Drainage Services in Launceston

Launceston sits on a hill above the River Kensey and River Tamar, historically the gateway to Cornwall, with a castle-topped old town whose narrow streets carry Victorian clay drainage laid over Devonian shale and slate. Steep gradients through the town centre mean surface water runs quickly, and older combined sewers in the lower streets near the Kensey can come under pressure during heavy rain.

Later expansion of the town on the surrounding slopes brought inter-war and post-war housing with separate drainage, and more recent estates use modern plastic pipework. Rural parishes around Launceston, including Lawhitton, Egloskerry and Trewen, are typical of east Cornwall's farming hinterland, with many properties on septic tanks or small package treatment plants given the distance from mains sewers.

We use CCTV survey to establish the route and condition of drainage before recommending work, particularly important on the steep gradients of the old town. High-pressure jetting clears silt that quick-flowing surface water washes into drains, no-dig relining repairs displaced or cracked pipework without disturbing the historic streetscape, and we carry out percolation testing for the area's many rural septic tank systems.