Signs a drain is blocked
- Sinks draining slowly in more than one room
- Water rising in the toilet when you flush
- Gurgling from plugholes or the toilet
- A smell from an outside gully or manhole
- A manhole cover lifting, or a gully pooling with water
Drain unblocking in Llanelli
In Llanelli the job is often a yard gully behind a terraced house, silted with leaves or overflowing in heavy rain. Clearing and testing the gully tells a fault on your side apart from a full sewer beyond it.
Where a row shares a drain under the back yards, the manhole is usually in the rear lane. Near the coast at Burry Port and Pembrey, shallow runs collect sand and silt, and jetting washes them through.
Get a quote in LlanelliLlanelli drains: what affects the work
Roof water and household waste share one sewer in many older streets. In a downpour it runs full, and a yard gully that is already part-silted is often where water appears first.
The length serving more than one house is normally Welsh Water’s, and its manhole is often in the lane. A gated lane changes how close a vehicle can get to the covers.
Drains laid with a shallow fall on flat coastal ground collect sand and silt. Gardens near the Pembrey dunes also take blown sand into open gullies, so a grid helps after clearing.
Carmarthenshire County Council keeps road and pavement gullies clear. Water standing in the street while your own drains run freely is one to report to the council.
Areas of Llanelli we cover
- Llanelli town centre SA15
- Felinfoel SA15
- Pontyates SA15
- Dafen SA14
- Bynea SA14
- Llangennech SA14
- Burry Port SA16
- Pembrey SA16
What we unblock
Indoor fittings cleared with plungers and augers, with traps taken apart where needed.
Leaves, silt and fat lifted out of yard gullies and the pipe beyond them.
Chambers emptied and the blocked run rodded or jetted through to the next chamber.
Grease-blocked waste pipes from sinks and dishwashers cleared in cafés, pubs, shops and canteens.
How a blocked drain is cleared
- Find the blockage
The covers are lifted, and the blockage lies between the last full chamber and the first empty one.
- Clear it
Rods or a jet go in from the full chamber and break up the blockage until the water drops.
- Check the flow
Water is run through the fittings to confirm the drain is flowing before the covers are replaced.
What the price depends on in Llanelli
- Whether the blockage is in one fitting or the underground drain
- How easy the manholes are to reach and lift
- Whether rods clear it or jetting is needed
- What the blockage is made of, such as wipes, fat or roots
- Whether the rear lane is open to vehicles or closed off by gates
- Whether sand and silt in a shallow coastal run need jetting through
Drain unblocking in Llanelli: questions
My yard gully only overflows when it rains hard. Is that a blockage?
It can be silt and leaves in the gully, or the combined sewer running full. Clearing and testing the gully shows which, and a sewer fault goes to Welsh Water.
Who clears the drain at the back of our terrace?
Normally Welsh Water, if it serves more than one house. Lifting the manhole in the lane shows which length is blocked.
Can the drains at a rented house be cleared while the landlord is away?
Yes, once the landlord or agent has agreed the work. Say who will let us in and who is paying.
Clearing a blocked drain in Llanelli
Tell us the street or postcode, whether the problem gets worse in rain, and whether the manhole is in a yard or the rear lane.
This service is carried out by Fixwise Property Services, a Dragon Multi-Trade brand.