-pressure jetting.
When to call us
Get in touch if you notice any of the following at your Bournemouth property:
- Water rising in an outside gully or inspection chamber
- Sinks, baths or showers draining slowly or not at all
- Toilets filling higher than usual or slow to clear when flushed
- Gurgling from plugholes or the toilet after water drains elsewhere
- Unpleasant smells from drains, gullies or manhole covers
- Water or waste backing up at the lowest point in the property