Atherstone is a small market town in the north of Warwickshire, sitting on a mix of clay and sandstone that produces variable drainage behaviour from one street to the next. Where the ground is predominantly clay, seasonal swelling and shrinkage works on clay pipe joints in the same way it does across the wider county. Where sandstone sits closer to the surface, drainage can behave more freely, but sandstone also erodes over time, which can cause voids to develop beneath drainage infrastructure. Our drainage engineers in Atherstone assess ground type as part of every CCTV survey we carry out in CV9.
The market town core of Atherstone, including Long Street and the streets around the town centre, contains Victorian clay drainage that has never been systematically replaced. Properties on these streets are the most likely to have root ingress at joint failures, accumulated grease and scale, and in some cases sections of pipe that have been partially displaced by ground movement. Homeowners in these central streets in Atherstone contact us for drainage support most often when a drain has been running slowly for months before it blocks completely.
The rural edge of Atherstone, including properties on the outskirts towards Merevale and beyond the B46 boundary, frequently have private drainage that is not connected to the public sewer. Calls for drain unblocking in Atherstone from these outlying properties often involve septic tanks, soakaways, and private pumping stations. We carry the equipment to service these systems as well as the standard jetting and CCTV equipment for mains-connected properties.
When residents in newer private housing estates of Atherstone contact us for drain unblocking, the process is typically simpler: fat, wipes, and shared chamber blockages are the most frequent causes. We resolve these by jetting and confirm clearance with CCTV before leaving the site.