
CCTV Drain Survey
Camera inspections for homes, small businesses and small sites — footage and a written report you can act on.
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Victorian laterals and 1930s estates fail differently. A rod from the manhole does not tell you which you have. High Barnet, New Barnet, the A1000 corridor and the streets toward Totteridge. Victorian laterals and 1930s estates fail differently. A rod from the manhole does not tell you which you have.
Drain 247 covers Barnet for CCTV drain survey, drain repair and drain unblocking — from High Barnet, New Barnet, the A1000 corridor and the streets toward Totteridge.
Tell us the postcode. Same-day in Barnet is usual; we will give you a realistic arrival window from Watford rather than pretending we are round the corner. There is no call-out fee. The figure we quote before anyone leaves Clarendon Road is the figure on the invoice.
Victorian laterals and 1930s estates fail differently. A rod from the manhole does not tell you which you have.
High Barnet, New Barnet, the A1000 corridor and the streets toward Totteridge. Victorian laterals and 1930s estates fail differently. A rod from the manhole does not tell you which you have.
Tell us the postcode. Same-day in Barnet is usual; we will give you a realistic arrival window from Watford rather than pretending we are round the corner.
No call-out fee. Night and Sunday cost the same as Tuesday morning. The quote does not change on the doorstep.
If it is a repeat, we survey. Footage and a written note, not a shrug and another rod.
This town sits on Victorian laterals, 1930s clay, and fat and scale on the high-street runs. We match the method to that pipe, not a standard head down every run.
Patch lining and CIPP where the barrel can take it. We excavate in Barnet only when lining will not restore the pipe.
Call with the postcode and what you are seeing — overflowing gully, gurgling WC, smell, or a survey for a sale or an extension. We tell you whether a van, a camera or a tanker is the right plant, when it can be there, and what it will cost.
Most of Barnet is EN4–EN5. If you are just outside that, say so. We still cover the towns around it: Potters Bar, Edgware and Enfield.

Quoted as the job actually is in Barnet — not as a package you do not need.
Toilets, sinks, gullies, manholes and outdoor drains in Barnet. Most domestic blockages are cleared on the first visit.
If it keeps coming back, we camera the line. You get the footage and a report you can act on — or show a buyer, insurer or building control.
High-pressure water that scours fat, silt and scale off the wall, not a hole punched through a blockage that will reform.
Cracked or displaced clay lined from inside. The drive, patio or frontage in Barnet stays put where the pipe can take a liner.
Scaled plans and invert levels before you apply. Say if the architect asked for a drawing rather than a condition survey.
Interceptors, cesspits, flood extraction and volume that a van cannot take. “Fine last winter” is usually scale. We camera when it has happened before rather than charging you for the same clearance twice.
The housing in Barnet sits on Victorian laterals, 1930s clay, and fat and scale on the high-street runs. That is why a rod from the manhole is not always the job: fat, scale, roots and a collapsed length look the same from the kitchen until someone puts a camera in.
The calls we actually get here are the drain that was “fine last winter”, scale, and CCTV for a sale. If it keeps coming back we survey rather than charging you for the same clearance twice. If the camera shows a crack, we quote drain repair — patch lining or CIPP — before a shovel goes in the ground.
“Fine last winter” is usually scale. We camera when it has happened before rather than charging you for the same clearance twice.

A real person on the phone, a price before we roll, then the job that the drain actually needs.
A real person answers. Describe the postcode and the symptom. We tell you the likely cause and the right plant.
The figure is agreed before anyone sets off. It does not change because it is Sunday or because the job took longer than the first look suggested — unless you then ask for a separate repair.
Rods, jetting or a cutting head for a blockage. A camera if it has happened before. Lining only when the footage shows why.
If we surveyed, you keep the footage. If we only cleared, you know what we found. Either way you are not guessing next winter.
Tell us the postcode and the symptom. We will give you a realistic arrival window and a price that will not change on the doorstep.
Brilliant service, they helped unblock my drain really quickly. Would definitely recommend!
An absolute pleasure to deal with. George arrived at my house quickly to take care of a blockage in my drain. He cleared it in less than an hour and was very knowledgeable.
Drain 247’s mapping saved our project from delays. Clear plans, fast service.

Camera inspections for homes, small businesses and small sites — footage and a written report you can act on.
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Blocked drain clearance 24/7 — toilets, sinks, manholes and outdoor drains, cleared on the first visit in the vast majority of cases.
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Patch lining, CIPP lining and gully excavation — cracked and collapsed drains repaired, no-dig first.
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Drain mapping for architects, builders and homeowners — scaled plans, invert levels and connections before you apply.
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High-pressure water jetting that scours fat, silt and scale off the pipe wall — not a hole punched through it.
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Vacuum tanker hire for interceptor emptying, cesspits, flood extraction and jobs too large for a van-mounted unit.
Find out moreBased in Watford. Drainage work across Hertfordshire and north west London — not a directory of towns we have never visited.
Yes. We are based in Watford and cover Barnet (EN4–EN5) for unblocking, CCTV, jetting, lining and tanker work. Victorian laterals and 1930s estates fail differently. A rod from the manhole does not tell you which you have.
Tell us the postcode. Same-day in Barnet is usual; we will give you a realistic arrival window from Watford rather than pretending we are round the corner.
No. We agree a fixed price before anyone leaves the yard. That is the figure you pay — day, night or Sunday. There is no extra travel surcharge for Barnet.
The public sewer in Barnet belongs to Thames Water. Pipework from your house to that sewer is usually yours. It is not always obvious where that line falls. A camera survey settles it, and we will tell you honestly if the blockage is one you should not be paying for.
Usually not. Cured-in-place lining repairs cracked or collapsed pipes from the inside. We only recommend digging in Barnet when the camera shows damage that lining cannot restore.
That is a survey, not another clearance. Recurring blockages here are often the drain that was “fine last winter”, scale, and CCTV for a sale. We show you the footage and quote the repair separately. You decide.
Yes. EN4 and EN5. Victorian clay, 1930s clay, and fat and scale on the high-street runs. Honest arrival windows from Watford — not a claim that we are based on the High Street.
Yes. Kitchens, landlords, managing agents and small sites in Barnet. Grease traps and interceptors are tanker work; a fat-lined kitchen run is still jetting. Describe the site and we will send the right plant.
“Fine last winter” is usually scale. We camera when it has happened before rather than charging you for the same clearance twice. A real person on the phone 24 hours a day.