When the leaves fall, the most demanding time of the year begins for your drainage system. Within just a few weeks, gutters, yard drains and catch basins fill up with leaves and dirt. If you have professional autumn maintenance carried out now, you go into winter with a clear system.
Why Autumn Maintenance of Your Drainage System Matters
As long as it rains, the problem is barely noticeable: the water finds its way through the leaves and drainage seems to work normally. It only becomes critical when temperatures drop. Wet leaves get stuck at narrow points, the deposits harden – and then the water has nowhere left to go.
The consequences usually show up with the first prolonged rain or during a thaw: gutters overflow, water pools in the yard instead of draining away, and the façade and base of the building become soaked. When it freezes, standing water turns to ice exactly where it does not belong.
The situation in Vienna and the surrounding area is particularly special. Here, 80% of rainwater and wastewater flows into the same sewer. Anything that does not drain away at the top therefore puts a direct strain on the building's entire drainage network.
The Autumn Check in Detail
To keep leaves and dirt from blocking your system over the winter, we focus exactly on the points where deposits collect. Our team takes care of professional cleaning and inspection for you:
- Downpipe cleaning: We clear gutters and downpipes of autumn leaves. This prevents dirt from sliding down from above and blocking the pipe system.
- Surface drainage: We thoroughly clean yard drains and street gullies of leaves and dirt, so that rainwater and meltwater can flow away from the building unhindered.
- Inspection of separators (e.g. silt traps or catch basins): These collection points capture coarse dirt and sand before they enter the main pipe. We check them in good time – before they overflow.
- Soakaways: We clean the shaft and replace the filter fleece. If it becomes clogged with leaves, rainwater can no longer seep away and pools on the surface.
The maintenance is done quickly and is inexpensive. It keeps your system reliably clear throughout the winter and prevents a harmless build-up from turning into an emergency.
Planning Reliability through Professional Maintenance
Autumn maintenance is not just a quick "check" but an essential building block for the long-term reliability of your surface drainage. Together with spring maintenance, it provides year-round protection: in autumn, we take away winter's point of attack; in spring, we remove what it has left behind.
Instead of reacting to acute problems, DerKanal relies on forward-looking planning. With a customized maintenance and service plan – whether for surface drainage or backflow prevention – you keep costs predictable and easy to budget. We manage your system proactively, prevent damage and document its condition in full.
And if things ever need to happen fast: DerKanal is available around the clock, 365 days a year, and on site in no time.
Book your appointment for professional autumn maintenance now! Our team will get your drainage system ready for winter in good time. Simply contact us for a no-obligation quote or an initial consultation.
