Blocked Drains & Drain Unblocking In Chesterfield

In Chesterfield the public sewers belong to Yorkshire Water. If the blockage is in a pipe you share with a neighbour, or beyond your boundary, it's normally the water company's to clear — call Yorkshire Water on 0345 1 24 24 24. If it's in a drain that serves only your property, it's yours, and that's where we come in. Our engineer finds the blockage first and tells you whose it is before any work starts.

Water pooling around a road gully outside? Road drains are Derbyshire County Council's responsibility — report it to the council. We clear private gullies, channels and manholes anywhere in Chesterfield town centre, Brampton, Newbold, Whittington Moor and the rest of S40 and S41.

Yorkshire Water looks after Chesterfield's sewers, and it says nearly half of the blockages it deals with are caused by wipes, including the ones sold as biodegradable. Fat is the other big cause. Yorkshire Water points out that liquid fat and oil turn solid in the pipe even if you wash them down with boiling water or washing-up liquid. The largest fatberg it has found so far weighed 1.5 tonnes.

Not every backed-up drain is blocked, though. During Storm Babet in October 2023, Derbyshire County Council's investigation found evidence that sewers were overwhelmed in parts of central Chesterfield. Water surcharged from a manhole on the A617 at Horns Bridge, where a sewer runs beneath the railway embankment and has a history of being overwhelmed. Residents also reported sewage at two apartment blocks on Camlough Walk. In all, 49 homes and 30 businesses flooded internally in the central area.

So before we clear anything in Chesterfield, we lift the inspection chamber and check which way the water is standing. If it's your pipe that's blocked, we clear it and show you the cause. Clearing a blocked drain in Chesterfield costs from £120 + VAT.