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Collapsed, cracked or subsiding drains put right — excavated and replaced where the pipe is past lining. We match you with up to 3 verified specialists so you can compare fixed prices, not day rates.

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Collapsed clay drain exposed in a trench with new replacement pipe ready to fit
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Targeted excavation, not the whole run

Where a drain has collapsed, deformed badly or cannot be reached from an access point, it has to be dug up — but only the failed section, not the whole run. If the pipe is still sound enough to line, no-dig relining is almost always the cheaper route.

This is exactly where comparing quotes pays

Excavation starts around £1,000 per section — and putting the paving, tarmac or turf back is often quoted separately. Check what reinstatement is included before you compare totals.

Typical cost

£300–£4,000

Excavation from £1,000/section; lining the pipe instead costs less (industry guides, 2026)

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UK drainage in numbers

The scale of the problem

300,000
sewer blockages a year
costing ~£100m · Water UK
93%
of blockages are wipes
Water UK
200,000km
of sewers made public in 2011
Ofwat
£17,264
average subsidence payout
ABI, 2025

Sources: Water UK, Ofwat and the ABI (2024–2025). Figures are UK-wide and rounded.

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Questions about drain repairs

Might the drain be linable instead?

If the pipe has not collapsed, no-dig relining fixes it from the inside from £300 — and nothing gets dug up.

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