Blocked Drains Worthing: 24/7 Same-Day Clearance

Worthing sits low against the coast and its drains behave accordingly. On the seafront the gully pots fill with shingle, sand and wind-blown salt, so the surface-water side silts up far faster than it does a mile inland. The ground is flat and the water table is high, which leaves the whole network draining lazily even when nothing is wrong with it. Put an obstruction in a line that sluggish and you have water in the yard by the afternoon.

The older streets around Tarring, Broadwater and East Worthing have a separate problem. Terraces of that age tend to share one Victorian drain run between several houses, so one blockage backs up into more than one home. Grease off the kitchen and roots working into old clay joints are what usually cause it.

Then there is the water coming off the chalk. After heavy rain the Downs shed run-off through Findon Valley and down towards Durrington and Goring-by-Sea, and the surface-water load on Worthing's gullies climbs sharply for a day or two. Outside gullies and shared drains take the brunt of it.

• Kitchen and bathroom sinks that have stopped draining
• Toilets that back up or overflow when flushed
• Outside gullies and yard drains silted with sand and grit
• Shared runs between terraced or semi-detached neighbours
• Showers, baths and basins that empty slowly
• Rodding for reachable blockages, jetting for silt and grease, plunging where it does the job

Tell Danny what the drain is doing on the phone and he will give you the price for clearing it before he sets off. That price is what you pay in Worthing. Nothing added for the call-out, and nothing added afterwards.

Danny works Worthing himself rather than sending anyone else, so jobs and customer comments go on this page as they come through. The engineer who picks up the phone is the one on your driveway.