Sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDs) offer a natural approach to managing drainage. When vegetation and permeable surfaces are replaced by concrete, paving or roofed structures, less surface water is absorbed into the ground and more is directed to the surface water drains. Instead of channelling surface water through a network of pipes to a watercourse, […]
A potentially serious blockage in a foul drain was nipped in the bud thanks to a timely call to an insurance company and a rapid response by UKDN Waterflow (LG) Ltd. Glyn and Rose Mycock, from Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire, alerted their home insurance provider after their kitchen sink started to drain much more slowly than […]
The way two UKDN Waterflow (LG) Ltd clean water engineers “stuck at it” to get to the bottom of a water leak really impressed Ray and Jo Stanton. The couple, who live in Poole, Dorset, became concerned when they spotted water flowing down the drive at their semi-detached home. There was one big problem – […]
UKDN Waterflow (LG) Ltd is keeping the drains at the UK’s largest fruit, vegetable and flower market in a clear and healthy condition to help Londoners enjoy the freshest food and the brightest blooms. The company, part of Lanes Group plc, is commissioned to provide a drainage maintenance service for the more than 200 […]
Drainage specialist Lanes Group plc has donated a heart defibrillator to one of the largest primary schools in Solihull. Nearly 700 children and 90 staff, plus many hundreds of other people who visit Valley Primary School, in Solihull, every week now have additional protection against sudden cardiac arrest. As well as donating the defibrillator, Lanes […]
Credit – Network Rail Whilst rain makes the grass grow and the flowers bloom, its effects aren’t quite so kind for the everyday commuter. It gets in your hair and dampens your mood, makes your mascara run and you run late. On a drizzly Monday night, overflowing drains are an overwhelming pain. However, the rain’s […]
UKDN Waterflow (LG) Ltd has boosted its ultra-violet lining capability to meet growing demand for the rehabilitation of large diameter sewers and culverts. Its lining division has invested in a new dual-core curing system designed specifically for lining pipes with a diameter of between 600mm and 1200mm. Drainage specialist UKDN Waterflow (LG), part of Lanes […]
As a former customer service manager Carol Hall was well placed to judge the response of the UKDN Waterflow (LG) Ltd team to the blockage in her drain. She was impressed with the professionalism of drainage repair engineers Mark Elliot and Dan Page, from the company’s Birmingham depot. Carol also very much appreciated their sensitive […]
When Lorraine and Stephen Lovell called in their plumber to change a radiator the last thing they expected was that he would uncover a deeper problem. As he removed the radiator from the wall in the hallway of their home in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, and checked under the floor boards he caught a whiff of […]
Mended water pipe and rubble removed – brilliant! Care worker Alan Westall could not have been happier. Not only did UKDN Waterflow (LG) mend his water pipe – our engineers also took away his garden waste. The soil in the garden at Mr Westall’s terraced house in Kirton, Suffolk, had contained a lot of bricks […]