Emergency drain clearance from engineers on the road 24/7 across DA11, DA12 and DA13 and the villages around Gravesend. Most blockages cleared inside the hour — and if we can't fix it, you don't pay.
Four details is all we need. No obligation, no call out charge.
If wastewater is backing up into the property, call us first — then follow these steps to limit the damage.
Call our emergency lineFrom a slow kitchen sink to collapsed pipework under the drive, engineers covering Gravesend arrive with jetting units, rods and camera kit on board — so the problem gets diagnosed and cleared in the same visit wherever possible.
Internal blockages cleared with rodding and electro-mechanical kit, then the branch checked beyond the fixture.
Kitchen & bathroom unblocking →Gullies, waste stacks, manholes and underground runs that stand full or overflow after rain.
Outdoor unblocking →Camera footage that locates cracks, root intrusion and collapses, with a plain-English report.
CCTV surveys →Scours fat, silt and scale off the pipe wall so the drain stays clear for far longer than rodding alone.
Water jetting →No-dig patch liners and localised repairs for damaged pipework — no excavating the drive or patio.
Repairs & patchlining →Hard water scale descaled from pipework and urinals to restore flow and remove odours.
Limescale cleaning →No automated queues and no vague arrival windows. You speak to someone who knows the Gravesend patch and can tell you when an engineer will be with you.
You'll be told the price before work starts, shown what caused the blockage, and if we can't clear it there's nothing to pay.
Call, WhatsApp or send the quote form with your postcode and which fixtures are affected. We will give you a price and an arrival time on that first call.
Your engineer checks the chambers and the affected runs to work out exactly where the restriction is, using a camera if the cause is not obvious.
We clear the drain, flow-test it, show you what caused it, and flag anything in the pipework that could cause it to happen again.
I never write reviews but I had to for this one. Blocked sink and toilet — a lovely polite man came and unblocked everything in just an hour. Very happy!
Got there really quick and fixed my drain in under 30 minutes. The lads were efficient and personable. Amazing service, would definitely recommend.
Honest company and same day service. Sorted everything out quickly. Highly recommend this company to others.
A blocked drain in Gravesend usually shows itself at the worst moment: a kitchen sink that backs up mid-wash, a toilet that will not clear, or an outside gully that pools and smells after rain. Underneath, the cause is the same — something is restricting flow between your fixture and the sewer. Our job is to locate exactly where the restriction sits, clear it without damaging the pipe, and tell you plainly whether the line itself needs work rather than just another rod through next month.
We cover Gravesend and the surrounding North Kent area as part of Blockage Busters, a family run drainage company with more than thirty years of experience across the South East. In practice that means an engineer arriving with a fully stocked van — high pressure water jetting, HD CCTV survey kit, electro-mechanical rodding and no-dig patch lining — to a town whose ground conditions and older pipework give drainage a particular character worth understanding before anyone starts work.
Every call out across Gravesend arrives with jetting, rodding and camera equipment on board — so most jobs are diagnosed and cleared on the first visit, with no return trip for parts.
Gravesend sits on the North Kent chalk, and that geology matters more to your drains than most people expect. Chalk is free-draining, so surface water soaks away readily rather than sitting in the ground the way it does on the heavy clays further inland. The trade-off is that chalk is soluble: over long periods water moving through it can open up voids and solution features, and the ground above can settle unevenly as a result. Buried drainage does not like that differential movement. A run of pipe laid straight and true can be nudged out of line as the ground beneath it shifts, and it is the joints that feel it first — a slight settlement leaves a step, a dropped invert or a displaced socket that then catches wipes, grease and debris until the line blocks. It is why a drain here can run cleanly for years and then start blocking for no obvious reason: the pipe has not changed its habits, the ground under it has.
Closer to the town centre and the older riverside streets, much of the network is Victorian or early twentieth century. That pipework was well built for its day, but jointed vitrified clay laid a century or more ago is working long past its design life. Age brings the familiar faults — roots finding a way into a joint, mortar collars perishing, cracked haunches and dropped inverts — and on an older shared network a single defect can affect flow for more than one property. We start at the chambers rather than the plughole precisely because the older layouts are not always where you would expect, and because reading the levels between manholes tells us whether we are dealing with a simple soft blockage or a structural fault that rodding will never cure.
Chalk changes how surface water drainage behaves too. Soakaways can work well on free-draining ground, but they depend on the surrounding chalk actually taking the water, and a soakaway that has silted up, been dug too shallow, or been overwhelmed by roof water will surcharge and back up toward the house. If a gully or a yard drain floods in heavy rain while the foul side runs fine, the problem is usually on the surface water route, not the sewer, and the two want treating differently. We check which system is affected before recommending anything, so you are not paying to jet a foul drain that was never the issue.
Some drainage problems can wait for a morning slot; others cannot. If wastewater is rising through a shower or toilet, if several fixtures have stopped together, or if a chamber is surcharging near a doorway, that needs attention before it reaches floors and cavities. Our emergency line is answered by a real person around the clock, weekends and bank holidays included, and we aim to have an engineer covering Gravesend and nearby Northfleet, Swanscombe, Istead Rise, Meopham, Higham or Chalk with you within the hour for genuine emergencies. We work for homeowners, tenants, landlords, letting agents and the shops and units around the town centre and riverside; agents can be invoiced directly and we will liaise with tenants over access.
Local engineers on call across Gravesend 24 hours a day, including weekends and bank holidays.
If we can't clear it you don't pay. Rated 4.9 out of 5 by customers across the South East.
Quoted before we start, no call out fee, and all major cards accepted at the door.
Our engineers work across DA11 to DA13 and the neighbouring villages and towns, usually within the hour:
Not listed? We almost certainly still cover you — call 07379 424 891 with your postcode and we'll confirm straight away.
For genuine emergencies in Gravesend we aim to have an engineer with you within the hour, and we answer the phone 24 hours a day including weekends and bank holidays. Actual timings depend on traffic, your postcode and engineer availability, so call with your location and a description of the problem and we will give you a realistic arrival time rather than a vague window.
Every job is quoted before any work starts, and there is never a call out fee. The price depends on where the blockage is, how it needs to be cleared and whether access is straightforward, so the fastest way to get an accurate figure is to describe the symptoms over the phone. Our no fix no fee guarantee means if we cannot clear the blockage, you pay nothing at all.
We are a 24 hour drainage company and we quote on the job, not the clock. You will be told the price before the engineer starts, so there are no surprise out-of-hours surcharges added afterwards.
As a general rule you are responsible for the drains within your property boundary, while shared lateral drains and public sewers beyond it are usually the water company's responsibility. A quick inspection of the chambers tells us which side of that line the problem sits on, and we will tell you honestly if it is a matter for your water provider instead of charging you for work you do not need.
A blockage that returns normally means the pipework has a defect catching waste — a cracked section, a displaced joint, root intrusion or heavy scale. Clearing it repeatedly treats the symptom. A CCTV drain survey shows exactly what and where the defect is, and many can then be repaired with a patch liner without digging up the garden or driveway.
On the North Kent chalk, ground movement is a common reason. Chalk is soluble and free-draining, and over time the ground beneath a drain can settle unevenly, nudging a length of pipe out of line. That leaves a small step at a joint or a dropped invert, and once there is a lip the line starts catching grease and wipes where it never used to. Rodding clears the symptom but the snag point stays, so it returns. A short CCTV survey shows exactly which joint has moved, and a no-dig patch liner can usually reseal it without excavation.
Older Gravesend properties often connect to Victorian jointed clay drainage, and after a century that pipework is well past its design life. It is normally the joints that fail first — roots work in, mortar collars perish, and inverts drop — rather than the pipe barrels themselves. That does not mean wholesale replacement. A CCTV survey lets us see the condition, grade the defects and target only what actually needs attention, and many faults on these older lines can be sealed from inside with a patch liner, keeping paths, floors and the road undisturbed.
Our team answers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Free quote, no call out fee, and no fix no fee on every job in Gravesend.