Cctv Drain Survey Hammersmith And Fulham ((exclusive)) May 2026

The freeholder tried to split the £4,500 repair cost between all four flats. Elena went back to the CCTV footage. It showed the collapse was directly beneath her section of pipe, but the law (the Water Industry Act 1991) states shared drains serving multiple properties are the freeholder’s responsibility. She sent the relevant clip to a solicitor. The freeholder backed down.

Carla lifted the manhole cover in Elena’s garden – a small, brick-lined shaft filled with murky water. She fed in the camera, its light cutting through the gloom. Elena watched the screen. cctv drain survey hammersmith and fulham

As Carla packed up her camera, she told Elena: “In Fulham, the drains are older than most of the houses. Treat them like a listed building – inspect them before they collapse.” The freeholder tried to split the £4,500 repair

Panic set in.

Six weeks after moving in, the problems began. She sent the relevant clip to a solicitor

Elena now has the video on a USB stick in her fireproof safe. She jokes it’s her most valuable document – more useful than the title deed.

The pipe had partially caved in, creating a shelf of broken clay and brick. Wastewater couldn’t flow to the main sewer under Fulham Palace Road. Worse, tree roots from a nearby London plane tree had invaded the joint, forming a dense, knotted mass Carla called “a root dam.”