Drain Repairs In Collingham

Before we quote, we confirm who owns the pipe. Shared and lateral drains in Collingham are normally Severn Trent 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.

Not every home in Collingham is on the mains sewer. The village's draft neighbourhood plan says properties are served by a combined sewerage system or, for a significant portion, by septic tanks, and it names leakage from septic tanks and cesspits as a risk to groundwater. If your home has a tank, the pipes to it and the outlet from it are yours to look after, and a cracked or root-filled run can leak for a long time before the tank itself shows any sign of trouble.

The ground under the village is a mix. The British Geological Survey maps Collingham on the Holme Pierrepont Sand and Gravel, one of the river terrace deposits of the Trent valley, laid over mudstone of the Mercia Mudstone Group. Pipes bedded in loose sand and gravel more often fail by settling, which leaves sagging lengths where water and solids sit and joints that slowly open, than by cracking along their length.

Much of the old village between High Street and Low Street is a conservation area, first designated in 1973, and the neighbourhood area has 2 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 63 Grade II listed buildings. The council's conservation area appraisal describes the village as built of traditional red brick and pantile. Historic plots there run east to west between the two streets, so drains from older properties can travel a long way before they reach the sewer. Relining from inside the pipe avoids lifting gardens, yards and old walls. Repairs start from £250 + VAT, quoted in writing after a CCTV survey.