Drain Repairs In Loughborough

Before we quote, we confirm who owns the pipe. Shared and lateral drains in Loughborough 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.

Loughborough sits where two very different kinds of ground meet. To the west and south-west, Charnwood Forest is made of some of the oldest rocks in Britain: late Precambrian volcanic rocks, according to the British Geological Survey, which crop out at places like the Outwoods. The town itself stands mostly on soft Mercia Mudstone, with sand, gravel and alluvium along the Soar.

That matters for repairs. The BGS notes that naturally occurring sulphates in these Triassic rocks can attack concrete, which is worth remembering where older concrete pipes, manhole bases or benching are involved. It also flags gypsum dissolution as a potential hazard where the gypsum-bearing Cropwell Bishop Formation crops out in the district, because dissolving gypsum can leave cavities.

Where rock is near the surface, digging is slow and costly, so no-dig lining is usually the first option we look at. Where a pipe has sunk because the ground beneath it has moved, the ground has to be dealt with before a liner will last. Every repair is priced from the survey footage, starting from £250 + VAT.