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Pre-extension drain survey in Padgate

Name: Padgate Pipe Surveys
Address: Padgate, Cheshire, GB
Telephone: +441925357152
Price range: £225

Before you build over it — find out where the drain runs and what state it is in.

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£225 fixed · no call-out fee · 7 days, 8am–8pm

What this job actually involves

Pre-extension drain survey — how it works here

Building over or near a drain is allowed, and it is done constantly in north Warrington. What causes trouble is doing it without knowing what is down there: a run that was already failing gets buried under a new room, a chamber gets covered rather than relocated, and the problem surfaces two years later under a floor you cannot lift.

The run traced and marked on the ground before anything is dug
Depths recorded, which your builder needs for foundations and your building inspector will ask for
Existing condition documented — so a defect that was already there does not become your builder's dispute
Chambers located, including any that have already been covered by earlier work
Shared lengths identified, because building over a run that serves neighbours is a different conversation
Written and dated, which is what makes it useful if anything is questioned later

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Questions about pre-extension drain survey

Do I need permission to build over a drain?

If the run is a public sewer — and since 2011 many shared runs in WA1 and WA2 are — you need a build-over agreement from United Utilities. The first step in getting one is establishing what the run actually is and where it goes, which is this survey.

My builder says it will be fine. Is this necessary?

He may well be right. But a dated survey from before the work protects both of you: if a defect appears afterwards, the record shows whether it was already there. Builders who have been caught by that once tend to welcome it.

Where we do it

Pre-extension drain survey across Padgate

Padgate· Fearnhead· Cinnamon Brow· Bruche· Orford· Longford· Poulton· Winwick· Paddington· Fairfield· Howley· Dallam

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Other surveys we carry out

Shared drain survey Whose drain is it, where is the fault, and who has to pay for it. Pre-purchase drainage survey The one part of the property your homebuyer report did not look at. Recurring blockage investigation For the blockage that clears, and then comes back to the same spot. Insurance claim survey The coded, graded report insurers and loss adjusters actually ask for. Drain and chamber location Finding the run, and finding the manhole somebody paved over. Post-repair verification survey Independent proof that the work you paid for was actually carried out. Landlord and rental property survey For the property you do not live in — and the blockage you keep paying to clear.

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