Maltby is a town of around 17,000 people in the S66 postcode, situated about six miles east of Rotherham on the edge of the South Yorkshire coalfield. For most of its modern history, Maltby was a colliery town — Maltby Colliery opened in 1911 and shaped the settlement profoundly, generating a large planned housing estate built by the colliery company in the interwar period. This housing — solid, well-built brick terraces and semis — makes up a significant portion of Maltby's residential stock and is now over eighty years old. The town occupies ground that has been undermined, and while Maltby Colliery closed in 2013, the legacy of deep mining beneath the area is a continuing concern for buried infrastructure including drainage systems.
Our services in Maltby
Why Maltby Properties Need CCTV Drain Surveys
Maltby's defining drainage issue is ground movement. Underground extraction creates voids that gradually compact and settle, and even many years after a pit closes, the effects on surface and near-surface structures — including drain pipes — continue to work their way through. In parts of Maltby, drain runs have shifted, creating sag joints or outright misalignments that cause blockages and, in worse cases, backing up into properties during heavy rain.
The colliery housing estate — centred around Muglet Lane, Braithwell Road, and the streets of the original planned village — has drainage that was installed in the 1920s and 1930s. Clay-jointed pipes from this era are past their design life and are particularly vulnerable to the ground movement associated with the area's mining heritage. Root ingress from the mature trees planted throughout the estate is also a consistent finding in CCTV surveys here.
Newer residential development on Maltby's edges — particularly around Tickhill Road and the more recent builds abutting Hellaby — includes properties where drainage adoption may not have been confirmed, and builder snag surveys on pipes that were installed more recently are an increasingly common request.
The market square area and the properties around Blyth Road in the older village core predate the colliery and sit above even older drainage infrastructure, where brick-built combined sewers may be showing mortar deterioration and cracking.
What's Included in Our Maltby CCTV Survey
- Full HD CCTV camera inspection of your drain system
- Detailed written report with footage
- Identification of blockages, cracks, root ingress, collapsed sections
- Drainage mapping if required
- Fast turnaround — results same day in most cases
- Maltby Town Centre & Blyth Road (S66 7)
- Colliery Estate: Muglet Lane & Braithwell Road (S66 7)
- Tickhill Road & western estates (S66 8)
- Hellaby fringe (S66 8)
- Stainton & Bramley (S66)
- Book online or call — same-day and next-day slots available
- Engineer arrives — fully equipped, no mess
- Survey completed — camera inspects every accessible drain
- Report delivered — clear findings, plain English
Areas We Cover in Maltby
How It Works
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Whether you're purchasing a colliery-era terrace, dealing with drainage backing up, or want to check drainage adoption on a newer property, we cover all of S66 and the surrounding Rotherham area.
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The survey picked up a major root intrusion that would have cost us over £4,000 to fix after purchase. Worth every penny.
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"Really impressed by how fast and efficient the whole process was. Booked online Monday evening, surveyed Tuesday morning, report in my inbox by Wednesday. Highly recommend for any homebuyer."
Everything you need to know
A CCTV drain survey is a non-invasive visual inspection of your underground drainage system using specialist camera equipment. The camera is fed through the pipes to capture high-quality footage, allowing our engineers to identify any issues without excavation.
Most residential surveys take between 1 and 2 hours depending on the size and complexity of the drainage system. Larger commercial sites may take longer. We'll give you a realistic timeframe when you book.
Very little. Ensure access to drain inspection chambers is clear. We'll handle everything else. Our surveys are non-invasive and won't cause any disruption to your property.
Blockages, tree root intrusion, pipe collapses, cracks and fractures, displaced joints, build-up of fat and grease, and incorrect pipe gradients. Essentially anything that could cause or is causing a drainage problem.
We strongly recommend it. A homebuyer drain survey can identify problems that a standard survey may miss, potentially saving you thousands in unexpected repair costs after purchase.
Costs vary depending on the size of the property and what's required. Contact us for a free, no-obligation quote and we'll give you a clear price upfront with no hidden charges.
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