Local plumbing and drainage engineers across Brackley and surrounding areas. Send a request online and we pass it to a local engineer.
We help homes and businesses across Brackley with blocked drains, leaks and boiler work. Send a request online and we pass it to a local engineer. Because every job is different, the engineer talks through the work with you before it starts.
We cover the common plumbing and drainage needs in Brackley. In addition, local engineers can handle specialist work such as CCTV surveys and boiler servicing.
Our engineers cover Brackley and the wider Northamptonshire area. They attend homes and businesses across the town, while nearby streets and villages are covered too.
Brackley is a small market town in the south of Northamptonshire. It was once a coaching stop on the road between London and the Midlands. Today its homes range from old stone cottages to modern estates.
The Old Town around St Peter's Church and the High Street has stone homes, some from the 17th century. Their floors are low, their walls are thick and their drains have been changed many times. Soil pipes often run with little fall, and some join the sewer under a neighbour's property.
The ground here is limestone over clay, so water can build up in low areas. Homes near St James' Lake can see high groundwater under the floor. The limestone also makes the water very hard, which means scale builds up fast.
Newer estates have spread to the south and west of the town. They have modern drains, but they share the same hard water and clay. Some edge-of-town homes sit near farmland, and field drains can add extra water in wet spells.
A typical job on Brackley High Street is a 17th-century cottage with repeat blockages and a damp smell. A survey often finds a stone floor below outside ground level and a soil pipe with almost no fall. The fix is to re-lay the drain with a better slope, fit modern pipe and add an access point.
In short, old stone cottages often have drains laid with too little fall. Re-grading them can end the repeat blockages.
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Many Old Town cottages were built straight onto the ground with little damp-proofing. Their drains sit low and may have very little fall. As a result, damp can rise through the stone, and weak drains let water in, so better falls and a damp-proof course often help.
Yes, it is very hard because it comes from limestone rock. Scale forms in pipes, boilers, cylinders and appliances. Therefore, a water softener and a yearly boiler service can help your system last longer.
Modern estates have up-to-date plumbing, but hard water still causes scale from the first year. The clay ground can also move and affect outside drains. Additionally, some edge-of-town homes get extra water from nearby fields, so occasional drain checks are wise.