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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?

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
Patch a section of drain pipework £225
Replace a section of pipework £850
Clean and remove debris from gutters £100
Bath water not draining away £80
Kitchen drain oil / fat / soap scum blockages £80
Kitchen drain oil / fat / soap scum blockages £80
Jet pressure blast away a blockage £175
Cut away and remove tree roots £300
Clean and maintain outside drains £150

Rates for other trades

Drain Specialist hourly rate and daily rate
Drain Specialist: Average Hourly and Daily Rates in the UK for 2024 (excluding VAT or callout charges)
Location in UKHourly RateDaily Rate
Drain Specialist near Aberdeen£36£278
Drain Specialist near Amber Valley£41£239
Drain Specialist near Angus£38£288
Drain Specialist near Arun£45£263
Drain Specialist near Ashfield£38£236
Drain Specialist near Aylesbury Vale£52£281
Drain Specialist near Barnsley£35£220
Drain Specialist near Basildon£46£258
Drain Specialist near Basingstoke & Deane£54£246
Drain Specialist near Bassetlaw£30£216
Drain Specialist near Bath & North East Somerset£42£271
Drain Specialist near Bedford£50£275
Drain Specialist near Belfast£29£188
Drain Specialist near Birmingham£39£228
Drain Specialist near Blackburn£35£229
Drain Specialist near Blackpool£35£254
Drain Specialist near Bolton£38£233
Drain Specialist near Bournemouth£45£305
Drain Specialist near Bracknell Forest£55£274
Drain Specialist near Bradford£34£203
Drain Specialist near Braintree£42£250
Drain Specialist near Breckland£32£238
Drain Specialist near Bridgend£32£202
Drain Specialist near Brighton£43£253
Drain Specialist near Bristol£40£274
Drain Specialist near Broadland£33£221
Drain Specialist near Broxtowe£37£238
Drain Specialist near Bury£38£231
Drain Specialist near Caerphilly£29£216
Drain Specialist near Calderdale£35£207
Drain Specialist near Cambridge£54£330
Drain Specialist near Canterbury£41£235
Drain Specialist near Cardiff£31£225
Drain Specialist near Carmarthenshire£23£169
Drain Specialist near Charnwood£37£226
Drain Specialist near Chelmsford£43£256
Drain Specialist near Cheltenham£43£349
Drain Specialist near Cherwell£47£284
Drain Specialist near Chester£33£182
Drain Specialist near Colchester£45£231
Drain Specialist near Conway£30£211
Drain Specialist near Coventry£39£240
Drain Specialist near Crewe & Nantwich£38£261
Drain Specialist near Dacorum£51£286
Drain Specialist near Derby£39£236
Drain Specialist near Doncaster£34£224
Drain Specialist near Dover£45£245
Drain Specialist near Dudley£39£224
Drain Specialist near Dumfries & Galloway£32£240
Drain Specialist near Dundee£38£258
Drain Specialist near East Ayrshire£38£210
Drain Specialist near East Devon£32£226
Drain Specialist near East Dunbartonshire£37£255
Drain Specialist near East Hampshire£41£249
Drain Specialist near East Hertfordshire£52£292
Drain Specialist near East Lindsey£24£200
Drain Specialist near East Riding£46£219
Drain Specialist near Eastleigh£41£265
Drain Specialist near Edinburgh£37£268
Drain Specialist near Elmbridge£56£298
Drain Specialist near Epping Forest£55£292
Drain Specialist near Erewash£38£226
Drain Specialist near Exeter£36£248
Drain Specialist near Falkirk£40£287
Drain Specialist near Fife£40£267
Drain Specialist near Flintshire£32£207
Drain Specialist near Gateshead£42£223
Drain Specialist near Gedling£36£244
Drain Specialist near Glasgow£38£259
Drain Specialist near Gloucester£38£303
Drain Specialist near Guildford£54£277
Drain Specialist near Gwynedd£30£240
Drain Specialist near Halton£37£242
Drain Specialist near Harrogate£31£212
Drain Specialist near Havant & Waterloo£42£258
Drain Specialist near Horsham£44£254
Drain Specialist near Huntingdonshire£46£286
Drain Specialist near Ipswich£52£267
Drain Specialist near Isle of Wight£39£247
Drain Specialist near Kings Lynn & West Norfolk£42£240
Drain Specialist near Kingston-upon-Hull£46£219
Drain Specialist near Kirklees£36£209
Drain Specialist near Knowsley£35£222
Drain Specialist near Lancaster£45£288
Drain Specialist near Leeds£35£211
Drain Specialist near Leicester£36£238
Drain Specialist near Lisburn£30£196
Drain Specialist near Liverpool£35£224
Drain Specialist near London£55£289
Drain Specialist near Luton£53£295
Drain Specialist near Macclesfield£34£211
Drain Specialist near Maidstone£41£237
Drain Specialist near Manchester£38£226
Drain Specialist near Mid Bedfordshire£49£283
Drain Specialist near Mid Sussex£45£259
Drain Specialist near Middlesbrough£35£237
Drain Specialist near Milton Keynes£50£274
Drain Specialist near Neath Port Talbot£36£224
Drain Specialist near New Forest£43£281
Drain Specialist near Newbury£59£264
Drain Specialist near Newcastle-under-Lyme£33£217
Drain Specialist near Newcastle-upon-Tyne£41£223
Drain Specialist near Newport£29£226
Drain Specialist near North Ayrshire£39£243
Drain Specialist near North East Lincolnshire£25£213
Drain Specialist near North Hertfordshire£53£305
Drain Specialist near North Lanarkshire£38£267
Drain Specialist near North Lincolnshire£47£224
Drain Specialist near North Somerset£38£254
Drain Specialist near North Tyneside£42£225
Drain Specialist near North Wiltshire£47£289
Drain Specialist near Northampton£47£283
Drain Specialist near Norwich£34£226
Drain Specialist near Nottingham£35£229
Drain Specialist near Nuneaton & Bedworth£35£231
Drain Specialist near Oldham£37£221
Drain Specialist near Oxford£50£295
Drain Specialist near Pembrokeshire£26£200
Drain Specialist near Perth & Kinross£39£285
Drain Specialist near Peterborough£40£270
Drain Specialist near Plymouth£27£219
Drain Specialist near Poole£46£306
Drain Specialist near Portsmouth£42£254
Drain Specialist near Preston£34£242
Drain Specialist near Reading£54£267
Drain Specialist near Redcar & Cleveland£34£235
Drain Specialist near Reigate & Banstead£58£292
Drain Specialist near Renfrewshire£40£254
Drain Specialist near Rhondda, Cynon, Taff£29£194
Drain Specialist near Rochdale£39£234
Drain Specialist near Rotherham£33£228
Drain Specialist near Salford£38£226
Drain Specialist near Salisbury£40£325
Drain Specialist near Sandwell£38£223
Drain Specialist near Scarborough£35£280
Drain Specialist near Scottish Borders£52£495
Drain Specialist near Sefton£35£226
Drain Specialist near Sevenoaks£51£251
Drain Specialist near Sheffield£34£232
Drain Specialist near Slough£52£300
Drain Specialist near Solihull£39£226
Drain Specialist near South Ayrshire£39£247
Drain Specialist near South Bedfordshire£50£275
Drain Specialist near South Cambridgeshire£55£314
Drain Specialist near South Gloucestershire£42£278
Drain Specialist near South Kesteven£40£247
Drain Specialist near South Lanarkshire£41£292
Drain Specialist near South Oxfordshire£50£280
Drain Specialist near South Somerset£28£231
Drain Specialist near South Tyneside£42£224
Drain Specialist near Southampton£40£261
Drain Specialist near Southend-on-Sea£39£251
Drain Specialist near St Albans£52£288
Drain Specialist near St Helens£36£223
Drain Specialist near Stafford£36£238
Drain Specialist near Stockport£40£231
Drain Specialist near Stockton-on-Tees£35£236
Drain Specialist near Stoke-on-Trent£32£215
Drain Specialist near Stratford-on-Avon£50£251
Drain Specialist near Stroud£38£311
Drain Specialist near Suffolk Coastal£39£255
Drain Specialist near Sunderland£42£229
Drain Specialist near Swale£41£243
Drain Specialist near Swansea£33£222
Drain Specialist near Tameside£39£227
Drain Specialist near Teignbridge£39£253
Drain Specialist near Tendring£47£240
Drain Specialist near Test Valley£36£230
Drain Specialist near Thamesdown£54£332
Drain Specialist near Thanet£41£231
Drain Specialist near The Wrekin£48£294
Drain Specialist near Thurrock£46£256
Drain Specialist near Torbay£40£262
Drain Specialist near Trafford£40£241
Drain Specialist near Vale of Glamorgan£33£218
Drain Specialist near Vale of White Horse£47£297
Drain Specialist near Vale Royal£31£204
Drain Specialist near Wakefield£35£211
Drain Specialist near Walsall£38£225
Drain Specialist near Warrington£39£243
Drain Specialist near Warwick£40£248
Drain Specialist near Waveney£35£207
Drain Specialist near Waverley£45£243
Drain Specialist near Wealden£44£236
Drain Specialist near West Lancashire£36£233
Drain Specialist near West Lothian£43£301
Drain Specialist near West Wiltshire£47£289
Drain Specialist near Wigan£37£229
Drain Specialist near Windsor & Maidenhead£51£289
Drain Specialist near Wirral£35£226
Drain Specialist near Wokingham£56£273
Drain Specialist near Wolverhampton£40£225
Drain Specialist near Wrexham Maelor£34£210
Drain Specialist near Wychavon£42£268
Drain Specialist near Wycombe£56£314
Drain Specialist near York£37£241