Drainage Services in Basingstoke

Basingstoke expanded substantially from the 1960s as an overspill town, so much of its housing stock, in areas such as Popley, Kempshott and Buckskin, sits on planned drainage systems with separated foul and surface water in clay and later plastic pipe. The underlying chalk generally drains well, though clay-with-flints deposits in places can hold water and slow soakaway performance after heavy rain.

Old Basing and the original historic core retain older clay pipe drainage predating the new town expansion, some of it combined, and mature trees along the River Loddon corridor can cause root ingress in these shallower, older runs. Chineham and other more recent developments use modern plastic pipe with attenuation ponds for surface water, generally coping well with heavy rainfall events.

We approach Basingstoke drainage work with a CCTV survey first, distinguishing between the mostly newer estate pipework and the older sections around Old Basing that predate the town's expansion. High-pressure jetting deals effectively with root and silt blockages across both eras of drainage, and no-dig lining allows repairs to be carried out beneath shared driveways and pavements on the newer estates without major disruption.