Choose the symptom you recognise. Some problems are urgent, while others need careful diagnosis rather than another round of drain clearing.
Sewage in the shower
Outside gully overflowing
Toilet gurgles when bath empties
Washing machine floods sink
Toilet blocks again
Water escaping from manhole
Sewage smell in garden
Hole appearing in garden
Driveway sinking by drain
Drain blocks when it rainsSewage emergencies
Noises and smells
- Why Does My Toilet Gurgle When I Run the Bath?
- Why Does My Garden Smell of Sewage?
- Why Do Drains Smell Worse Before Rain?
- Why Is My Toilet Water Level Suddenly Lower?
- Why Does My Toilet Bubble When the Washing Machine Empties?
- Why Does My Bathroom Smell of Sewage Only at Night?
- Why Is My Drain Clear but Still Smelling?
- Why Does My Drain Make a Knocking Noise?
Recurring blockages
Underground damage
- Can a Broken Drain Cause a Sinkhole in My Garden?
- Why Is My Driveway Sinking Near a Drain?
- Can Tree Roots Enter a Drain Without Breaking It?
- Why Is There a Wet Patch in My Garden in Dry Weather?
- Can Rats Enter a House Through a Broken Drain?
- Can a Drain Collapse Without Warning?
- Can a CCTV Drain Survey Miss a Problem?
- Can Drain Jetting Damage Old Pipes?
- Is Drain Lining Better Than Digging Up the Pipe?