http://www.londonblockeddrain.co.uk/blog Latest news from London City Drains Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:34:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now accessing City Drains drainage services is even easier, as we're listed in the London Drainage Services section of google maps. The new googlemaps listing displays our contact details and customers reviews - just search for London Drainage services on google. http://www.londonblockeddrain.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/08/city-drains-london-drainage-service-listed-in-googlemaps/ Here's a recent review from a satisfied customer of City Drains: In this case we determined the cause of the drainage problem, and provided a fast, effective drain repair. "Really great service by this company. Highly reccomended, will use again. Thanks for your help City Drains, you managed to get to the ... http://www.londonblockeddrain.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/07/customer-review-from-michael-b-excellent-drainage-service/ One of the qualities that stands out when dealing with London City Drains and which our customers agree on, is the go for attitude and determination to solve the drainage problem at hand. One job recently undertaken in central London was for a solicitor firm whose drains were located in their ... http://www.londonblockeddrain.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/06/city-drains-london-drainage-service-excels-where-other-blocked-drain-clearing-engineers-fail/ Drainage London | CCTV Drain survey footage - London Drainage Service We've added a report of a recent drainage survey to the City Drains London website. In this example we inspected a 4 inch PVC drain pipe at a house in London - the customer was suffering a blocked drain which needed immediate ... http://www.londonblockeddrain.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/05/london-drainage-cctv-survey-blocked-drain-due-to-kinked-pipe/ Thames Water is proposing to upgrade its sludge treatment facilities at Riverside Sewage Treatment Works, in Rainham – which will enable the plant to treat the solid waste left behind after the sewage treatment process and turn it into enough renewable energy to power the entire site. The proposed upgrade ... http://www.londonblockeddrain.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/05/riverside-sewage-treatment-works-plant-will-run-entirely-from-renewable-energy/ Investment plea for London sewers   Investment is urgently needed to upgrade London's drains & sewers and reduce the threat posed by climate change and flash floods, experts have warned. The severity and regularity of flash floods is expected to increase as more of London's green spaces are concreted over and the population ... http://www.londonblockeddrain.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/05/investment-plea-for-london-sewers/ Here's another movie of a blocked drain London City Drains cctv survey. In this example our London drain engineer was making a cctv survey of a 4 inch diameter earthenware/cast iron drain at a home in London. As the cctv survey footage shows, the drain is misaligned, meaning the section of drain ... http://www.londonblockeddrain.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/05/london-drain-inspection-survey/ London's Sewer System - Blocked drain london - london drainage history, advice and tips Over 2,800 million litres of waste produced every day 349 sewage treatment works Over 2,400 sewage pumping stations Over 67,700 km (42,000 miles) of sewers Europe's largest sewage treatment works at Beckton, East London Hot cooking fat solidifies when poured down the ... http://www.londonblockeddrain.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/05/facts-advice-and-tips-londons-drain-and-sewer-system/ We've uploaded a cctv video of a drain inspection survey to the London City Drains website. In this case, the surveyed drain was a earthenware/PVC construct - we found the drain to be in good condition with some silt build up. You can download the drain survey video from the London City ... http://www.londonblockeddrain.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/05/cctv-drainage-inspection-survey-video-now-available-online-at-londonblockeddraincouk/ One of the biggest technical advances to improve blocked drain clearing services in London, is the implementation of cctv drain survey techniques. This allows us to look inside drains and make a damage assessment without the need for expensive drain excavation.   In this way, experienced drainage engineers are able to save you a lot ... http://www.londonblockeddrain.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/cctv-drain-survey-video/