Solutions To Your Drainage Problems
If you get home and find out that you have a blocked drain then the there is always a cause for this problem. The first thing you need to do to save you time and money is to get a professional in to unblock the drain and then do a CCTV drain camera survey to find out what and where the problem is. Next we need to find the most suitable way to fix the problem that the CCTV survey has shown if any of course as sometimes things like wet wipes can block drains. Assuming the drain report has shown a problem we then need to work out how to fix it i.e if its collapsed it will have to be excavated , if it has root intrusion they will have to be cut out then patched and if it is grease or fat it will have to be cleaned with a high pressure water jetter
Root intrusion in to the drainage system always and up with the same result a blockage and when left to get out of control can even cause your pipe to collapse. If you think you have this problem again get a cctv drain camera survey to check .If there are roots the survey will pin point where the roots are. Next a drainage professional will cut the roots out the the aid of a root cutter on the end of a high pressure water jetting hose which will gently cut the intruding roots out. Then they should really patch the affected area to stop the roots grow back. You dont have to do this but it is really false economy as in a few months the roots will grow back and your drain will block again
Often due to age or heavy objects placed or rolled over a drainage system problems can arise. These sort of things can cause a collapse, crack or deformity ( the pipe to become oval due to heavy weight placed on top ). Sometimes due to ground movement pipes can part slightly causing an open joint which will allow solids to trap and then back up ending up in a blockage. I have also seen intruding connections to pipes which is basically when a ground worker cuts into a main line to connect a pipe and the pipe drops to far into the main causing an obstruction
Sometimes by accident objects find their way down a drain. For example bricks and rubble, toilet fresheners , drain rods and I have even heard of a large national drainage company helping the fire service retrieve a puppy from a drain by pushing it along to the next man hole with one of their drain CCTV push rod cameras. These obstructions obviously have to be removed and can normally be done with a high pressure water jetter
If you have a piece of pipe missing or have cut out roots while excavating is still necessary in some cases you can now also use No Dig Technology! This is when we can fix the problem from within the pipe without the mess and stress for the customer of having their garden or patio dug up! We use a product which is basically a two foot piece of matting which is coated in resin and wrapped around an inflatable packer and inflated in the pipe at the affected area and left to set for two hours. Once set the packer is removed leaving a perfect patch covering the old drain problem covered. Whenever a No Dig Repair is possible it will always be cheaper than digging up the pipe to make the repair
When drain has collapsed you cant get a packer into the affected area to patch the break so unfortunately you have to dig down to expose the broken pipe , then cut the break out and put new pipe in using collars to hold it in place. I always find the easiest method is to use a slip collar which slides over the new pipe before fitting the when fitted slides over covering the old and new pipe held in place by its rubber seals. Then we cover the new piece of pipe with fine shingle stone and fill back in the trench and reinsstate the surface so as if nothing has been done
Issues with your sewer system? Lee Davidson manges a drain cleaning bridgend business. For assistance with all aspets of high pressure water jetting give Elite Pipeline a ring Get a totally unique version of this article from our article submission service
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