Plumbing in Preston
Preston is dominated by post-war housing: brick veneer and weatherboard homes built largely in the 1950s and 60s, on blocks big enough to have grown substantial trees in the seventy years since.
That combination produces Preston's signature plumbing problem. Original clay sewer drains from that era have rubber-ring or mortar joints that degrade, and the mature gardens directly above them provide constant root pressure. Recurring blockages here are common enough that we recommend a camera inspection early rather than clearing the same drain twice.
The second Preston pattern is renovation-related. A large share of these homes have had kitchens, bathrooms or rear extensions added over the decades, often connected into the original drainage without upgrading it. When a modern household load meets 1950s drainage capacity, the drainage loses.
Many of these homes are also at the age where the original hot water and supply pipework is being replaced for the first time.
- CCTV inspection and repair of failing clay drains
- Upgrading drainage to match renovated kitchens and bathrooms
- First-time replacement of original supply pipework
