Does Drain Maintenance Matter?

When you have had a blockage in your drain system and call a company like us in to sort it out, you may think the solution is solved — and on the face of it, it is. We have sorted out the blockage you called us out for, so you may be thinking that you don’t really need maintenance.

But the conditions that caused the blockage haven’t gone anywhere. Grease deposits, root intrusion, scale and silt build slowly. What looked like a one-off emergency is usually the visible tip of a much longer process. Regular maintenance catches build-up early, when a jet wash takes thirty minutes instead of a half-day excavation.

Think of drain maintenance like a car service. You wouldn’t run a car for 20 years without an MOT — the same logic applies to drainage. Spending a small amount on prevention every six or twelve months prevents the much bigger spend on an emergency call-out at 11pm on a Sunday.