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A blocked toilet or overflowing drain can quickly disrupt lessons, close facilities and create an unpleasant environment for pupils and staff. BDS Drainage provides planned and emergency drainage support for schools, colleges and universities throughout London, Essex, Kent and Surrey, with engineers available 24 hours a day.
Education sites often contain a mixture of old and new buildings, extensive underground pipework and facilities used by hundreds of people each day. We work with caretakers, facilities managers, estates departments, local authorities and property management teams.
Our services include:
Every site operates differently. We’ll coordinate with your designated contact, follow the school’s access and safeguarding procedures, and keep working areas controlled while our engineers are on the premises.
Frequently used toilets and washrooms are vulnerable to blockages caused by excess paper, wipes and other unsuitable items. External drainage can also become restricted by leaves, litter, silt and tree roots.
We can resolve:
Our engineers use professional clearance equipment to restore flow as efficiently as possible. If several facilities are affected or the blockage keeps returning, we can inspect the drainage using CCTV to find the underlying cause.
Our university drainage services also cover accommodation blocks, teaching buildings, communal facilities and accessible external drainage across larger campuses.
A planned approach can reduce emergency closures and help keep older drainage systems working reliably. We can arrange college drain maintenance and routine cleaning at suitable times, including inset days, holidays or quieter periods where availability allows.
Planned maintenance may include:
The maintenance frequency depends on the size of the site, the condition of its drains and any recurring issues. We’ll recommend a practical schedule based on what the system needs.
Some problems can’t wait until the end of term. Sewage backing up, several unusable toilets or flooding near an entrance may require immediate attention.
Our emergency drainage service covers:
We operate 24 hours a day and aim to attend urgent callouts within 90 minutes. Exact response times depend on your location, traffic and engineer availability.
On arrival, we’ll assess the affected area, clear the problem where possible and explain whether further investigation or repair work is required.
Let us know which facilities are unavailable, whether water or sewage is overflowing and what access arrangements apply.
For urgent problems, we dispatch an engineer and aim to reach the site within 90 minutes where possible.
We inspect the affected system and use suitable equipment to remove the blockage or investigate the fault.
We confirm the work completed and provide practical advice about repairs or preventative maintenance.
We support schools, colleges and universities throughout Greater London, Essex, Kent and Surrey. Our engineers regularly attend education sites around Croydon, Bromley, Greenwich, Havering, Dartford, Maidstone, Basildon, Chelmsford, Epsom and Guildford, as well as surrounding towns and boroughs.
If a drainage problem is affecting your school, college or university, contact BDS Drainage. We provide planned maintenance and emergency support across London, Essex, Kent and Surrey, with assistance available 24 hours a day.
Yes. Our emergency service operates 24/7, with a target response time of 90 minutes for urgent calls.
Yes. Planned cleaning, surveys and repairs can often be scheduled during holidays or inset days, subject to availability.
Yes. Our engineers report to the designated site contact and follow the access, visitor and safeguarding arrangements explained to us.
Yes. We can investigate whether the toilets have individual blockages or share a restricted drainage run.
Yes. We can arrange routine drain cleaning and inspections for individual schools or groups of managed education sites.
Yes. We can inspect accessible drainage runs with CCTV and discuss tracing or mapping where required.
Drain unblocking starts from £75. The final price depends on access, the severity of the problem and whether specialist equipment is needed.
