Twickenham's drains, as we know them
Twickenham is our home turf, and from a drain nerd’s point of view it’s a classic: street after street of Victorian and Edwardian terraces between the station and the river, most still running on their original clay drainage, laid when the houses were built and never touched since. Clay pipes from that era have joints every 600mm, and every joint is an invitation to the roots of the plane and lime trees that make streets like Popes Grove so good-looking. Root ingress and collapsed joints are our bread and butter in TW1 and TW2.
Down by the river, around Church Street and Eel Pie Island, low-lying gullies sit close to Thames level, so they’re slower to drain at the best of times and quick to back up when there’s weather. Further out towards Strawberry Hill and Twickenham Green, the between-the-wars semis add their own speciality: kitchen extensions plumbed into drain runs that were never designed for a dishwasher, a washing machine and a family of five.
Match days bring one more local quirk. The streets around the stadium have shared runs serving flats over shops, and 82,000 rugby fans are not gentle on them. If your drain has picked the wrong Saturday to give up, we know the shortcuts, we know the parking, and we answer 24/7.
Drain problems we sort in Twickenham
Covering all of Twickenham
From Twickenham Stadium, Church Street, Eel Pie Island, Strawberry Hill House and across St Margarets, Strawberry Hill, Whitton, Teddington — wherever you are in Twickenham (TW1, TW2), we'll get to you fast.