Blocked Drains in Kent

Blocked drain in Kent? We'll clear it and find out why it happened.

A blocked drain can stop your sink, toilet or shower working and quickly lead to bad smells and overflowing water. C&R Drainage clears blocked drains for homes and businesses across Kent, day or night. We use drain rods and high-pressure jetting to shift the blockage, then run a CCTV camera through the pipe so you can see it’s clear and why it blocked in the first place. We work on commercial sites too, from shops to restaurant kitchens.

Drain cleaning cable clearing a blocked drain

Most blockages build up over time. Fat and grease poured down the kitchen sink sets hard inside the pipe. Wet wipes, sanitary products and kitchen roll don’t break down like toilet paper, so they snag and catch everything else. Outside, tree roots push into pipe joints looking for water, and older clay pipes can crack or collapse. After heavy rain, silt and leaves wash into gullies and settle in the pipe. Each cause needs a slightly different fix, which is why we look before we clear. Contact

Signs you have a blocked drain

You don’t always see a blockage straight away. Watch out for water draining slowly from sinks, baths and showers, gurgling noises from plugholes or the toilet, and bad smells coming from drains inside or outside. If a manhole cover is lifting or water is pooling around an outside gully, the blockage is further down the line. Call us before it backs up into your home, and we’ll clear it using the method below.

Slow draining sinks and baths
Gurgling plugholes and toilets
Bad smells from drains
Overflowing manholes and gullies

Drain rods for quick clearance
High-pressure jetting
CCTV camera check afterwards
Advice to stop it coming back

Jetting unit clearing a blocked road gully

Why choose C&R Drainage in Kent

We’re open 24/7, Monday to Sunday, including bank holidays. You get a clear quote before we start, a CCTV check once the drain is clear, and a tidy site when we leave. We cover all of Kent, including Sittingbourne, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Rochester, Rainham, Faversham, Canterbury, Sheerness and the Isle of Sheppey, Gravesend and Dartford, plus Medway, Essex, London, East Sussex and Surrey.

We run a 24/7 call-out service across Kent. Call us, tell us where you are and we’ll give you an honest idea of when an engineer can be with you.

We give you a clear price before we start, so there are no surprises.

Yes. Once the drain is clear we run a CCTV camera through the pipe to check for damage, roots or build-up, and we’ll explain what we find.

Most blockages are cleared with rods or jetting, with no digging at all. If a pipe is damaged, we can often repair it with a no-dig reline.