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Drainage services in Teesside

Get a free, competitive quote for blocked drains, drain jetting, CCTV drain surveys, drain repairs, root removal, and drain excavation.

Blocked Drains

Single clearances £80–£150, jetting £150–£300. Price agreed before the van sets off.

From £80 →

Drain Jetting

£150–£300 for grease, silt, scale and root. Cleans the pipe, not just a hole through it.

From £150 →

CCTV Drain Surveys

£100–£250 for camera footage and a written report. Evidence before anyone digs.

From £100 →

Drain Repairs

Patch liners and relining £300–£1,000. Fixed from inside the pipe where possible.

From £300 →

Root Removal

Cutting and jetting £150–£400, then a camera check to find the way in.

From £150 →

Drain Excavation & Replacement

Collapsed runs dug out and relaid, chambers rebuilt, surfaces reinstated.

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What does drainage work cost in Teesside?

Clearing a single blocked drain on a Teesside house sits at £80 to £150 in 2026 for a straightforward rod or plunge through an accessible chamber. Bring the jetter out and you are at £150 to £300. A CCTV survey with a written report runs £100 to £250, patch and lining repairs £300 to £1,000, and root cutting £150 to £400 depending on how much timber has grown into the pipe. Excavation and pipe replacement is always quoted per job, because the cost lives in what is above the pipe: lawn, block paving, a conservatory floor.

Two things move a drainage bill more than anything else. The first is how quickly you call: a slow gully is cheap, an overflowing chamber at midnight is not. The second is whether anyone looked before they dug. A camera is far cheaper than a trench, and a decent firm will always want to see the fault on screen before quoting for groundwork.

The full breakdown, including what a callout charge should and should not include, is in the Teesside drainage cost guide.

Teesside drains are older than Teesside houses look

Under the terraced streets of Middlesbrough, Stockton and Hartlepool sits Victorian and Edwardian salt-glazed clay, laid in short lengths with mortar joints that have had a century of ground movement to open up. Those open joints are exactly what roots find. The interwar semis of Billingham, Norton and Acklam carry the same clay in slightly better condition, usually with shared runs threading along the backs of gardens. The newer estates at Ingleby Barwick, Wynyard and the edges of Yarm are plastic pipe, which rarely cracks but does get crushed by extensions and sinks where backfill was rushed. And the whole low-lying Tees floodplain drains slowly, so any partial blockage shows up as standing water in the yard long before it shows up indoors.

What a serious drainage quote looks like

Drainage is the trade with the widest gap between the honest operator and the opportunist, because the customer cannot see the product. These are the markers worth insisting on.

• A price agreed before the van moves: a clear callout figure covering a set period of work, with the hourly or per-hour extension rate stated on the phone rather than discovered afterwards.
• Camera evidence, not opinion: if a repair or an excavation is being recommended, ask to see the footage and a written report showing the defect, the depth and the distance along the run.
• The cheapest fix offered first: a good firm tries rodding and jetting before lining, and lining before digging. Anyone who leads with excavation on a first visit is guessing or selling.
• Clarity on whose pipe it is: shared and lateral drains have been the water company's responsibility since 2011, and a straight answer on that can turn a bill into a free repair.
• Insurance and confined-space competence: public liability cover, and proper kit for chambers and manholes rather than an arm down a hole.
• Reinstatement written into the price: if ground gets opened, the quote should say exactly how the block paving, tarmac or lawn goes back.

Where to start

Most Teesside drainage enquiries start with one of three questions: what will this cost, whose drain is it anyway, and is the pipe actually broken. The cost guide gives 2026 figures job by job, who pays for a blocked drain explains the Northumbrian Water boundary in plain terms, and signs of a collapsed drain lists the symptoms worth taking seriously. If water is rising now, the quote form is the fastest route, or get in touch.

Where we cover

Drainage work across the whole Teesside conurbation, from the Redcar coast to the Wynyard estates.

Full details on the areas we cover page.

Drainage guides for Teesside homeowners