Blocked Drains & Drain Unblocking In Ilkeston

In Ilkeston the public sewers belong to Severn Trent 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 Severn Trent on 0800 783 4444. 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 Ilkeston town centre, Cotmanhay, Kirk Hallam, Hallam Fields and the rest of DE7.

Ilkeston grew on coal mining, iron working and lace making, and its centre is still tightly built. The Erewash Borough Council appraisal of the town centre describes a dense grain of buildings with smaller residential terraces among the shops. That means shared yards, shared rear drain runs and plenty of places for a blockage to back up into someone else's gully.

Storm Babet showed another side of the problem. Derbyshire County Council's investigation found that Station Street, Wentworth Street and Digby Street sit lower than the rest of the area, with fields sloping down towards Digby Street. Residents complained that street gullies weren't clear, and there were reports of floodwater coming up through drains on Station Road. Hallam Fields sewage treatment works, about 2.5km to the south, was also hit when the Erewash overtopped.

Drains that have been underwater often hold silt and grit afterwards, even once the water has gone. We clear Ilkeston drains with rods or a jetter, depending on what's in the pipe, from £120 + VAT.