Codsall is a South Staffordshire village of about 12,000 people, according to the 2021 Census. We take plumbing and drain requests from the village centre, Bilbrook, Codsall Wood and Oaken. You send your request online, and we pass it to a local engineer who covers the area. Since the form stays open 24/7, you can send it at any time.
Codsall sits just north-west of Wolverhampton, with fields and lanes all around it. Its older cottages along the main roads have clay drains. Bilbrook and the newer estates have plastic pipes that rarely crack. However, those still block with fat, wipes and silt.
Some homes on the rural edge have long private drain runs before they reach the sewer. As a result, a blockage can sit a fair way from the house. Hedges and trees along those runs can send roots into old joints. Silt from fields and lanes can also wash into outside drains after heavy rain.
Severn Trent runs the public sewers in Codsall. Drains that only serve your home are yours to maintain, even when they are long. If you are not sure where your drain runs, a camera survey can map it. That helps when working out who should clear a blockage.
If your Codsall home has a long drain run, lift the manhole covers once or twice a year. A chamber with standing water shows a slow build-up before it blocks. Because long runs take longer to clear, catching it early keeps the job simple. Clearing leaves from gullies in autumn helps too.
Homes on the rural edge can sit a long way from the public sewer. Their private drain has to cover that distance. As a result, faults can sit far from the house.
In places, yes, because clay soil moves as it wets and dries. That can crack old pipes and open joints over time. A camera survey shows whether it has affected yours.
It is worth it for older homes and those with long drain runs. A standard homebuyer survey does not look inside the drains. So a camera survey can find faults while you can still ask questions.
Yes, we take requests from Bilbrook, Codsall Wood, Oaken and the village centre. We also cover Tettenhall and the rest of Wolverhampton. If you are not sure, send your postcode, and we will check whether a local engineer covers it.