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Knowing the different types of drainage systems, and discovering which one is on your property, can help you massively in the future. If you ever need to make any changes to your current drainage system, either due to a fault or because you need to add drainage to a new extension, you’ll need to know … Continue reading “What are The Types of Drainage, and How to Tell Them Apart?”
If you’re looking to build a soakaway on your property, there are probably a few questions you would like answered first. Below, Coastal Drains answer the main questions regarding soakaway construction, why soakaways are needed, as well as how to properly complete your soakaway pit construction. First things first you may be asking: What Is … Continue reading “Soakaway Construction UK – Your Questions Answered”
Do You Have Lead Pipes in Your Home? Water mains in the UK are not made of lead – meaning that there is virtually no lead in the drinking water and water supply that comes from water treatment plants. However, if your home was built before 1970, you may have a lead pipe feeding your … Continue reading “Lead Pipes”
Every building that has drainage pipe systems: toilets, sinks, and baths, are connected to a series of interconnected pipes. Together, they all connect to a network of horizontal pipes called waste pipes, or soil and vent pipes. These horizontal pipes transport any wastewater from a property by joining with a vertical pipe outside of the … Continue reading “What is a Soil Stack?”
Grease Trap Meanings Explained Did you know that every year, nearly half a million tonnes of grease and fat enter the UK sewerage and drainage systems every year? Grease can be a very destructive substance, sticking to pipe walls and building up over itself, eventually leading to severe blockages and fatbergs. Fats and oils that … Continue reading “What is a Grease Trap?”
If you have a septic tank on your property, you should empty your tank at least once a year to prevent problems, such as overflowing, from occurring. The average price a tradesperson would typically charge to professionally clean and empty a septic tank can be in the range of £90-£300 and can take as little … Continue reading “How Much Does it Cost to Empty a Septic Tank?”
The formation of a fatberg occurs when things that shouldn’t enter the drainage system are flushed away, or drained down sinks. Items such as wet wipes, nappies and cotton buds, cooking fat, cooking oil, and grease cause fatbergs because they are items that cannot dissolve effectively in sewage systems. Toiletpaper does not contribute to the … Continue reading “What is a Fatberg? Sewer Problems Explained”
Drainage Culverts Here at Coastal Drains, our experts have knowledge that only comes from years of experience in the drainage industry. Our drainage engineers are the best at what they do – carrying the most recent industry-standard equipment in order to bring the best drainage services to domestic and commercial properties throughout Sussex. We will … Continue reading “What is a Drainage Culvert?”
Rules and building regulations for a soakaway relating to foul drainage state that a soakaway is no longer an acceptable method of surface water and drainage waste disposal. Instead, a drainage field must be used for anything that is not rainwater. When using a soakaway for rainwater, it must be located over five meters from … Continue reading “Soakaway Regulations – What Are They and Why Do They Matter?”
When it comes to drains and sewers there is a great deal of difficulty in understanding where the responsibility for blocked drains or other issues lies. There are several types of sewers, which complicates this matter somewhat. Public sewers tend to be the responsibility of the local water authority whereas private sewers are usually the … Continue reading “Understanding Shared Drainage Responsibility in the UK”
