Blocked Drains Folkestone
Blocked drain, sink, toilet or gully? We clear domestic and commercial blockages across Folkestone using rodding and high pressure jetting, usually on the same day you call.
Blocked drains are one of the most common calls we take, and the majority are cleared within the hour. We cover Folkestone and the surrounding area for both domestic and commercial drainage, seven days a week.
What we clear
Blocked sinks, baths and showers
Blocked toilets and soil stacks
Outside gullies and drains
Manholes that have surcharged and are standing full
Blocked downpipes and guttering
External drain runs out to the sewer connection
Commercial kitchen waste and grease traps
How we clear blockages
Rodding handles straightforward blockages within reach of an access point. It is quick, inexpensive and it is what most jobs need.
High pressure water jetting deals with anything rodding will not shift, including hardened fat, scale, silt and root ingress. Jetting scours the pipe wall rather than simply punching a hole through the blockage, which is the difference between a drain that flows again for a week and one that stays clear.
Why drains block
Fat and grease. It goes down the kitchen sink warm and liquid, cools inside the pipe run, and builds up in layers until nothing gets past.
Wet wipes. Whatever the packaging says, they do not break down. They are the single most common cause of blocked soil pipes we attend.
Root ingress. Older clay drains have a joint every few feet and tree roots find them. This is common in the older parts of Folkestone, Cheriton and Dover where mature trees sit close to the drain run.
Collapsed or displaced pipe. Ground movement, poor bedding, or a section crushed under vehicle weight on a driveway.
Silt and debris. Gullies that have not been cleared, particularly near the seafront where sand builds up steadily.
Our article on common causes of blocked drains and sinks /blog/common-causes-blocked-drains-sinks goes into this in more depth, and how to keep your drains flowing freely /blog/how-to-keep-your-drains-flowing-freely covers the everyday habits that prevent repeat problems.
A smell rather than a blockage
Drain smells with no blockage usually come from a dried out trap, trapped debris or a failed seal. Our guide on why does my sink drain smell /blog/why-does-my-sink-drain-smell works through the likely causes.
When clearing is not the answer
If a drain blocks repeatedly in the same place, there is a defect in the pipe. Rodding it every few months treats the symptom while the underlying problem gets worse and more expensive. A CCTV drain survey /services/cctv-drain-survey/ will show exactly what is wrong and where, and drain repair or relining /services/drain-repair-lining/ will resolve it permanently.
Whose drain is it
Since 2011, drain runs serving more than one property, and the section between your boundary and the public sewer, are the responsibility of Southern Water rather than the homeowner. Pipework inside your boundary serving only your property is yours.
That distinction decides who pays. If we attend and find the fault sits on Southern Water's section, we will tell you so you can report it to them at no cost, rather than paying us to repair their pipework.
We clear blocked drains across Folkestone, Cheriton /areas/plumber-cheriton/, Hythe /areas/plumber-hythe/, Dover /areas/plumber-dover/ and Dymchurch /areas/plumber-dymchurch/.
Call +44 7915 255984 for same day drain clearance.
