Blocked - Outside Drain 2021

Wear heavy-duty rubber gloves, waterproof boots, and eye protection. Drain water is contaminated. Do not smoke or use open flames near manholes (sewer gas—methane—is explosive).

Find the manhole covers in your garden or driveway. Lift them (using a manhole hook or large screwdriver). If the chamber is full to the brim with water, the blockage is downstream of that point. blocked outside drain

Run a specific appliance (e.g., the kitchen sink) and see if water appears in the nearest external gully. If water backs up instantly, the blockage is close. Wear heavy-duty rubber gloves, waterproof boots, and eye

are designed to handle rainwater. These connect to gutter downpipes, driveway grates, and land drains. In an ideal world, this water flows directly to a soakaway, a local watercourse, or a separate surface water sewer. Blockages here are typically organic (leaves, moss) or silt. Find the manhole covers in your garden or driveway