Emergency drain clearance from engineers on the road 24/7 across RM1 to RM7 and the surrounding Havering suburbs. Most blockages cleared inside the hour — and if we can't fix it, you don't pay.
Four details is all we need. No obligation, no call out charge.
If wastewater is backing up into the property, call us first — then follow these steps to limit the damage.
Call our emergency lineFrom a slow kitchen sink to collapsed pipework under the drive, engineers covering Romford arrive with jetting units, rods and camera kit on board — so the problem gets diagnosed and cleared in the same visit wherever possible.
Internal blockages cleared with rodding and electro-mechanical kit, then the branch checked beyond the fixture.
Kitchen & bathroom unblocking →Gullies, waste stacks, manholes and underground runs that stand full or overflow after rain.
Outdoor unblocking →Camera footage that locates cracks, root intrusion and collapses, with a plain-English report.
CCTV surveys →Scours fat, silt and scale off the pipe wall so the drain stays clear for far longer than rodding alone.
Water jetting →No-dig patch liners and localised repairs for damaged pipework — no excavating the drive or patio.
Repairs & patchlining →Hard water scale descaled from pipework and urinals to restore flow and remove odours.
Limescale cleaning →No automated queues and no vague arrival windows. You speak to someone who knows the Romford patch and can tell you when an engineer will be with you.
You'll be told the price before work starts, shown what caused the blockage, and if we can't clear it there's nothing to pay.
Call, WhatsApp or send the quote form with your postcode and which fixtures are affected. We will give you a price and an arrival time on that first call.
Your engineer checks the chambers and the affected runs to work out exactly where the restriction is, using a camera if the cause is not obvious.
We clear the drain, flow-test it, show you what caused it, and flag anything in the pipework that could cause it to happen again.
I never write reviews but I had to for this one. Blocked sink and toilet — a lovely polite man came and unblocked everything in just an hour. Very happy!
Got there really quick and fixed my drain in under 30 minutes. The lads were efficient and personable. Amazing service, would definitely recommend.
Honest company and same day service. Sorted everything out quickly. Highly recommend this company to others.
A blocked drain in Romford usually shows itself at the fixtures first: a kitchen sink that drains slowly, a downstairs WC that gurgles when the bath empties, or a gully by the back door that stands full after rain. Underneath, the cause is the same — something is restricting flow between the house and the public sewer. Our work is to trace where the restriction sits, clear it without damaging the pipe, and tell you plainly whether the line itself needs attention rather than another rod through and a repeat call next month.
We cover Romford and the wider Havering area as part of Blockage Busters, a family run drainage company with more than thirty years of experience across the South East. In practice that means an engineer with a fully stocked van — high pressure water jetting, HD CCTV survey kit, electro-mechanical rodding and no-dig patch lining — arriving in a district whose interwar housing layout gives its drainage a particular character worth understanding before anyone lifts a cover.
Every call out across Romford arrives with jetting, rodding and camera equipment on board — so most jobs are diagnosed and cleared on the first visit, with no return trip for parts.
Much of Romford and its suburbs — Gidea Park, Rush Green, Harold Wood, Chadwell Heath, Emerson Park and the ribbon of housing that spread along the arterial roads between the wars — went up as semi-detached pairs and short terraces in the 1920s and 1930s. Builders of that period commonly ran a single drain along the rear of several properties, collecting soil and waste from one house after another before turning out to the sewer. This shared rear run is the defining feature of drainage here. When it blocks, it does not fail politely at one address: flow backs up along the length of it, and the first sign of trouble often appears at the lowest-lying property rather than the one over the actual obstruction. That is why we begin at the inspection chambers and read the run as a whole, rather than treating a single gurgling toilet as the extent of the problem.
Access shapes almost every job on these estates. The rear runs and their chambers sit in back gardens and along the narrow side returns between paired houses, often behind gates, sheds, decking, extensions or years of patio slabs laid straight over a cover. Reaching the right chamber lets us rod or jet from the correct direction and confirm which length is actually surcharged. Where a chamber has been built over, we look for the next accessible point up or down the line and work from there. Knowing that a run is shared also changes the approach: clearing a blockage from one garden may restore flow for several homes at once, and it helps to establish early whether the fault lies before or beyond a boundary, since a shared lateral usually rests with the water company rather than a single householder.
When a drain on one of these older runs blocks time and again, the pipe is the problem, not the plunger. Interwar lines were laid in short jointed lengths of vitrified clay, and it is the joints that fail with age — tree and hedge roots find the seals, ground movement displaces a section, and a dropped invert leaves a lip that snags wipes, grease and scale until the bore closes. Rodding shifts the blockage but leaves the snag point behind, so it returns. An electro-mechanical clear followed by an HD CCTV survey puts a camera along the run, so the defect can be seen, located and measured instead of guessed at. On a shared rear run a single displaced joint can affect more than one household, which makes locating the exact fault worth the effort.
Once a survey has pinpointed a defect, many faults can be sealed with a patch liner cured inside the existing pipe, which avoids excavating a garden, side return or shared path to reach a run some distance from any house. We work for homeowners, tenants, landlords, letting agents and property managers across Romford, as well as shops and units around the market and centre. Landlords and agents can be invoiced directly, and we are glad to liaise with tenants over access to gardens and side returns where the chambers sit.
Local engineers on call across Romford 24 hours a day, including weekends and bank holidays.
If we can't clear it you don't pay. Rated 4.9 out of 5 by customers across the South East.
Quoted before we start, no call out fee, and all major cards accepted at the door.
Our engineers work across RM1 to RM7 and the neighbouring villages and towns, usually within the hour:
Not listed? We almost certainly still cover you — call 07379 424 891 with your postcode and we'll confirm straight away.
For genuine emergencies in Romford we aim to have an engineer with you within the hour, and we answer the phone 24 hours a day including weekends and bank holidays. Actual timings depend on traffic, your postcode and engineer availability, so call with your location and a description of the problem and we will give you a realistic arrival time rather than a vague window.
Every job is quoted before any work starts, and there is never a call out fee. The price depends on where the blockage is, how it needs to be cleared and whether access is straightforward, so the fastest way to get an accurate figure is to describe the symptoms over the phone. Our no fix no fee guarantee means if we cannot clear the blockage, you pay nothing at all.
We are a 24 hour drainage company and we quote on the job, not the clock. You will be told the price before the engineer starts, so there are no surprise out-of-hours surcharges added afterwards.
As a general rule you are responsible for the drains within your property boundary, while shared lateral drains and public sewers beyond it are usually the water company's responsibility. A quick inspection of the chambers tells us which side of that line the problem sits on, and we will tell you honestly if it is a matter for your water provider instead of charging you for work you do not need.
A blockage that returns normally means the pipework has a defect catching waste — a cracked section, a displaced joint, root intrusion or heavy scale. Clearing it repeatedly treats the symptom. A CCTV drain survey shows exactly what and where the defect is, and many can then be repaired with a patch liner without digging up the garden or driveway.
A lot of Romford's interwar semis share a single drain along the rear that collects waste from several homes before it reaches the sewer. Once a drain serves more than one property and crosses a boundary, that shared section is normally the water company's responsibility rather than any individual householder's. The private part is usually the short length within your own boundary. We inspect the chambers to establish where the blockage actually sits and which side of the boundary it falls, then tell you honestly whose drain it is before any work or charge is agreed.
Often, yes. On these estates the rear runs and their chambers sit in back gardens and side returns, and over the years many covers have been slabbed, decked or built over. We do not need every chamber — we work from the nearest accessible point up or down the line and rod or jet toward the blockage from there. A CCTV survey then confirms the position and depth of any buried access or defect. If a chamber genuinely has to be exposed, we will explain why and what it involves before doing anything, rather than lifting your patio on spec.
Our team answers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Free quote, no call out fee, and no fix no fee on every job in Romford.