Drain Inspection News
Lanes engineers have taken drainage inspections along the M6toll around Birmingham into the fast lane with a powerful zoom camera. The Lanes depot at Minworth, in Birmingham, has invested in the UK’s most advanced drainage pole camera to carry out the inspection work for Midland Expressway, which operates and maintains the 27-mile-long motorway from Coleshill…
Lanes engineers have caught this rodent on camera, illustrating the problems posed by rat infestations in sewers. They were carrying out a CCTV survey on a sewer in the greater Manchester area when the rat popped out of a lateral connection and appeared to pose for the camera. Rat problems in sewers are often made…
Lanes engineers have discovered what is believed to be a record number of drain rods blocking a sewer. They pulled 55 of the rods from a foul water pipe leading from a restaurant in a town just outside London. No wonder the Lanes team was responding to an urgent call about a badly blocked drain!…
Lanes Group has been selected to carry out drainage surveys and remedial repairs at schools in Birmingham. Galliford Try has commissioned the work as part of its full facilities management service to 11 schools across Birmingham. Engineers from the Lanes Birmingham depot at Minworth have carried out camera surveys, cleaning and remedial work at three…
Care providers are becoming increasingly aware that they must tackle the hidden risks to their businesses that can be lurking out of site underground, says drainage experts Lanes Group. Often, in the past, maintenance of drainage and sewer systems has been treated as an afterthought, but there are signs this is changing, says the UK’s…
Proving that Lanes Group is the company that lends a hand, our engineers in Bristol have used their powerful jetting technology to remove a glove that could have caused a drain blockage. The task reflects the benefits of keeping pipes clear of even small items to avoid major works needed when unblocking drains or sewers…
The engineers from Lanes have found some weird and wonderful things in drains, but a team from the East Midlands depot were surprised to come face to face with a friendly ferret whilst on a routine cleanse and survey project. The furry pet appeared as they had finished jetting the drain and were preparing to…
Lanes for Drains engineers in East Anglia got top marks for the speed and efficiency of their service as they completed full drainage surveys and cleaning programmes on two secondary schools over the summer. Teams from the St Neots depot in Cambridgeshire were called in by a main contractor to support major refurbishment programmes at…
