Drain Engineers in Sittingbourne for Fast Drain Unblocking
Toilet backing up, sink not draining or an outside drain overflowing? Our engineers clear blocked drains across Sittingbourne, Milton Regis and the ME9 and ME10 villages, day or night, and tell you what caused it before they leave.
Current response time as of : 1 to 3 hours
- 24/7, including weekends
- Price agreed before we start
- Covering ME9 and ME10
We unblock every drain in and around your Sittingbourne home or business
Blocked toilet
Rising water, slow flush or gurgling.
Call an engineerSink or kitchen drain
Fat, food and soap set hard in the pipe.
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Hair and soap build-up, draining slowly.
Call an engineerOutside drain or gully
Silt and leaves backing up after rain.
Call an engineerManhole overflowing
The main drain is blocked below it.
Call an engineerBad smell or not sure
Send a photo and we'll tell you.
WhatsApp a photoFrom your call to a clear drain
Call or WhatsApp
Tell us what's happening and where in Sittingbourne you are.
Engineer on the way
Our current response time across Sittingbourne is 1 to 3 hours.
Find it and clear it
Rods or jetting, suited to your pipe.
Check and explain
Camera check, and a quote before any repair.
Why drains block in Sittingbourne, and what we do about it
Sittingbourne sits on a run of dry valleys that fall north towards the Swale marshes. When heavy rain arrives, surface water heads downhill fast, and any gully or road drain that's already partly blocked can't take it. Kent County Council's flood investigation for the town found that several past flooding incidents started with blocked drains, with water coming off the road into homes set lower than the street.
That matters for your own drains too. A gully at the front of the house that's half full of silt and leaves will cope on a dry day and overflow in the first downpour. If yours backs up after rain, it's worth having it jetted before the next storm rather than after.
A long record of blocked-drain flooding
Kent County Council's report lists flooding reported in Sittingbourne in November 2009, January 2011, January and March 2014 and August 2018, each time with blocked drains leaving water on the road and running into homes that sit below street level. The same streets tend to be hit again, so if yours is one of them, a clear gully is your first line of defence.
Older terraces and newer estates
The town has both. Older terraced streets around the centre and Milton Regis often have clay pipes and drain runs shared between neighbours, where roots and joint displacement cause repeat blockages. Newer estates in places like Kemsley and Iwade have plastic pipes, where the usual cause is wipes, fat and building debris. We'll tell you which you've got and whether the blockage is yours or the sewer's.
Is it your drain or Southern Water's?
Southern Water is responsible for public sewers in Sittingbourne, including most pipes shared with a neighbour. A drain that serves only your property, within your boundary, is usually yours. If we find the blockage is on the public side, we'll tell you and you can report it to them, so you don't pay for work that isn't yours.
Source: Kent County Council, Section 19 Flood Investigation Report for Sittingbourne.
Areas we cover around Sittingbourne
Postcodes ME9 and ME10, including:
- Sittingbourne town centre
- Milton Regis
- Kemsley
- Murston
- Iwade
- Bapchild
- Borden
- Bredgar
- Rodmersham
- Teynham
- Newington
- Upchurch
Not on the list? Call 0800 141 3599 and we'll check.
Close by, day and night
Our base at Bredhurst, near Chatham, is a short run along the M2 and A249 into Sittingbourne, so engineers working across Medway and Swale can get to you quickly, including out of hours.
Drain unblocking for Sittingbourne homes, landlords and businesses
Homeowners
From terraces in Milton Regis to new homes in Kemsley and Iwade. Cleared, explained and priced before we start.
Landlords and letting agents
We arrange access with your Sittingbourne tenants and send you a report with photos.
Businesses
Shops, kitchens and industrial units, including the business parks around the town. Out-of-hours visits keep you trading, and planned drain maintenance stops repeat call-outs.
Why does my outside drain overflow after heavy rain?
Sittingbourne's dry valleys send surface water downhill quickly, and a gully that's part full of silt or leaves can't take the extra flow. We jet the gully and the pipe behind it, then check with a camera that it's running freely.
Do you cover the villages around Sittingbourne?
Yes. As well as the town, Milton Regis and Kemsley, we cover the ME9 villages including Iwade, Bapchild, Borden, Bredgar, Rodmersham, Teynham, Newington and Upchurch.
Can you tell if my drain is shared with my neighbours?
Yes. In the older terraced streets many houses share a run before it joins the sewer. A CCTV survey shows where your pipe goes and where the blockage is, which decides whose job it is to fix.
My house is lower than the road. Is that why my drain floods?
It can be. The council's report describes exactly that: water from blocked road drains running into homes set below the street. Keeping your own gullies and channel drains clear helps, and we can check whether your drain is running freely to the sewer.
Do you clear drains for businesses on the Eurolink estates?
Yes. We clear blocked kitchen drains, toilets and yard gullies for units across Eurolink and Sittingbourne's other business parks, out of hours if that keeps you working.
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Blocked drain in Sittingbourne right now?
Call, WhatsApp or book online. An engineer can be with you anywhere in Sittingbourne in 1 to 3 hours.