Health & Safety

What are your legal responsibilities towards your drainage system?

The responsibility for maintaining and repairing drainage systems is shared between property owners, water companies, and the local authorities. Locating a problem and understanding who is responsible for what part of the drainage network can help you avoid unnecessary repair costs for yourself or your business and ensure that your drains are properly looked [...]

By |2025-05-27T11:18:59+00:00May 27th, 2025|cracked drain pipe, Drain Cleaning, Drainage System, Health & Safety|Comments Off on What are your legal responsibilities towards your drainage system?

Building Regulations: Annoying paperwork or essential protection for your property?

If you are responsible for building or renovating any property, including its drainage system, you need to be aware of UK building regulations. These regulations ensure that a building’s drainage system is safe, functional, and environmentally friendly. This is critical if your property is likely to experience high footfall or it’s accessed by the [...]

By |2025-05-27T11:08:47+00:00May 27th, 2025|Drain Cleaning, Drainage System, Health & Safety|Comments Off on Building Regulations: Annoying paperwork or essential protection for your property?

Working safely at height

You can expect to see our crews with their feet firmly planted on the ground working on drains and sewers but look up and you’re just as likely to see them working high up. Working at heights Drain and Sewer Services crews are experts in gutter cleaning and repairs for commercial and residential properties. [...]

By |2021-12-07T10:56:52+00:00December 3rd, 2021|Drains and Sewers, Gutter cleaning, Health & Safety|Comments Off on Working safely at height

Remaining COVID-19 vigilant

With a second lockdown days away, we would like to re-assure our customers that we will again, remain fully operational across all areas of the company. As a company providing essential services to key workers, we will continue to operate, adhering strictly to Government guidance to ensure we are fully COVID-19 compliant. Our services [...]

By |2020-11-03T09:47:30+00:00November 2nd, 2020|Blocked drain, Drains and Sewers, Health & Safety|Comments Off on Remaining COVID-19 vigilant

Specialist flood response services – 24 hours a day

With shoppers stranded in shopping centres and families being evacuated from their homes in South Yorkshire last week we’re seeing at first-hand how quickly torrential rain can turn into flooding and how no-one expected it until it happened. The clean-up will take months and £millions, not to mention the distress and disruption for the [...]

By |2023-08-15T13:41:55+00:00November 11th, 2019|Drains and Sewers, Driveways and Patios, Flooding, Health & Safety, Roadworks|Comments Off on Specialist flood response services – 24 hours a day

NRSWA: There is more to roadworks than digging a hole

Next time your car is in a roadworks queue, take the time to appreciate how much it takes to dig up a road surface, repair whatever is underneath and resurface the road while controlling traffic and keeping everyone safe. […]

By |2018-06-15T14:38:06+00:00December 20th, 2017|Health & Safety, NRSWA, Roadworks|Comments Off on NRSWA: There is more to roadworks than digging a hole

Are you risking prosecution by using contractors unqualified for confined space work?

We’ve got ourselves into some tight spots in our line of work, including silos, sewers and septic tanks. But we’ve always got the job done and got out safely because of our City and Guild training, certification and preparation. How confident are you that the contractors you’re using for confined [...]

By |2018-06-14T11:23:20+00:00September 28th, 2017|Confined space entry, Health & Safety|Comments Off on Are you risking prosecution by using contractors unqualified for confined space work?
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