Blocked drains in Dorset, cleared and repaired
Anytime Drain Solutions clears blocked drains, runs CCTV surveys and repairs broken pipes across Dorset, covering the BH conurbation and the DT postcodes out to the coast. From Bournemouth and Poole to Weymouth and Dorchester, we find out what is actually wrong before we quote.
- Same-day clearance somewhere in the county most days
- One crew covering BH and DT, Bournemouth to the coast
- Camera-led repairs on the clay and pitch-fibre Dorset runs on
- Septic tanks and soakaways out in the rural DT areas
One team for the whole county, so wherever you are in Dorset you get the same engineers and the same straight answer.
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Urgent drainage call-outs
Call us about blocked drains, flooding, surcharging gullies, or any drainage fault that cannot wait.
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A quick photo and your BH or DT postcode tells us where in the county you are and what we are likely walking into.
Engineers covering Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, Weymouth, Dorchester, Bridport, Wimborne, Ferndown, Verwood and the wider Dorset area.
What we get called out to across Dorset
Most days it is a drain that has gone and needs clearing now. The ones worth a second look are the drains that come back every few weeks.
The calls we get most across the county:
- the same run blocking every few weeks, usually a fault further down the line
- roots in the joints of older salt-glazed clay runs, common in the period and village housing
- toilets backing up or emptying slowly
- sinks, baths and showers that have slowed right down
- outside gullies and channels surcharging after heavy rain on the clay ground inland
- cracked, gone-oval pitch-fibre or collapsed sections losing their fall
- drain smells that keep coming back
- seafront cafes, holiday lets and managed village sites needing it sorted before the next changeover
If it keeps returning or jumps between outlets, the cause is usually further down the line and a one-off clear will not hold. That is the point we put a camera down before we quote.
Speak to a Drainage EngineerA recent Purbeck job: roots taking out the toilets on Kings Road
A homeowner on Kings Road in Swanage, out in the BH19 postcode, had toilets that kept backing up every few weeks. We ran a camera down and found tree roots pushing in through displaced clay joints on the old salt-glazed run, which is common in the period housing around Purbeck.
We cut the roots out and jetted the line clear, then lined the affected section from the inside so the joints could not let roots back in. No-dig, no garden dug up, and it came with our 10-year guarantee on the lining. Jobs like this usually land in the low thousands, and we quoted it before any work started.
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Drainage Services in Dorset
A rodded gully in Poole and a collapsed villa run near Dorchester are not the same call-out. We carry the kit for both, and decide between a clear, a survey, a repair, lining or planned upkeep once the camera shows what the line is doing.
Drain Clearing & Unblocking
Loo backing up in a Weymouth terrace, or a yard gully surcharging behind a Dorchester shop? We rod and jet it clear in one visit, then run the line so you are not calling us back next month.
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CCTV Drain Surveys
Half the surveys we do across Dorset are to settle one question: is the fault yours, the neighbour’s, or a Wessex Water shared run? We put the camera down, mark exactly where each fault sits, and you keep the footage. It is also the survey buyers ask for before they commit to an older Christchurch or Weymouth property.
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Drain Repairs
When the pipe itself has gone, clearing it again is money down the drain. Out on the heavier clay round Dorchester and inland Dorset, ground movement opens joints and the run loses its fall. We dig to that one length or repair it from inside, so the rest of your drive and garden stay where they are.
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Drain Lining & Patching
No-dig, every time we can. Plenty of the post-war estates round Weymouth and Bridport were plumbed in pitch-fibre that has since blistered and gone oval, and the older village runs are salt-glazed clay with joints that have let go. A resin liner cures inside either one and seals the lot from the inside, so a stone path or a tarmac drive stays put. Ten-year guarantee on the lining.
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Root Removal
In the older villages out across the Blackmore Vale and the wider rural patches, mature hedgerow and garden trees find any open clay joint and fill the pipe. Cutting the roots out only buys time. We clear them, camera the exact joint they came in through, and tell you straight whether it needs lining to keep them out for good.
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Drain Installation / Groundwork
Barn conversions and edge-of-village plots are a big part of rural Dorset, and a lot of them sit too far from a Wessex Water sewer to connect cleanly. We lay new runs and chambers, tie them into the main where it reaches, and where it does not we sort the right off-mains setup instead. Everything laid to fall and flow-tested before we backfill.
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Soakaway installations
On the heavy clay across much of inland Dorset, water just sits, and a soakaway that was never sized for that ground gives up fast. We dig a percolation test to see what the ground will actually take before we promise anything. If it passes, we build one to suit your roof and rainfall. If it does not, we tell you and look at where the water can go instead.
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Pre-Planned Drainage Maintenance
Dorset fills up over the summer and the drains feel it. We put holiday parks along the Jurassic Coast, Weymouth seafront kitchens and managed village lets on a booked-in jetting and camera schedule, so the blockage gets caught in the quiet months and not the week you are full.
Learn moreWhy Dorset customers call us first
We run out of Bournemouth and work the whole county, BH and DT, so one crew handles a blocked drain in Poole and a collapsed run out near Bridport. The engineer who clears it surveys it, quotes it and lines it if the pipe is the cause, with no second firm brought in halfway. We would rather find out why a Dorset drain keeps failing than book you back in every few months.
Customers call us when they want:
Request a drainage quote or call 0330 043 4305
Request a Dorset Drainage Quote 0330 043 4305
How our Dorset drainage service works
Same four steps wherever you are in the county. We look before we quote, and the crew that surveys it is the crew that fixes it.
Tell us
what’s wrong
Call or send a photo with your postcode, and say if it is urgent or a drain that keeps going.
We find
the cause
Rods, a jet or a CCTV survey, whichever the drain needs, so we work to the real cause not a guess.
We quote
the fix
You get the figure in writing first, whether it is a clear, a repair, lining or root work, before any cover comes off.
We clear or
repair the drain
We carry out the agreed job and run the line after, so you are not phoning back about the same drain.
What it costs, and how we price it
A rodded gully in BH and a lined run out in DT sit a long way apart on price, so a number down the phone would only be a guess. We size the job first, on the phone, off your photos or on site, then put the figure in writing before we lift a cover. The invoice matches the quote.
Most quotes are free, with no obligation.
Guaranteed work
Repair and lining work carries a 10-year guarantee. We are fully insured and the engineers are City & Guilds qualified.
What you get when you call us
What causes most blocked drains in Dorset
Across Dorset, most of the drains we get called to come down to the age of the pipe rather than the town. The Victorian and Edwardian terraces in the older parts of Bournemouth, Poole and Weymouth still run on the original salt-glazed clay. The joints shift as the ground moves, roots get into the gaps, and that is what keeps catching waste.
The post-war estates built across the county from the 1950s to the 1970s often have pitch-fibre pipe instead. It is past its design life and tends to blister and go oval, so once one length fails we usually find more nearby. Out in the rural DT areas, plenty of homes still run to a septic tank or an old soakaway that struggles in the wetter months.
We survey before we dig, so we only replace pipe that genuinely needs it and line the rest with no-dig CIPP. The public sewers across Dorset belong to Wessex Water, who is the sewerage undertaker for the county, and we tell you whether the fault sits on your private drain or their main before we start. Ofwat sets out who is responsible for which pipes.
When a Dorset drain is past lining and needs a section replaced, we excavate only the failed run, cut out the broken clay or pitch-fibre, and fit new pipe to the same line before backfilling. The photo below is one of our excavated pipe repairs on a Dorset job, where the old joint had failed and roots had taken hold. We reinstate the surface and leave the rest of the run untouched.
Dorset Drainage FAQs
Do you cover the whole of Dorset?
How much does it cost to unblock a drain in Dorset?
Who is responsible for a blocked drain, me or the water company?
What blocks drains in older Dorset homes?
Should I get a CCTV drain survey when buying a house in Dorset?
Can you help if the same drain has already been cleared but keeps failing?
What should I do if wastewater is coming back through a toilet or low outlet?
Do you work on drainage at rentals, shops and commercial sites across Dorset?
Can you repair damaged drains as well as unblock them?
Do you handle septic tanks and soakaways in rural Dorset?
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Areas we cover across Dorset
We cover the whole of Dorset, from the BH conurbation across to the DT postcodes and the coast. That takes in Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, Dorchester and Weymouth, along with Wimborne, Ferndown, Verwood, Bridport, Wareham, Swanage and the Purbeck villages.
We are usually on a job somewhere in the county the same day, and we also work across the border into Hampshire and Wiltshire.
Contact Anytime Drain Solutions About a Dorset Drainage Problem
Backed-up wastewater, a gully surcharging onto a Dorset driveway, or a drain that keeps failing after earlier work, tell us what is happening and we will work out the right next step with you.
Phone:
0330 043 4305
Email:
anytime.drain.solutions@gmail.com
It helps to know a few things up front: is the trouble inside the house or out in the garden, is it one outlet or several backing up together, has this same drain played up before, and has anyone already had a go at it.
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Expert Drainage Advice from Anytime Drain Solutions
Notes from the van across Dorset. What goes wrong in the old clay and pitch-fibre runs, when a drain is worth a survey, and how no-dig lining saves digging up the garden.
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