Drainage Services in Kettering

Kettering grew rapidly during the boot and shoe industry era, leaving a substantial stock of Victorian and Edwardian terraces built on Northamptonshire's ironstone and clay geology. These older streets typically have original clay drainage, now well over a century old, which is prone to cracking and root ingress from mature street trees.

Later expansion added interwar and postwar housing with clay-to-plastic transitional pipework, while newer estates towards Barton Seagrave and the eastern edge of town use modern uPVC systems. Combined sewers are typical in the historic centre, and the clay ground here can shift seasonally, affecting pipe joints over time.

Our approach is to run a CCTV survey first to see exactly what's happening in the pipe, whether that's root ingress, a cracked joint or straightforward blockage. High-pressure jetting deals with most blockages, and no-dig lining is our preferred fix for structural damage in older clay runs beneath established gardens and driveways.