Wickham is at the far eastern edge of the patch, and the work there tends to be older runs around the Square. Drain clearance, CCTV surveys, jetting, gullies and repairs in Wickham, with the camera down the run so you see what we found.
Wickham has an old core with genuinely old drainage under it, brick chambers and salt-glazed clay runs that have been altered several times over the years, surrounded by newer housing on modern plastic, so what is under the ground is rarely what the plan says it is. In practice most of what we are called out to in Wickham is blocked drains, with everything else on the list available alongside it.
Outside drains, chambers and soil stacks cleared, inside or out.
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Rodded, jetted and flushing again before we pack up.
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Camera down the run, recorded, so you see what we see.
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Fat, silt and scale washed off the pipe wall.
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Yard, alley and driveway drains dug out and running.
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Cracked, collapsed and displaced pipe located, dug and put right.
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Standing water and silt lifted out, floors left dry.
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Out to you any hour when it will not wait.
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Shops, pubs, offices and lettings kept open and trading.
Read moreAcross Wickham (PO17) it is mostly blocked drains, older village runs, private drainage, surveys and repairs, along with the emergency callouts that go with all of it. Wickham has an old core with genuinely old drainage under it, brick chambers and salt-glazed clay runs that have been altered several times over the years, surrounded by newer housing on modern plastic, so what is under the ground is rarely what the plan says it is. Every job starts with the covers coming up and a look at which chambers are holding water, rather than a price guessed over the phone.
No. Wickham is about 9 miles from the Southampton base, well inside the daily patch, so travel is in the price and an emergency callout there is a normal run rather than a special trip.
Yes. Wickham is at the far eastern edge of the patch, and the work there tends to be older runs around the Square. Ring and we will tell you what we normally find in the drainage around Square and what your job is likely to involve before anyone gets in the van.
It does, and mainly through age. A good deal of central Wickham is on brick chambers and salt-glazed clay laid a very long time ago, altered whenever somebody extended, and not always recorded. Clay is fine while it is intact but the joints open, roots find them and sections drop. That is why we would put a camera down before digging anything in a town centre property here, rather than after. Newer housing around the edges is ordinary modern pipework and much more predictable.
Yes, and in Wickham it is often the thing worth doing first. The camera runs chamber to chamber with the depth and distance on screen, and you get the recording along with a plain account of what was found and where. That matters when somebody else has to act on it: an insurer, a buyer's solicitor, a landlord or the water company all want evidence rather than a description.
Wickham is around 9 miles from the Southampton base, so an emergency callout there is usually well inside a couple of hours and frequently a good deal quicker. The line is answered at night, at weekends and on bank holidays, and you get a realistic time on the phone rather than an optimistic one.
Call and we will tell you what it is likely to be before we set off.
Send a few details and we will come back with a price. If it is an emergency, ring instead and we will get to you quicker.