Drainage Services in Radstock

Radstock's housing is largely Victorian and Edwardian, built to house colliery workers on heavy clay ground that retains moisture through the winter. Drainage from this period is typically shallow clay pipe with modest gradients, and root ingress from mature trees along the older streets is a recurring issue. The legacy of coal mining beneath parts of the town has also left some areas prone to minor ground movement, which can affect buried pipework over time.

Outlying hamlets and farms around Kilmersdon and Faulkland are often beyond the mains sewer network and depend on septic tanks or small treatment plants, with soakaways sited according to the local clay-heavy ground, which drains slowly and needs careful design to avoid waterlogging. Post-war infill housing within Radstock itself introduced some concrete and early plastic pipework, adding variety to what a survey might find beneath the town.

Our process begins with a CCTV survey to identify pipe material and any mining-related settlement affecting gradients. Jetting clears root and silt blockages in the older clay network, and no-dig lining repairs damaged sections without excavating gardens built on this variable ground. For rural septic systems we carry out percolation testing to check the clay soil's drainage capacity before any new installation.