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A Guide to CCTV Drain Surveys for Property Managers and Facilities Staff
CCTV surveys for drainage is a massively important part of maintaining property and allows you to be proactive in identifying potential and existing issues that could be cost more in the long run by not being aware of root causes or underlying issues within and around the property. But not all surveys are created equal.
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A Drainage Engineer’s Guide to…
In this DrainHub Guide series, we’ll take you through the process of unblocking or clearing any drain in your house, office or workplace. It should give you an insight into the process of elimination when working out where a blockage is, then how to attack it and with without having to buy expensive tools or
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Fat and Grease in Your Drains
Picture this, you’re washing up after a delicious, home-cooked dinner. It’s tempting to rinse the fat and grease down the sink, isn’t it? A harmless, convenient solution, surely. Well, think again. Fat and grease are silent assailants, quietly waging war on your plumbing. They’re notorious for causing blockages in household drains and wreaking havoc in commercial kitchens.
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Soakaway Problems: Causes, Symptoms, and Solutions
Ever wondered where the water from your roof, gutters or floor gullies run to? Realistically, depending on where you live in the UK, the age of your property and other factors, there are three end points for the rain water from your property: Main Sewer Quite often, rain water drains end up flowing into the
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How Do Saniflos Work?
If you’ve ever wondered how toilet macerators work, now you can find out! Most toilet, or waste pumps, involve two aspects: Macerating, or chewing/grinding/breaking down, and pumping. How Macerators Work First off, what do macerators do? They macerate, or chew, solids into smaller pieces. That’s all this fancy word means. Macerators are devices that break
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How To Clean A Kitchen Drain Smell
Why Cleaning Your Sink Trap or U Bend Prevents Bad Smells and Tips & Benefits of Drain Cleaner Sticks and Deodorisers: A foul odour emanating from your kitchen drain can be unpleasant and bothersome. The accumulation of food debris, grease, and bacteria can lead to a smelly drain. However, there are simple but effective methods
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Mechanical Drain Cleaner
One thing to consider when clearing a blocked drain is what effect your attempts at clearing them can have. There are many chemical drain unblockers on the market and whilst a lot of them are effective, they can have adverse effects on your pipe work, rubber or plastic seals and the environment. This is especially
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Weighing Up Mechanical vs Chemical Drain Unblocking
When it comes to unblocking a drain, there are two main methods: Mechanical means and Chemical means. Mechanical means involve physically removing the blockage with tools like a plunger or a drain snake, while chemical means involve pouring chemicals down the drain to dissolve the blockage. While both methods can be effective, there are some
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Rothenberger Ropump, AKA Toilet Plunger
This is easily one of the most effective toilet plungers available off the shelf and widely used by professional drainage contractors. Although expensive, they tend to last forever and one purchase may be more cost effective than the call out for a blocked toilet each and every time. Here you can see how easily this