Hilly ground, pump stations and village tanks: drains cleared by a firm a few miles along the A264.
East Grinstead is one of the closest towns to our yard in Copthorne, a short drive along the A264. When a drain blocks here, you are calling a local firm, not a national company sending someone from the other side of the county.
The town sits in the High Weald, on hilly ground of sandstone and clay. Where a house or small development sits below the level of the sewer, sewage has to be pumped up to it, so a lot of properties in the area depend on a pump station. If the problem is a pump station rather than a pipe, we service those as well.
Out in the villages, from Ashurst Wood and Forest Row to Sharpthorne and West Hoathly, plenty of homes are not on the mains at all. We clear the pipes, empty tanks and look after treatment plants, and our phones are answered 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
What’s included
We find the problem first, and then pick the right tool.
Looking in the chambers shows where the flow stops, and so which of the three is at fault.
Pressure from our jetting equipment breaks up fat, silt, scale and paper and cleans the pipe.
Where roots have taken hold in a joint, we cut them out and descale the pipe.
See our East Grinstead CCTV drain surveys for drains that keep blocking.
If the problem is a pump, we service pump stations and can respond to alarms.
We empty septic tanks and cesspits and service treatment plants around the town.
On sloping ground, a blocked drain and a failing pump can look the same from inside the house. We work out which it is, clear the pipe and look at the pump if that is the cause.
A pump station alarm is not something to leave. Our East Grinstead pump station page explains what to do and how we help.
About drain unblocking
Across the High Weald villages, many properties have a septic tank, cesspit or treatment plant. A slow drain there could be a blocked pipe or a tank that needs emptying.
We can clear the pipework, empty the tank and, if needed, arrange a septic tank survey. Our East Grinstead septic tank page has the detail.
About septic tank emptying in East GrinsteadLocal to you
We clear drains in East Grinstead, Imberhorne, Ashplats, Saint Hill and Dormans Park, and in the villages from Forest Row and Ashurst Wood to Sharpthorne, West Hoathly and Lingfield. Ring with your postcode if unsure. The full East Grinstead area list has the rest.
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Questions answered
It depends where the blockage is. Pipes serving only your home, inside your boundary, are normally yours. Shared drains and pipes outside the boundary have belonged to the water company since October 2011.
It might be a blockage or a pump fault. Cut back on water use straight away and do not open the panel or chamber, then phone us. Our East Grinstead pump station page has more.
The ground is hilly. Where a house or small development sits below the sewer, sewage has to be pumped uphill to reach it.
It could be, but it can also mean the tank needs emptying or the drainage field is struggling. We can look at the pipes and the tank on one visit.
No. We feed a jetting hose in through a chamber or gully, and the pressure breaks the blockage up and washes it away.
Yes. Roots follow moisture into pipe joints and then catch paper and fat. We can cut them out, and a camera shows how much damage they caused.
A CCTV survey shows why, whether that is roots, a cracked pipe or a joint that has moved.
Got a different question? Call 03333 233566 or send us a message.
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