Drain specialist cost per hour

Drain specialist cost per hour

The average hourly rate for a drain specialist is £41 per hour. If you have stubborn blocked drain or there is a foul smell in and around the house you probably need to call a drain specialist. Your plumber is there to install, service and repair pipes but the minute you are struggling with a bad blockage, (e.g bath water refusing to drain or water accumulating in an outside drain, not clearing away) this will usually require the specialist to come in with powerful cleaning pressure water jets and possibly even special cameras that can be placed inside sewers and water pipes to trace the inside of the pipework, investigating the cause of the blockage. Hourly rates vary because of expertise, number of heads on the job, and call out charge calculations and range from £23 to £151.

View our UK drain specialist cost per hour table.

Drain specialist cost per day

The average daily rate for a drain specialist is £249 per day. Calling out a drainage professional can be for preventative reasons, e.g., servicing and cleaning a septic tank from any build-up of bottom sludge and floating scum, or the need can be more of an emergency investigate and repair, e.g., outside drains that are completely blocked or slow draining, a toilet that keeps getting flooded or the repair job of pipes that need sections to be replaced / relined / patched. Whatever the reason you can end up paying up to £460 per day so let us help you find you a drain specialist at a rate you can afford.

View our UK drain specialist cost per day table.

Choosing a drain specialist

Once you know which drain experts are available, pick a couple to request an estimate or quote for your job so you get a good idea how much it is going to cost. Check to see if they are qualified, this could be a City & Guilds Drainage Engineer course, or they have completed one of the National Drainage Academy courses. For your safeguarding, there are different associations for the Drain Specialists to belong to which will ensure the tradesperson you choose follows the industry standard of practice e.g., NADC (The National Association of Drainage Contractors).

When you get the quote from the drainage specialist, study the quote to see if you have only been quoted for an inspection (and does this include CCTV footage?) or have you also been quoted to unblock the drain. If quoted to unblock, does this include any chemicals that may be required for the jetting unit and will it also include root cutting equipment if the jet pressure washer is not enough to dislodge a tree root / stump. Ask the drain specialist if there is damage to the inside lining of pipework or O-rings while dislodging any solid blockages, is it an extra charge to then repair the inside with a localised patch.

Check if the price includes VAT and discuss the method of payment before they visit your home.

They should arrive with all of the equipment needed for the job and you may only need to provide a water connection near to the blocked drain or pipe. Check what access they will need so that you can clear away the area before their arrival and unlock any backyard and side access gates. Be sure to make the entire garden accessible for them in case they need to look through a different part of the drain. The drain specialists will need the van or truck parked as close to your property as possible, therefore if you live in a city or built-up area, you may need to use your bins to block off a parking space for them as close to your home as possible.

Tips: If it is an outside drain that keeps flooding during heavy rain, make a note of how many days of rain in general before the drain backs up - is there a certain smell (an egg sulphur smell) accompanying the water, have you had any big trees cut away from the garden since living there that there might still be a root hidden underground, has this issue always happened since you have owned the property, can neighbours say if past owners had the same issue, have you called anyone else out about it before and if yes, what did they do to try and treat the issue?

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Drain specialist cost to clear a blockage or replace a pipe

JobEstimate
Cost to unblock a drain£280
Cost to reline a drain£110 square meter
Cost for a CCTV drain survey£275
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Rates for other trades

Drain Specialist Hourly Rate and Daily Rate
Drain Specialist Hourly Rate and Daily Rate (excluding VAT or callout charges)
Location in UKHourly RateDaily Rate
Drain Specialist near London£58£303
Drain Specialist near Birmingham£43£244
Drain Specialist near Leeds£41£241
Drain Specialist near Glasgow£40£269
Drain Specialist near Sheffield£41£263
Drain Specialist near Bradford£43£244
Drain Specialist near Liverpool£41£256
Drain Specialist near Edinburgh£40£293
Drain Specialist near Manchester£43£253
Drain Specialist near Bristol£46£300
Drain Specialist near Kirklees£44£260
Drain Specialist near Fife£42£286
Drain Specialist near Wirral£38£234
Drain Specialist near North Lanarkshire£39£277
Drain Specialist near Wakefield£40£241
Drain Specialist near Cardiff£36£260
Drain Specialist near Dudley£42£241
Drain Specialist near Wigan£42£262
Drain Specialist near East Riding£57£226
Drain Specialist near South Lanarkshire£44£309
Drain Specialist near Coventry£41£248
Drain Specialist near Belfast£36£208
Drain Specialist near Leicester£40£259
Drain Specialist near Sunderland£40£242
Drain Specialist near Sandwell£42£241
Drain Specialist near Doncaster£38£238
Drain Specialist near Stockport£45£255
Drain Specialist near Sefton£38£238
Drain Specialist near Nottingham£40£257
Drain Specialist near Newcastle Upon Tyne£40£247
Drain Specialist near Kingston-upon-Hull£57£226
Drain Specialist near Bolton£43£262
Drain Specialist near Walsall£42£242
Drain Specialist near Plymouth£30£236
Drain Specialist near Rotherham£39£249
Drain Specialist near Stoke-on-Trent£42£242
Drain Specialist near Wolverhampton£43£241
Drain Specialist near Rhondda, Cynon, Taff£35£213
Drain Specialist near South Gloucestershire£47£301
Drain Specialist near Derby£44£257
Drain Specialist near Swansea£38£248
Drain Specialist near Salford£42£250
Drain Specialist near Barnsley£39£246
Drain Specialist near Tameside£43£255
Drain Specialist near Oldham£43£258
Drain Specialist near Trafford£44£259
Drain Specialist near Aberdeen£36£278
Drain Specialist near Southampton£42£256
Drain Specialist near Rochdale£45£268
Drain Specialist near Solihull£43£243
Drain Specialist near Gateshead£41£244
Drain Specialist near Milton Keynes£52£282
Drain Specialist near North Tyneside£40£247
Drain Specialist near Calderdale£43£255
Drain Specialist near Northampton£52£299
Drain Specialist near Portsmouth£43£249
Drain Specialist near Warrington£41£244
Drain Specialist near North Somerset£45£283
Drain Specialist near Bury£43£261
Drain Specialist near Luton£54£300
Drain Specialist near St Helens£40£246
Drain Specialist near Stockton-on-Tees£39£259
Drain Specialist near Renfrewshire£42£262
Drain Specialist near York£29£220
Drain Specialist near Thamesdown£80£362
Drain Specialist near Southend-on-Sea£42£265
Drain Specialist near New Forest£45£287
Drain Specialist near Caerphilly£33£247
Drain Specialist near Carmarthenshire£28£182
Drain Specialist near Bath£46£290
Drain Specialist near Wycombe£57£317
Drain Specialist near Basildon£48£260
Drain Specialist near Bournemouth£46£304
Drain Specialist near Peterborough£40£270
Drain Specialist near North East Lincolnshire£26£224
Drain Specialist near Chelmsford£44£258
Drain Specialist near Brighton£44£257
Drain Specialist near South Tyneside£41£246
Drain Specialist near Charnwood£38£248
Drain Specialist near Aylesbury Vale£53£281
Drain Specialist near Colchester£48£234
Drain Specialist near Knowsley£39£245
Drain Specialist near North Lincolnshire£55£223
Drain Specialist near Huntingdonshire£46£286
Drain Specialist near Macclesfield£38£243
Drain Specialist near Blackpool£40£277
Drain Specialist near West Lothian£43£319
Drain Specialist near South Somerset£31£254
Drain Specialist near Dundee£41£300
Drain Specialist near Basingstoke & Deane£54£275
Drain Specialist near Harrogate£35£231
Drain Specialist near Dumfries & Galloway£32£240
Drain Specialist near Middlesbrough£39£262
Drain Specialist near Flintshire£34£218
Drain Specialist near The Wrekin£45£271
Drain Specialist near Newbury£56£284
Drain Specialist near Falkirk£41£300
Drain Specialist near Reading£52£282
Drain Specialist near Wokingham£54£281
Drain Specialist near Windsor & Maidenhead£54£304
Drain Specialist near Maidstone£46£259
Drain Specialist near Redcar & Cleveland£38£259
Drain Specialist near North Ayrshire£39£244
Drain Specialist near Blackburn£41£265
Drain Specialist near Neath Port Talbot£43£246
Drain Specialist near Poole£46£305
Drain Specialist near Wealden£45£244
Drain Specialist near Arun£46£270
Drain Specialist near Bedford£50£280
Drain Specialist near Oxford£52£304
Drain Specialist near Lancaster£48£303
Drain Specialist near Newport£34£259
Drain Specialist near Canterbury£42£239
Drain Specialist near Preston£39£265
Drain Specialist near Dacorum£55£298
Drain Specialist near Cherwell£49£293
Drain Specialist near Perth & Kinross£39£285
Drain Specialist near Thurrock£51£273
Drain Specialist near Tendring£53£245
Drain Specialist near Kings Lynn & West Norfolk£41£241
Drain Specialist near St Albans£55£300
Drain Specialist near Bridgend£38£230
Drain Specialist near South Cambridgeshire£49£279
Drain Specialist near Braintree£42£250
Drain Specialist near Norwich£39£238
Drain Specialist near Thanet£43£234
Drain Specialist near Isle of Wight£39£239
Drain Specialist near Mid Sussex£44£256
Drain Specialist near South Oxfordshire£53£299
Drain Specialist near Guildford£53£285
Drain Specialist near Elmbridge£58£310
Drain Specialist near Stafford£40£253
Drain Specialist near East Hertfordshire£52£287
Drain Specialist near Torbay£42£272
Drain Specialist near Wrexham Maelor£34£210
Drain Specialist near East Devon£43£261
Drain Specialist near East Lindsey£25£180
Drain Specialist near Halton£39£249
Drain Specialist near Warwick£39£240
Drain Specialist near East Ayrshire£37£218
Drain Specialist near Newcastle-under-Lyme£42£244
Drain Specialist near North Wiltshire£48£296
Drain Specialist near South Kesteven£40£247
Drain Specialist near Epping Forest£58£303
Drain Specialist near Vale of Glamorgan£38£248
Drain Specialist near Reigate & Banstead£58£298
Drain Specialist near Chester£40£215
Drain Specialist near Mid Bedfordshire£52£284
Drain Specialist near Suffolk Coastal£39£255
Drain Specialist near Horsham£45£259
Drain Specialist near Nuneaton & Bedworth£39£241
Drain Specialist near Gwynedd£30£240
Drain Specialist near Swale£44£260
Drain Specialist near Havant & Waterloo£42£252
Drain Specialist near Teignbridge£46£276
Drain Specialist near Cambridge£49£295
Drain Specialist near Vale Royal£37£226
Drain Specialist near Amber Valley£45£275
Drain Specialist near North Hertfordshire£55£304
Drain Specialist near South Ayrshire£39£247
Drain Specialist near Waverley£43£251
Drain Specialist near Broadland£41£252
Drain Specialist near Crewe & Nantwich£41£231
Drain Specialist near Breckland£37£267
Drain Specialist near Ipswich£60£290
Drain Specialist near Pembrokeshire£27£215
Drain Specialist near Vale of White Horse£63£321
Drain Specialist near Salisbury£43£284
Drain Specialist near Gedling£41£265
Drain Specialist near Eastleigh£44£257
Drain Specialist near Broxtowe£42£263
Drain Specialist near Stratford-on-Avon£43£243
Drain Specialist near South Bedfordshire£50£280
Drain Specialist near Angus£41£310
Drain Specialist near East Hampshire£45£264
Drain Specialist near East Dunbartonshire£38£262
Drain Specialist near Conway£38£250
Drain Specialist near Sevenoaks£54£265
Drain Specialist near Slough£55£314
Drain Specialist near Bracknell Forest£54£282
Drain Specialist near West Lancashire£41£260
Drain Specialist near West Wiltshire£48£296
Drain Specialist near Ashfield£40£264
Drain Specialist near Lisburn£36£208
Drain Specialist near Scarborough£35£280
Drain Specialist near Stroud£39£320
Drain Specialist near Wychavon£44£280
Drain Specialist near Waveney£35£207
Drain Specialist near Exeter£45£277
Drain Specialist near Dover£47£249
Drain Specialist near Test Valley£41£244
Drain Specialist near Gloucester£39£309
Drain Specialist near Erewash£43£253
Drain Specialist near Cheltenham£44£356
Drain Specialist near Bassetlaw£32£219
Drain Specialist near Scottish Borders£52£495