Thursday, 18 January, 2024 Author: Gerry Rowe
Further advantages from the experienced blocked drains person A case in point To follow up on your request, we returned to the above address on Monday, the 18th of August 2019, carrying out test holes to determine the ground make-up and to find out if the private sewage system is suitable and if…
Thursday, 8 June, 2023 Author: Gerry Rowe
Dear householder Further to your request, we have scheduled our waste tanker and high-pressure jetting unit to attend on 3rd March 2019 to empty the tank and jet the soakaway. We are also due to attend the site on Monday, 19th March to excavate a test hole and carry out further investigations.…
Wednesday, 8 June, 2022 Author: Gerry Rowe
This Case Study is based on a recent job for an upgrade of sewage system. Observations Regarding your system, it comprises a square tank, which is typically used as a cesspit when installed in-ground made up of clay. Contractors, who installed the cesspits in the old days, installed them to leak…
Thursday, 2 June, 2022 Author: Gerry Rowe
It’s very difficult, possibly impossible to develop high-performance teams when there is no accountability. All procedures are preceded by a meeting of agreement. Without writing out a procedure and no support from the managers, addressing issues and solving problems without anyone taking…
Tuesday, 17 May, 2022 Author: Gerry Rowe
We were called out to investigate a blocked drain at a care home. Our blocked drains engineer, charging £69 plus VAT (at that time), identified the actual problem with the septic tank and stayed on-site to help manage and explain the situation. He was able to explain the emergency charges and…
Friday, 11 February, 2022 Author: Gerry Rowe
When drains are attracting roots and surface water – A case in point Observations As promised, we have carried out the CCTV drain survey. The CCTV survey revealed damaged drains; tree roots have lifted the pipe, causing open joints, allowing ingress of surface water, and fine fibrous roots. The…
Friday, 14 January, 2022 Author: Gerry Rowe
The combination of large amounts of fat, grease and oil and surface water Further to our previous recommendations, we attended a customer’s address on Wednesday, the 1st of December 2021. We broke up and removed thick sewage along with a large amount of fat from the existing holding tank and…
Monday, 13 September, 2021 Author: Gerry Rowe
This case study is based on the proactive action of one of our customers when they were moving house. You will see from the results of our report that this particular survey presented options for the client to choose from and gave them all the information they would need to negotiate within the…
Tuesday, 10 August, 2021 Author: Gerry Rowe
On request, we surveyed the 'septic tank’ our client was told existed. You will see from the results of our report that this particular survey saved our client thousands of pounds in the negotiations of the house purchase because the existing sewage system wasn't fit for purpose. Without the…
Thursday, 29 July, 2021 Author: Gerry Rowe
This case study is based on the proactive action of one of our customers when they were moving house. On request, we estimated the installation of a new treatment plant as a result of the commercial survey before the exchange. Observations & Findings Based on the number of users you have…
