It’s easy to imagine that a drain engineer simply unblocks your drain and then gets on his way.

But in fact, there is far more to their work than this. They will investigate the cause of your drain blockage, then they will use specialist equipment to solve the problem and they will then find out ways in which to avoid a similar problem happening in the future.

It’s a thorough job which is designed to ensure that you have clear drains for a long time after the engineer has left.

Usually, an engineer will clear a blockage using a high pressure water jetting machine. Once this is done, the engineer will usually descale the drains too. This means that they remove all the rough edges which can make blockages more likely.

If it is tree roots which have caused the blockage, then there is another piece of machinery used and that is the water propelled cutter. This trims the roots back so that the drain can continue to function as normal.

After the engineer has completed the job, they will often conduct a CCTV survey of the drain. Using special cameras, they can easily see along all of the pipes and discover if there are any other problems or if any problems are likely to arise in the future.

So there’s more to drain maintenance than you think. A lot of work goes into ensuring that your drains don’t cause you any problems in the future.