Standing water, gurgling pipes or a bad smell outside usually mean a blocked drain. We diagnose the real cause — not just the symptom — and clear it fast, then check the line with a camera if needed so it stays clear.
Blocked drains happen to almost every property eventually — fat and grease from kitchens, wet wipes and sanitary items, tree roots working into pipe joints, or simply years of silt building up. Whatever the cause, the result is the same: water that won't drain, unpleasant smells and the risk of waste backing up where you don't want it. Our blocked drain service diagnoses the real cause and clears it fast.
We work on everything from a single blocked sink to shared sewers and large commercial drainage systems. Where a blockage keeps coming back, we use a CCTV camera to find out why — because clearing the symptom without fixing the cause just means it returns. For homeowners, landlords, letting agents and businesses across Teesside and the North East, we provide a fast, fully insured, no-fuss service.
We identify whether the blockage is on your private drain or a shared/public sewer.
We clear it using high-pressure jetting and the right specialist method for the cause.
We camera-check the line where a blockage keeps recurring, to find any underlying damage.
We explain what we found and recommend any follow-up — with no pressure and no hidden costs.
Here's exactly what you get when you book with NE Drain Services:
£100–£200 — tell us the job and we'll price it up.
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Drains block for the same reasons up and down the country: fat, oil and grease from kitchens; wet wipes, nappies and sanitary items that don’t break down; a build-up of hair and soap; and tree roots that find their way into cracked joints in search of water. On shared and older systems, silt and scale gradually reduce the bore of the pipe until even normal use causes a backup. Heavy rain can also overwhelm a partially blocked drain, which is when many people first notice a problem.
The key with a recurring blocked drain is to treat the cause, not just the symptom. If clearing the drain only buys you a few weeks, there is usually something underlying — root ingress, a displaced joint, a collapsed section or a persistent fat build-up. That’s why we camera-check any drain that keeps blocking, so we can recommend the right permanent fix rather than charging you to clear the same blockage again and again.
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