What are your legal obligations when you have a septic tank?
Did you know that if you own a property containing a septic tank, then you have a number of legal obligations to meet. If you fail to do that, you could be liable for [...]
Relining: giving old drains and pipes a new lease of life
Inevitably, pipes and drains become cracked or damaged over time, which can lead to environmental, structural and health problems for a premises manager. The good news is that instead of the age-old solution of [...]
Looking after our elderly means looking after care home drains
When relatives visit a care home to see mum, dad or granny, an encounter with bad drain smells, blocked toilets or leaky guttering won’t give them a warm feeling that their loved ones are [...]
Protecting your premises from a year-round rat risk
If you thought you were going to get a break from rats over winter, think again. Rats don’t hibernate and they excel at taking advantage of humans, whether that’s helping themselves to our food [...]
Are your gutters ready for the Christmas holidays?
Freezing weather, snow and sleet are already hitting different part of the UK in the run-up to Christmas. If you are responsible for public facilities (such as a school or hospital) or for a [...]
How to shut down a leisure centre – allow a drainage disaster to happen
When you’re a leisure centre manager you will know that when things go wrong, they go badly wrong – and quickly. There are regular reports in regional papers about leisure centres being forced to [...]
