Drain Repairs In Boston

Before we quote, we confirm who owns the pipe. Shared and lateral drains in Boston are normally Anglian Water's responsibility, so we won't ask you to pay for a repair that isn't yours. If the damaged section is yours, many buildings insurance policies cover accidental damage to underground pipes, and our report and photos support a claim — speak to your insurer before work starts.

Relining avoids digging up drives, patios and gardens, and suits pipes that are cracked, leaking or root-damaged but still broadly in shape. Where a pipe has collapsed, our groundworks team excavates, replaces the section and reinstates the ground. Find out more about no-dig drain relining.

Boston is built on soft, layered ground. Boreholes sunk beside the River Witham in the town found river silts, coastal marsh, tidal and marine deposits and freshwater fen, with prehistoric peat dating from 3300 to 2900 BC lying up to about eight metres below today's surface. This is recorded on Lincolnshire County Council's Heritage Explorer. Soft, layered ground like that can settle under load and move as its water content changes.

You can see the effects on the town's structures. The flood investigation for Wyberton West Road found that ageing flood walls along the South Forty Foot Drain had settled and their joints had failed. Buried pipes face the same forces. In ground like this a drain can develop a belly, where a length sinks and holds standing water, or a joint can open as one pipe drops below its neighbour.

That shapes the repair. Relining seals cracks and open joints from inside, but it follows the existing pipe, so a sunken section needs excavating and re-bedding. We survey first and quote in writing, with repairs starting from £250 + VAT.