Most of us take our drainage for granted; often we assume any issue that arises would be the responsibility of the water supplier. However though, in most cases, you're usually responsible for drains in the boundaries of one's property, as the sewerage company is in charge of lateral drains, which are outside of property boundaries, and sewers. Although most sewers are now publicly owned, you may still find some private or unadopted sewers. If your premises is served by one of these, you may be responsible for maintaining it. So if there is an issue with the drain within your property boundaries then it is your responsibility, plus they, unfortunately, do block up for a number of reasons. Some signs that can help identify a draining issue include: 1. If your toilet, shower, bath or sinks are draining slowly this is likely an issue with the drain itself. Independent drainage issues will undoubtedly be an issue with the fixture itself. The toilet is often the main driver for a blockage - if flushing the bathroom . causes water to rise in the shower, or running taps causes the water in the toilet to rise, then there is a blocked drain on your hands. 2. Foul smells certainly are a dead giveaway for a blockage, if something has blocked the drain and begun to rot, you'll certainly find out about it. 3. Finally gurgling noises from pipes, drains and plug holes are indicators of a potential blockage. This is created when the air is trapped in the pipes and then waste water displacing it. Usually the 2 biggest factors behind drain issues will be grease/fat build up and tree root ingress. Helpful resources build-up is really a large cause for blockage in the national sewer system and it will affect homes too. When you wash your plates or just pour fat down the sink, the warm liquidated fat will hit the cold outside water in the drains then solidify, over a period this will build-up causing a blockage. Root ingress is harder in order to avoid, and probably the biggest cause for blockages in homes. Root issues can be extremely serious and a big reason behind subsidence related problems. Older clay pipes are particularly prone to root ingress as they are joined with just sand & cement these joints offer little resistance to fine tree roots which once inside become tap roots and root masses which in turn decrease the internal bore of the pipe.
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