TL;DR: Older Cornish properties fail on drainage for reasons that are specific to this county: shallow pipe runs cut through granite and killas, Victorian clay pipework with open
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TL;DR: Drains overflow in heavy rain when more water arrives than the pipe can carry away. Sometimes that is pure volume. More often, rain simply exposes a fault
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TL;DR: An interceptor drain is any drainage component that stops something from travelling where it shouldn’t. In UK properties the term covers three different things: a Victorian interceptor
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TL;DR: Commercial kitchens in the UK must keep fats, oils and grease out of the public sewer, and drainage serving hot food premises should be fitted with a
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TL;DR: Grease trap cleaning keeps fats, oils and grease out of your drains and out of the public sewer. Most commercial kitchens need a service every month, or
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TL;DR: An air admittance valve (commonly called a Durgo valve) is a one-way valve that lets air into your soil pipe when water drains, stopping the suction that
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TL;DR: Rats in drains are the source of most indoor rat problems, and they get in through defects in the pipework: cracked pipes, displaced joints, open capped branches
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TL;DR: Natural drain cleaning works as maintenance, not as a rescue. Boiling water, bicarbonate of soda with white vinegar, and enzyme cleaners stop grease films and soap residue
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TL;DR: No. Flushable wipes do not break down like toilet paper, and no wipe sold in the UK is safe for your drains. Water UK retired its Fine
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TL;DR: Never pour cooking oil down the sink, the toilet or an outside drain. Let it cool, pour it into a sealed container such as a jar or
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