Commuter-town homes, older village houses and new developments: we clear the blockage and find the cause.
Haywards Heath is a busy commuter town, and the town itself is on mains drainage. Blocked drains here are mostly a matter of finding where the flow stops and clearing it. We are within easy reach of our yard in Copthorne, and our office is in Smallfield.
Much of the area sits on Weald clay, which drains slowly and moves with the seasons. Clay can shift joints in a drain, and roots follow the moisture into the gaps. Older houses, farms and converted barns often have drains that have been added to over the years, which makes the layout hard to guess.
In Lindfield, Cuckfield, Ardingly, Scaynes Hill and Horsted Keynes, many homes are on septic tanks, cesspits and treatment plants. Newer developments sometimes have pump stations. We clear pipes and look after tanks and pumps, with calls answered 24 hours a day.
What’s included
Finding the cause comes before choosing the method.
Chambers and gullies show where the flow ends, and so whether the pipe is yours or not.
Our jetting removes fat, silt, scale and paper and leaves the pipe wall clean.
Roots that have found a joint can be cut out and the pipe descaled.
Our Haywards Heath CCTV drain surveys show why a drain keeps blocking.
On newer developments we service pump stations, where a pump can be the real problem.
We empty septic tanks and service treatment plants in the villages.
In town the usual causes are fat, wipes, roots and ageing pipes. We find the blockage, clear it with jetting and tell you what we saw.
For restaurants and cafés we can empty the grease trap as well. Our drain unblocking page explains the process.
About drain unblocking
In the villages around Lindfield, Cuckfield and Ardingly, older homes often have systems that have been extended over time. A slow drain may be a blocked pipe or an old tank that no longer copes.
We can clear the pipework, empty the tank and look at the system. Our Haywards Heath septic tank page has more on tanks.
About septic tank emptying in Haywards HeathLocal to you
We clear drains in Haywards Heath, Lindfield, Cuckfield, Wivelsfield and Franklands Village, and in villages across Mid Sussex from Ardingly and Balcombe to Scaynes Hill and Horsted Keynes. Phone with your postcode if you are unsure. The full Haywards Heath area list has the rest.
Our yard is in Copthorne and our office in Smallfield.
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Tell us the problem and we will reply with a price and a date. If sewage is coming into the house, please phone.
Questions answered
If the pipe serves only your property and is inside the boundary, normally yes. Shared drains and pipes outside the boundary have been the water company’s since October 2011. We check which it is first.
Clay drains slowly and moves as it wets and dries. That can shift joints and let roots in, and drainage fields on clay need to be larger and are easily waterlogged.
It could be the water company, the developer, a management company or the residents. Your deeds or management company should know. If it is private, we can service it.
It could be, but it can also mean the tank is full or the old system is struggling. We can clear the pipes and look at the tank in one visit.
Yes. We clear drains and gullies and empty grease traps. Tell us your opening hours when you book.
No. A jetting hose goes in through a chamber or gully, and high-pressure water clears the blockage.
When a drain keeps blocking. The camera shows the cause and what repair, if any, it needs.
Got a different question? Call 03333 233566 or send us a message.
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