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The ASL Limited road gully sucking tanker on it's way to a road gully clearance.
A rainwater gully and a road gully serve similar purposes in collecting and directing water, but they differ in their locations and specific functions: Rainwater Gully Purpose: Designed to handle water from rooftops, driveways, and other hard surfaces around buildings. Location: Typically found on private property...

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Treatment plant installation by ASL Limited
A sewage treatment plant (also known as a package treatment plant) treats sewage to a higher standard than a septic tank. I meet and talk to many people with large country houses with lovely gardens and the most common reason over the last year has been these new binding rules (1st of January 2020). This, in my opinion...
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Our Gerry carrying out a site level survey.
Treatment plants commonly work by three significant processes: Initial separation of solids from liquids, then bacteriological action, and finally settlement before it leaves the treatment plant. The separated water is allowed to flow by gravity to and into a drainage field, stream river or watercourse. If the fall of...
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ASL Limited has all the equipment for high pressure drain jetting.
The debris left behind by building work is a vulnerability prone to blockage; the cleaning or checking such requires specialist equipment, care, and attention. We do with our high-pressure jetting machines! Our team of highly trained employees specializes in high-pressure and low-pressure large flow jetting and...
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Untidy yard
It is beneficial for owners or managers, in the drainage industry, to strive for employees who produce top-quality work. In this inflationary time, I explain to my managers, that a valued employee who is supported well produces the best work, is reliable, and consistent. To value an employee who is struggling with his...
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ASL Limited prepared for all aspects of drainage.
Higher wages must be in line with efficiency. Connecting to the main public sewer, adding value to people's property or installing a treatment plant to save our rivers; is all costing more! or is it? Higher wages must be in line with efficiency, in other words, innovative thinking. In order for my company to grow, it...
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A photo of sewage and fat forming a brown crust around the float switches of a pumping station.
When our customer says, “We don’t put fat, grease or oil down the drain, we’re very careful.” – they are being truthful. They don’t see the grease and fat build in tiny quantities such as a millimetre during one week. They diligently scrape all the bits out when washing a pan and then put the pan in the dishwasher. The...
A pub's grease trap being emptied.
We talk a lot about fat, grease & oil and how they can damage your septic tank, treatment plant or pumping station on the ASL Limited blog. So we thought we would talk about the solutions – the steps you could take to prevent the build-up of fats, grease & oils in your drainage and private sewage systems. Whether you...
Fat is getting into our drains and causing quite a backlog!
We understand no one intentionally puts fat down our drains. We also understand that many people may not realize what contributes to the fat that does get in our drains. The fact that fat is getting in is not debatable. We see it congealed around the float switches of a pumping station or the wheel of a treatment plant...
Rodding, light jetting and a FREE 'Quick Look' drain survey with a blocked drain callout.
If you have a blocked drain there are many problems it could cause and the longer it’s left the more apparent those problems will be. So when you can’t clear it yourself and it’s time to call the professionals how much should you expect to pay? In this article on Checkatrade they provide a table of average costs for...
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The Rivers Trust Conference 2022
Having listened to the Rivers Trust Annual conference this month, I am finding myself more motivated than ever to share an understanding of surface water drainage. There were so many great discussions around how to improve the quality and function of our rivers so if you have time to listen you can view the full two...

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