Local plumbing and drainage engineers across Daventry and surrounding areas. Send a request online and we pass it to a local engineer.
We help homes and businesses across Daventry 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 Daventry. In addition, local engineers can handle specialist work such as CCTV surveys and boiler servicing.
Our engineers cover Daventry and the wider Northamptonshire area. They attend homes and businesses across the town, while nearby streets and villages are covered too.
Daventry sits on a hill in west Northamptonshire. It began as a market town and grew fast from the 1960s as a London overspill town. Its mix of old and post-war homes shapes its plumbing and drains.
The old centre around Market Square, High Street and Sheaf Street has homes from the 17th century. They are built of local ironstone and limestone. Drains here are often old stone or clay, and cast iron soil stacks are near the end of their life.
Many homes date from the 1960s and 1970s. They have copper supply pipes, early plastic or cast iron stacks and concrete or clay drains. After 50 or 60 years, many of these need repair, and concrete drain pipes can crack or collapse.
Borough Hill rises above the town, so rain water runs off fast. Homes lower down can get strong flows in storms. The clay ground also moves with the seasons, and the very hard water scales up boilers and pipes.
A typical job on a 1960s estate in Daventry is sewage rising in the back garden after rain. A drain camera often shows cracks in an old concrete pipe, with tree roots and soil coming through. The fix is to dig out the failed section and fit modern plastic pipe with a new inspection chamber.
In short, concrete drains from the 1960s are now close to 60 years old. Replacing them before they fail saves cost and mess.
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Copper pipes can get pinhole leaks, and cast iron stacks can rust inside. Concrete drains can crack and collapse after 50 years or more. Therefore, a survey can spot parts that are close to failing.
Yes. Rain water runs off fast during storms, and homes on lower slopes can get strong flows from uphill. However, the slope helps drains flow, provided the pipes have enough fall. The main problem is clay soil, which moves and pushes pipe joints apart.
The water is very hard. Scale builds up in boilers, cylinders and pipes. As a result, a water softener and a yearly boiler service help to keep your system efficient.