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The Limitations of CCTV Drain Surveys: What They Can’t Detect

CCTV drain surveys are an invaluable tool for inspecting the hidden parts of your property’s drainage system. They allow [...]

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03
May

The Future of Septic Systems: Innovations and Trends

In the world of waste management, septic systems play a crucial role, especially in areas not served by centralised [...]

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11
Apr

The Role of Technology in Modern Drain Repair

In recent years, technology has significantly transformed drain repair services, introducing more efficient, more accurate, and less invasive methods [...]

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04
Apr

The Technology Behind CCTV Drain Surveys

In the world of drainage maintenance and repair, CCTV drain surveys play a pivotal role in diagnosing and resolving [...]

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28
Mar

The Dangers of Chemical Drain Cleaners: What to Avoid

In the quest for a quick fix to the common problem of blocked drains, many of us reach for [...]

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21
Mar

When to Call a Professional for Drain Unblocking

Encountering a blocked drain can instantly turn a normal day into a stressful ordeal. While minor clogs can often [...]

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14
Mar

The Role of Grease Traps in Commercial Kitchens

Commercial kitchens, whether they are part of a bustling restaurant, a catering service, or any other food-related business, are [...]

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22
Feb

The Evolution of CCTV Technology in Drain Surveys

Understanding the state of your drainage system is crucial for both residential and commercial property owners. Traditional methods of [...]

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08
Feb

Common Tools Used in Drain Unblocking

When it comes to drain unblocking, having the right tools for the job is crucial. Not only do they [...]

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25
Jan

How Drain Relining Contributes to Sustainable Practices

Drainage issues can be a major inconvenience, but they also pose a significant threat to the environment if not [...]

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11
Jan

DIY Drain Unblocking: Safe Methods for Homeowners

Blocked drains can be a real nuisance, causing unpleasant odours and even leading to more serious problems like flooding. [...]

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28
Dec

Preparing Your Drains for the Winter Freeze

Winter is coming, and with it comes the potential for frozen pipes, blocked drains, and a host of other [...]

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14
Dec

The Role of Leaves and Debris in Autumn Drain Blockages

Autumn, with its vibrant leaves and crisp air, brings a unique challenge to homeowners – clogged drains. As the [...]

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30
Nov

The Importance of Regular CCTV Drain Checks

In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to overlook the less obvious aspects of home and commercial maintenance. One such [...]

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16
Nov

The Top Causes of Blocked Drains and How to Avoid Them

At Maintain Drains, we understand the inconvenience and disruption that blocked drains can cause. As a well-established, reliable, and [...]

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02
Nov

5 Must-Know Tips to Prevent Grease Buildup in Your Restaurant Drain

Hey there! If you’re in the food industry, especially if you run a restaurant or fast-food outlet, you’ll know [...]

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16
Aug

Experts Reveal: The Ultimate Method to Unblock Drains!

Ever found yourself staring down at a stubbornly blocked drain, plunger in hand, dreading the messy task ahead? Trust [...]

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03
Jul

Drainage Preservation: Drain Maintenance for Older Homes

Older homes, often with timeless charm and distinctive character, require special attention when it comes to maintaining their plumbing [...]

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03
Jun

The Pros and Cons of Drain Relining: Is It Right for Your Property?

At Maintain Drains, we understand that choosing the right drain repair method for your property can be a difficult [...]

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03
May

The Top Drainage Problems Homeowners Face in Spring and How to Prevent Them

Spring is a season of rejuvenation and renewal, but it can also bring its fair share of challenges. One [...]

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30
Apr

The Importance of Grease Traps in Commercial Kitchens and Proper FOG Disposal

Commercial kitchens are notorious for producing large amounts of fats, oils, and grease (FOG) on a daily basis. Whether [...]

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15
Apr

Pitch Fibre Pipe Repair: Why You Should Choose Maintain Drains

At Maintain Drains, we understand the importance of properly repairing pitch fibre pipes. Pitch fibre pipes were commonly used [...]

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07
Apr

Drain Rodding: Understanding the Benefits and Alternatives

Blocked drains can cause a significant headache for homeowners and business owners alike. At Maintain Drains, a drain maintenance [...]

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30
Mar

What is Drain Jetting and How Does it Work?

Drain jetting is a powerful method of clearing blocked drains that uses high-pressure water jetting systems to blast away [...]

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15
Mar

Drain Excavation and Repairs: Understanding the Process and Preventing Damage

Drain Excavation and Repairs: What You Need to Know Drains play a critical role in maintaining the health and [...]

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07
Mar

Drain Mapping for Building Projects: Essential for Proper Drainage

Drain Mapping for Building Projects If you’re planning a building project, it’s essential to consider the impact it may [...]

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18
Feb

The Drainage Checklist: Things to Consider When Buying a House in 2024

Buying a house is a big decision, and it’s important to consider all aspects of the property before making [...]

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02
Feb

Saving Time and Money with CCTV Drain Surveys

CCTV drain surveys can save you time and money by quickly and accurately identifying problems with your drains. Whether [...]

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26
Jan

The Basics of How a Septic Tank Works

At Maintain Drains, we understand the critical role that septic tanks play in effective wastewater management for many properties, [...]

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25
Jan

How Regular Maintenance Can Minimise Drain Repairs

When it comes to household or commercial drainage systems, the old adage “prevention is better than cure” couldn’t be [...]

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25
Jan

Expert Tips for Maintaining Commercial Drainage Systems

Maintaining commercial drainage systems is crucial for the smooth operation of businesses, but it can be challenging to keep [...]

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19
Jan

Expert Tips for Dealing with Rats in Your Drains

If you have rats in your drains, it can be a major problem. Not only can they cause damage [...]

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12
Jan

The Importance of Regular Drain Maintenance: Why It’s Worth the Investment

When it comes to plumbing, our drains often go unnoticed until there is a problem. However, drain issues can [...]

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05
Jan

5 tips for avoiding blocked drains during the Christmas Holidays

5 tips for avoiding blocked drains during Christmas As the festive season approaches, many of us are busy preparing [...]

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20
Dec

How to Unblock Drains: Winter Woes

How to unblock drains this winter? Blocked drains in the winter can be a common and frustrating problem. Water [...]

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15
Dec

Is That Rotten Eggs? Why Does My Drain Smell?

Rotten eggs are an unpleasant smell – one you definitely don’t want in your home. You can spend days [...]

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25
Nov

Responsible disposal of fats and oils – 1 way to avoid a blocked drain!

Responsible disposal of fats and oils At Maintain Drains, we want to help you avoid the inconvenience of blocked [...]

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03
Nov

12 Great Ways To Save Money On Plumbing and Water Bills

12 Great Ways To Save Money On Plumbing And Water Bills The recent increases in the cost of living [...]

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03
Oct

6 Tips to Maintain a Healthy Drainage System

6 Tips to Maintain a Healthy Drainage System Keeping your drains clean and maintaining a healthy drainage system is [...]

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07
Sep

Buying A Home? 3 Reasons You Need a CCTV Drain Survey

A CCTV drain survey should be on your radar if you’re looking to buy a new house. Given the [...]

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31
Aug

Drain Maintenance for Dorset Police

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29
Jun

How to Manage Your Septic Tank

If your property has a septic tank, you need to ensure that it is properly maintained. Failure to keep [...]

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24
Jun

Common Drainage Problems And How To Diagnose Them

Keeping your drains maintained and healthy is very important. There are many different problems that can arise, ranging from [...]

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24
May

Drain Problems? Signs of a blocked drain…

Drain Problems? Signs of a blocked drain… Out of all plumbing problems, sewer and drains are possibly the least [...]

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13
Apr

Things to not put down the drain

Have you ever thrown something down the drain and wondered whether you should have done it? Have you put [...]

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06
Mar

5 Tips to Save Money on Water Bills

Save money on water bills 2022 With the news that the average household electricity and water bill is set [...]

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15
Feb

Commercial Drain Cleaning Services

The need to know about Commercial Drain Cleaning If you have a blocked commercial drain, your top priority is [...]

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31
Jan

Blocked shower drain? Find out how to unblock your shower drain with our 5 top tips…

Having a blocked shower drain can prove to be a real nuisance when you find yourself standing in an [...]

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24
Jan

Will a Blocked Toilet Unblock Itself?

A blocked toilet is never a pleasant thing to deal with. The toilet doesn’t flush properly, leaving waste and [...]

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17
Dec

Should I Call a Plumber for a Blocked Drain?

Imagine if your outside drain was blocked, overflowing onto your driveway and causing an unpleasant smell in and outside [...]

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14
Dec

When to Call your Local Drain Unblockers

You’ll probably find it useful to keep your local drain unblockers number in your contact list as at some [...]

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26
Nov

Who is responsible for rats in drains?

One of the services we provide at Maintain Drains is surveying and identifying signs of rats in your drain [...]

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29
Oct

7 Signs You Need to Call a Drainage Expert

For 15 years, we’ve been servicing the drains of Dorset’s residential and commercial properties. It’s safe to say, from [...]

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15
Oct

How Long Does a CCTV Drain Survey Take?

A CCTV Drain Survey is a thorough inspection of your complete drainage system. A drainage expert will send a [...]

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20
Sep

Is My Kitchen Sink Clogged with Grease?

Is your kitchen sink taking longer to empty? Have you noticed a bad smell coming from your drains? Grease or [...]

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07
Sep

Building an Extension? How to Find the Drains on Your Property

Drains. Probably the last thing on your mind when you move into a new house or decide to add [...]

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19
Jul

How trees in Poole could be damaging your drains – A Guide to Drain Root Removal.

If you’re local to Poole or Bournemouth, we’re sure you’re aware of the beautiful woodland areas. In Poole alone, [...]

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05
Jul

Is it the Landlord’s Responsibility to Unblock Drains?

Whether you are a tenant who is currently renting your property, or a landlord dealing with a maintenance request, [...]

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08
Jun

Have Your Drains Collapsed? Everything You Need to Know

A collapsed drain is one of the most extreme drainage issues that we deal with, often caused by years [...]

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08
Mar

How do I stop rats climbing up drains pipes?

Stop rats climbing up drain pipes because it is essential for the health and hygiene of any domestic or [...]

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22
Jul

Avoiding Cryptosporidium

Guest Blog: Avoiding Cryptosporidium – The Dangerous Water Parasite That’s Immune To Chlorine There is a microscopic parasite that [...]

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04
May

Tree Roots in Drains – FAQs

Tree Root Ingress is probably the biggest cause of blocked drains, pipes and sewer systems in the UK and unfortunately, [...]

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03
Apr

How to retrieve lost drain rods from a drain

Lost Drain Rods? You might find it surprising that one of the most common questions that we are asked [...]

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25
Mar

It’s been a bit of a #rathunting weekend again…

It’s been another rat finding weekend for the Maintain Drains team this weekend.  The team were called to a [...]

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14
Feb

How I look for dangerous blockages in drains…

Watch Jon explain how we look for dangerous blockages and other major issues in drainage. Maintain Drains offer CCTV [...]

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14
Feb

The UK Is Wasting Billions Of Litres Of Clean Drinking Water Every Day

The UK Is Wasting Billions Of Litres Of Clean Drinking Water Every Day – Here’s What You Can Do [...]

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27
Aug

Why you shouldn’t use Chemical Drain Cleaners

If you have noticed your sinks are draining slower than usual, you probably have a blocked drain. Grease, hair [...]

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25
Jul

How we use drain rodding to clear your drains

Our drain rodding service is a fast and effective method to reach and unblock your drains. Maintain Drains use [...]

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17
Jul

How drainage maps can help to secure planning permissions

A drain mapping survey can help you identify the structure of a building’s drainage, including the layout of internal [...]

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12
Jul

Should my restaurant have a grease trap?

Whether you are running a busy restaurant or a small cafe, most commercial companies are required by law to [...]

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12
Jul

What to do if your bath is taking longer to drain

Is your bath taking longer to drain? You might have noticed the water is staying in your bath for [...]

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30
May

Why use a CCTV drain survey

We can use a CCTV drain survey to observe the conditions of your drains and to get to the [...]

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17
May

What to do if you have a fatberg in your drains

What is fatberg? Fatberg is the term used when a sewage system is blocked by household waste. This waste [...]

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29
Apr

Rats in your drain pipes? Here’s what to do

Finding signs to having rats in your drain pipes can be your worst nightmare. Maintain Drains have years of [...]

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29
Mar

Signs of Tree Root Obstruction in Your Drains

Tree root obstruction reduces the flow of water through your drains freely. It can also lead to built up [...]

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21
Mar

2020 Septic Tank Regulations – Are you compliant?

Even though the 2020 septic tank regulation came out in 2015, many are still not compliant. The main change [...]

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28
Feb

Signs your drains are blocked

Sometimes, it’s hard to work out if your drains are blocked. Drainage issues are a common problem with pipes [...]

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25
Feb

Maintain Drains awarded place on new Dorset County Council framework

Dorset-based drainage specialists, Maintain Drains, have been awarded a contract by the Dorset County Council to provide a comprehensive [...]

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18
Sep

Roots In Drains Removal

Drainage problems are often difficult to spot and can easily grow into a larger issue. Tree roots in drains [...]

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14
Aug

When Is Drain Excavation Needed

Most of the drainage issues we deal with at Maintain Drains are minor problems which can be fixed with [...]

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08
Aug

How To Unblock An Outside Drain

We hand out plenty of tips on how to keep your drains healthy inside the home. We have offered [...]

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10
Jul

Home Buyers CCTV Drain Survey

Having a CCTV Drainage survey before you purchase a new home is a great idea. Before buying a house, [...]

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25
Jun

The Problems Caused by Pitch Fibre Pipes

Pitch fibre pipes are an inferior and poor-standard form of drainage. It is a lighter and cheaper pipe, often [...]

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06
Jun

Benefits of Hiring a Professional Plumber

Changing a lightbulb or a fuse is an easy task. It is tempting to fix drainage issues on your [...]

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22
May

The Importance of Septic Tank Cleaning

Septic Tanks are used when a property is not connected to the public drainage system. It collects and treats [...]

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15
May

The Effect of Hard Water on Drains

It is suggested that 60% of homes in the UK are using hard water. Hard water is water packed [...]

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26
Apr

Importance of Drain Maintenance

All drainage experts will tell you that it is vital that you maintain and take care of your drains. [...]

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18
Apr

Why Are There Rats in my Drains?

Are You Asking, “Why Are There Rats in My Drains?” There are an estimated 12 million rats in the [...]

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05
Apr

How to Check For Leaks in a Bathroom

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The bathroom is where you would usually find leaks in your home. Water stains on the ceiling of the [...]

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21
Mar

Most frequently asked drainage questions

There have been hundreds of questions that have been asked by our customers concerning their drainage. From guttering to [...]

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15
Mar

How To Fix A Blocked Sink

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If your sink isn’t working properly, you’ve come to the right place. Here at Maintain Drains, we can offer [...]

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12
Mar

Damp proofing your drainage systems

Damp can be a major issue for many homes causing structural damage and health problems due to mould. Here [...]

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05
Mar

How to Prevent Fatbergs – Domestic & Commercial

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Fatberg is a term used to describe congealed lumps of fat, sanitary items, wet wipes and other waste found [...]

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22
Feb

Reasons why your drains are draining slow

If your drains are draining slow it might seem like a mild inconvenience. However, this can be an early [...]

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13
Feb

Here’s how to fix a blocked toilet

A blocked toilet is a common occurrence that can be a nightmare for any house especially if it’s following [...]

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06
Feb

4 ways to protect your home from being flooded

It seems this time of year there are always reports of damage and inconvenience caused by flooded kitchens and [...]

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31
Jan

Transitioning to a new Quality Management System

Maintain Drains are pleased to announce that the company has successfully completed the transition of their Quality Management system [...]

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10
Jul

Maintain Drains – 10 Years of Honest & Reliable service

Today is Maintain Drains 10th anniversary. Over the past 10 years both our family and company has grown. Like [...]

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01
Mar

Get 10% off all CCTV Drainage Inspections.

Benefit from 10% off both our ‘Looksee’ and full drainage CCTV drainage inspections. (Offer applies to domestic properties only). [...]

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22
Feb

Top Hat Sewer Lateral Repair

Always embracing and investing in new technologies the team here at Maintain Drains has recently undertaken what is known [...]

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16
Feb

Blocked Toilet

There’s never a good time to plunge a toilet, but blockages seem to happen at the most inopportune moments. [...]

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10
Nov

Blocked Kitchen Sink

Your kitchen sink is indispensable to your daily routine, but you don’t really appreciate it until something goes wrong. [...]

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29
Oct

Blocked Drains Bournemouth & Poole

A blocked drain is a common problem, and at Maintain Drains, it’s something we can easily help with. Is [...]

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06
Oct

How Important is a CCTV Drainage Survey

There are many reasons for having drainage systems investigated using a CCTV Drainage Survey such as buying a new [...]

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26
Jan

Flooding in Dorset continues

Parts of Dorset are at risk of more flooding, as the Met Office forecasts more heavy rain. Although the [...]

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08
Jan

Safecontractor Award

Maintain Drains has been awarded accreditation from safecontractor for its commitment to achieving excellence in health and safety. safecontractor [...]

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02
Sep

Constructionline

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11
Jul