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Local Barnstaple drainage engineers covering South Molton. Blocked drains, high-pressure jetting, CCTV surveys and drain repairs, with a clear price agreed before we lift a cover.
South Molton sits about 12 miles east of central Barnstaple in EX36, and it takes us roughly 20 to 25 minutes down the A361 to reach you. It's a proper market town with a mix of older stone-built terraces in the centre, some 1970s and 1980s semis on the edges, and a handful of newer estate builds further out. We get called in for blocked drains, collapsed pipes and slow-draining properties fairly regularly, particularly on the older streets where the pipework hasn't been touched in decades.
The town centre properties sit on older clay pipe systems, and shared sewer arrangements are common on the tighter terraced streets. Tree roots are a persistent problem where mature trees line the older roads, working into pipe joints over time. The newer housing on the outskirts tends to be more straightforward, but the low-lying ground around the town can mean surface water backs up quickly in heavy rain. We come in on the A361 from Barnstaple, which keeps the journey predictable. Honestly, the clay pipe stock here causes more repeat callouts than anywhere else in our patch.
Most common South Molton jobs
- Clearing root ingress from clay pipes on older terraced streets
- CCTV surveys on shared sewer runs where neighbouring properties are both backing up
- Blocked outside drains and gullies after heavy rainfall causes surface water to overwhelm the system
- Tracing collapsed pipe sections on 1970s semi-detached properties
- Drain relining where digging up a clay run isn't practical in a tight town-centre yard
- Unblocking kitchen and bathroom waste pipes on older rental and commercial premises near the town centre
Services we run from South Molton
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Tell us what's blocked or backing up, and we'll give you a clear price for the likely job, no call-out fee, plus a realistic ETA, before we hang up.
South Molton FAQ
Shared private sewers, which are common on South Molton's older terraced streets, are generally the joint responsibility of the properties that use them up to the point they connect to the public sewer. After October 2011 most shared sewers transferred to South West Water, but the private section between your properties may still be on you both. We can run a CCTV survey to show exactly where the blockage is and who's liable before anyone starts arguing about the bill.