A provider typically lifts the nearest manhole, checks which chambers are full, and works out whether the blockage is on the private run or beyond it.
Galway, Co. Galway · Drain Unblocking
Blocked sewers and drain blockages in Galway: start here.
When several fixtures back up at once, or foul water rises at an outside chamber, the blockage is usually in a shared drain or sewer connection.
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Galway, Co. Galway
Start with the practical side of blocked sewers and drain blockages.
The private section of a drain normally runs from the property to the boundary or the public connection. A blockage on the public sewer is a matter for Uisce Éireann, so it helps to describe where the water is appearing before anyone is booked.
Tell us what you need →Note which fixtures are affected, where any overflow is visible, and whether neighbours have the same problem.
Parts of Galway city have older combined drainage, so heavy rain can make an existing blockage worse and harder to trace.