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St Martin sits just east of the city centre in the SP1 postcode, about a 10-minute drive from central Salisbury depending on traffic through the one-way system. It's a mixed residential patch, leaning heavily on Victorian and Edwardian terraces close to the old core, with some inter-war semis further out. Drainage calls here tend to involve blocked drains under tight rear gardens, slow-draining kitchen sinks in houses that haven't had the pipes touched in decades, and cracked clay laterals.

You come in from the city via the eastern approach past the river meadows, and the housing quickly shifts from newer stock to older brick terraces with original pipework still in the ground. Much of St Martin sits on Victorian-era clay drainage, and shared sewer arrangements between neighbouring properties are common, which complicates blockages when neighbours disagree on responsibility. The ground near the water meadows can sit damp after wet spells, and mature street trees send roots steadily into pipe joints. That combination of old clay, shared runs and tree roots keeps us busy here.

Most common St Martin jobs

• Clearing root ingress from Victorian clay drain runs under back gardens
• Shared sewer blockages where the stoppage point sits on the boundary between two terraced properties
• CCTV survey before a house purchase to check the condition of original clay laterals
• Slow kitchen or bathroom drainage in period terraces with undersized original pipework
• Drain jetting after flooding on low-lying plots near the water meadows
• Relining cracked clay sections to avoid full excavation under paved rear yards

Services we run from St Martin