Blocked Drains and Drainage in Leatherhead

Clearing Blocked Drains in Leatherhead

Monster Drainage Limited clears blocked drains in Leatherhead for homes, landlords and businesses across KT22. From a kitchen sink that will not empty to an outside drain spilling across the patio, our engineers trace the blockage, clear it and test the whole system before they go. We look after the villages around the town too, and our phone is answered 24/7.

Which Drain Is Blocked?

The fixtures that stop working tell you a lot. If only the kitchen sink is slow, the problem is usually in the short waste pipe from that sink, often a plug of grease. If the downstairs toilet, the shower and the sink all back up together, the trouble lies lower down, in the shared run that serves every fixture.

Outside, look at the inspection chambers. A chamber full of standing water means the blockage is downstream of it; an empty one means it is upstream. You do not need to lift the covers yourself, but telling us what you have noticed helps the engineer arrive ready.


Clearing the Drain and Checking It Stays Clear

Depending on what we find, we use rods for a simple blockage or high pressure water jetting where fat, scale or silt has built up along the pipe. Jetting cleans the walls of the drain as well as breaking through the blockage itself. When the water is running again, we test each sink, bath and toilet on the line, and if the pipe looks damaged we can put a camera down it.

The River Mole and a High Water Table

Leatherhead grew up on the River Mole, at the northern end of the gap in the chalk hills that the Mole has worn down over a very long time. Here the chalk of the Downs dips beneath London Clay, so the water table is high and springs rise along the boundary between the two. The spring fed Fetcham Mill Pond, on the far bank from the town centre, is one example.

Upstream, the river collects run off from wide stretches of clay farmland and towns, and its level can climb within hours of a storm. When the river and the ground around it are full, surface water has fewer places to go.

Blocked Drains After Heavy Rain

A gully, downpipe or soakaway that seems fine all summer can be overwhelmed by a wet week, and the rain brings silt with it that settles in the pipe. If your outside drain overflows only after a downpour, the cause may be a part blockage, a full soakaway or simply a lot of water arriving at once. We clear what is in the pipe and tell you honestly which of those it looks like.

Our Other Leatherhead Pages

For a particular service in the town, these pages go into more detail:

Villages Around Leatherhead

Our engineers work in the villages that surround Leatherhead as well as in the town. Cross the Mole westwards and you are in Fetcham, with Bookham beyond it; Ashtead lies north east, towards Epsom. Each has its own mix of older and newer homes, and the same drain problems turn up in all of them.


Kitchens, Wipes and Everyday Causes

Day to day, most blockages come from what goes down the sink and the toilet. Cooking fat hardens in the pipe, wet wipes and cotton buds catch on joints, and hair and soap gather in shower wastes. Outside, gullies collect leaves and grit. A bin for wipes and a strainer in the sink go a long way.


Clear Prices and the Right Equipment

Every job is quoted clearly before work starts, with honest pricing and no hidden charges. Our engineers carry jetting equipment and CCTV cameras, and after a CCTV drain survey you receive a written record that is handy for the house file or an insurer.

Leatherhead Drain Questions

Yes. We cover Leatherhead and the villages around it, including Fetcham, Ashtead and Bookham. If you are unsure whether we reach your road, ring and check.

Rain washes leaves, grit and silt into gullies and rainwater pipes, and saturated ground means soakaways empty slowly. A drain that is already part blocked will be the first to overflow, so clearing it before the wettest months helps.

As a general rule, a drain that serves only your property and stays within your boundary is yours to look after. Where it is shared with a neighbour or runs beyond your boundary, it has usually been the water company's responsibility since October 2011. We can locate the blockage and explain which side of that line it falls.

Yes. Ring 08006 546213 whatever the hour. Until the engineer gets there, avoid flushing, running taps or using the washing machine, as each of these sends more water towards the blockage.

Book a Visit in Leatherhead

For a blocked drain in Leatherhead, call 08006 546213. You can also email info@monsterdrainage.co.uk or request an online estimate. Say which drains are affected and whether the trouble began after rain, and we will plan the visit from there.