Greater Manchester
In short
In Hale a jet-and-camera conversation lasts twice as long — customers want every joint photographed before they authorise so much as a rodding eye replacement.
Trafford blocked-drain work leans toward wet-wipe and grease blockages in WA14/WA15 family homes, root-invaded clay laterals in Stretford, and commercial grease jobs around Trafford Park industrial estates.
Where your responsibility ends: Hale, Bowdon and Altrincham semis have single-property laterals. Stretford and Urmston inter-war stock has both single-property and shared-run patterns depending on street.
Drainage undertaker for Trafford: United Utilities
Under the 2011 private-sewer transfer, any pipework serving more than one property, and any lateral drain from the boundary of your property to the sewer, is United Utilities' responsibility. That covers most back-alley shared runs and every stretch under the public highway. In Trafford Park the industrial estate has UU-adopted trunk sewers — a factory-side blockage on a shared adopted run should be UU's problem, not a private tenancy invoice. 0345 672 3723.
United Utilities 24/7 sewer-flooding line: 0345 672 3723 — free of charge. Call them first if the blockage is beyond your boundary or on shared pipework.
£85–£180 for a jet; £220–£420 with CCTV; higher-end premium routes for excavation-avoidance lining £600+.
Every price is confirmed in writing after the free plumber visit. Nothing billable starts until you approve the fair fixed quote — and if we can't clear the blockage we diagnosed, there is still nothing to pay us.
In Hale a common upsell is quoting for full pipe re-lining on a blockage a jet would clear in 20 minutes. Ask for the CCTV footage before any lining work is authorised.
Our promise on every Trafford blocked-drain call-out: a free visit to attend and diagnose, a fair fixed quote in writing before any billable clearance or repair, and the visit non-refundable — it covers the engineer's visit either way.
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