Blocked Drains and Drain Repairs in Baldock

Repairing a damaged drain

Drains fail in a few typical ways: a joint shifts and opens up, roots find their way in through a gap, or a section cracks or sinks under the ground. Clearing it only buys time, because waste keeps catching on the damage.

Depending on what's wrong, there are three ways to fix it. A patch repair seals one damaged spot from inside the pipe. Relining puts a new resin lining through the whole length, so it's a pipe within the old pipe. Replacing a section means digging down to it. Patch repairs and relining are done from inside, so in most cases your garden, patio or drive doesn't have to be dug up.

Drain Repairs & Relining

Why drains in Baldock’s old centre can be hard work

Baldock's centre still follows its medieval layout. Many of the buildings on the High Street, Whitehorse Street and Hitchin Street stand on long, narrow plots that run back from the street, some with yards behind that were once used by coaching inns and maltings. That can mean a long drain run from the back of a property to the sewer, with bends and joints along the way, and those are the places where a blockage catches or a root finds a gap. On a run like that, clearing the blockage is only half the job. A camera survey shows us where the trouble sits, so the fix goes in the right place.