Internal drain unblocking clears the waste pipes inside your home, from sinks and baths to where they leave the building. Hair, soap, food waste, grease, and wet wipes cause most blockages. However, these pipes run through walls and floors, so they are not always easy to reach. Our engineers use hand rods, powered drain snakes, and micro-jetting, backed up by a compact camera, and we work carefully around your fixtures.
Before you send a request, our guide 7 Warning Signs You Have a Blocked Drain explains what to look for and what your options are. It also covers the questions we usually ask when you get in touch.
We check which fixtures are affected to see whether the blockage sits in a single trap. However, it could instead sit in a shared pipe section that serves several appliances.
We clear the blockage using drain rods, a powered snake, or micro-jetting. For traps right beneath a fixture, we may remove and clean the trap itself.
We flush the cleared pipe with running water from every connected fixture at once. This confirms no further blockage sits along the run.
We refit any access panels or traps and wipe down surfaces. We still check every connected fixture drains freely before we finish.
Internal drain unblocking costs depend on the type of blockage, since a simple single-fixture job, like a clogged sink trap, costs less than a shared pipe run needing a camera check. We always confirm the price before we begin. Request a quote online to find out what your job involves.
When more than one fixture blocks at the same time, the blockage almost always sits in a shared waste pipe or the underground drain, rather than in single traps. This is common in older homes, where several fixtures connect to one pipe run before it leaves the building.
Yes. A blocked internal drain can let water leak from pipe joints, or back up through fixtures. Slow leaks like this can damage plaster, flooring, and joinery over time, so fixing a blockage early keeps this risk to a minimum.
In most cases, no. We reach internal drains through existing access points — trap fittings, clean-out plugs, and outside inspection chambers. On the rare occasion pipes are hard to reach, we talk through access options with you first.