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 [...]
Drains, sewers and gutters – keeping hospitals operating safely
Medical science is constantly evolving, which is great for us. We can look forward to new technologies that will give us longer, healthier lives. But there’s also a low-tech element to any hospital, GP [...]
Looking after wildlife AND your drains
Everyone, from individual homeowners to business owners and managers of public facilities, is much more aware these days of the importance of a sustainable environment and supporting biodiversity. Wildlife should have its own preserved [...]
