Wednesfield is a district on the north-east side of Wolverhampton, inside the city's built-up area. We take plumbing and drain requests from the old village, Ashmore Park, New Invention, March End and Wood End. You send your request online, and we pass it to a local engineer who covers the area. Because the form stays open 24/7, you can send it at any hour.
Wednesfield started as a village and grew into a busy suburb of Wolverhampton. The old village core has Victorian homes with clay drains. Ashmore Park, New Invention and Wood End, however, are mostly post-war estates. Many of those homes still have their original drains.
Post-war estates often have groups of homes on one shared drain. So if several neighbours see slow drains at once, the fault is probably in the shared part. Street trees planted when the estates went up are now large. Their roots can reach nearby drains through loose joints.
Severn Trent runs the public sewers and shared lateral drains in Wednesfield. Drains that only serve your home are yours to maintain. The Wyrley and Essington Canal runs through the area too. While it rarely affects drains directly, low spots near it can collect surface water in heavy rain.
If a large tree stands near your drain run in Wednesfield, keep an eye on how fast your drains empty. Roots grow slowly, so a drain can slow for months before it blocks. Because a camera survey shows roots early, it often means a smaller repair. Clearing leaves from gullies in autumn helps too.
Many homes on the post-war estates still have their first drains, now well over 50 years old. Joints loosen and pipes crack as they age. Roots from mature street trees can then get in.
Shared lateral drains belong to Severn Trent. So if several homes on your run have slow drains, report it to them. Drains serving only your home are yours.
It is worth it if your drains keep blocking or you are buying an older home. A camera survey shows how much life the pipes have left. That helps you plan a repair before a failure.
Yes, we take requests from Ashmore Park, New Invention, March End, Wood End and the village centre. We also cover Willenhall and the rest of Wolverhampton. If you are not sure, send your postcode, and we will check whether a local engineer covers it.