Panic set in.
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.” cctv drain survey hammersmith and fulham
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. Panic set in