Blocked Drains and Surcharging Gullies in Old Heath

Just Drainage attends blocked drains at Old Heath addresses. Because the ground here sits low towards the Colne, the visit begins by assessing whether the line is genuinely obstructed or simply surcharging under rain. Real blockages are then cleared by professional drain rodding or high pressure water jetting.

Old Heath runs down from the older part of Colchester towards the Hythe and the Colne, and the ground drops as it goes. The housing is mixed, Victorian terraces at one end and post war estate building at the other, but the low lying position is common to nearly all of it and it shows up plainly in the drainage.

On lower ground a system that is already partly obstructed has far less margin to play with. Heavy rain fills it faster than it can clear, water backs up to the first weak point, and a gully that has coped all summer suddenly overflows across a path. The blockage had usually been there for weeks. The rain simply found it.

That makes the on site assessment the useful part of the job here rather than a formality. Establishing whether a line is genuinely obstructed or merely overloaded decides everything that follows, and the lines that are obstructed get cleared by professional rodding or high pressure water jetting. Silted gullies in particular are a recurring problem in these streets.

The job starts with a diagnosis rather than a guess. Describe the symptoms on the phone, and the team will work out on site what is actually happening on the line before anything else. Suitable internal and external blockages are then cleared using professional rodding or high-pressure water jetting, whichever suits the pipe run. If the assessment turns up something beyond a blockage, you will be told what has been found.

If you are not sure whether what you are seeing counts as a blockage, the signs of a blocked drain are worth a read first. There is also a fuller explanation of what the drain unblocking service covers, and what customers have said about the work.

Just Drainage is based in Harwich and covers Old Heath from there. There is no depot or office in the town, so availability is confirmed on the phone rather than assumed. Have your postcode ready when you call 07871 247999.