Manchester News
Lanes pulled off a tricky drain reinforcement to keep Manchester’s multi-million pound tram network extension scheme on track. The no-dig specialist lined 54-metres of sewer with only a single point of access, instead of the usual two manholes, using a technique known as a ‘blind shot’. Wherever new tramlines are laid, the utility pipes running…
Saving and recycling is all the rage now – but we can still learn from our forebears, as Lanes for Drains discovered when asked to empty a hidden chamber at a Grade 2 Listed country house. Engineers based at the Lanes for Drains Chester depot were called in to pump out and inspect the large underground chamber…
Surface water drainage is taken for granted. We expect all those grates and gulleys to cope with anything, right? Even when we don’t bother to make sure they’re capable of taking the strain. And it’s not hard to see how drains become clogged — general silt and debris such as leaf mulch will quickly block…
Emma Harvie, from Lanes’ out of hours call centre in Manchester, has helped raise over £1000 for Cancer Research after completing the Race for Life for her sister, Louise. Mum of two, Louise, was diagnosed with breast cancer last October aged only 34, yet she completed the 5-kilometre race alongside Emma and their Mum, Patricia….
Lanes for Drains has helped jam manufacturer Duerr’s out of a sticky situation. The company had thought it was facing a 3-month shutdown to fix a damaged drain at its Manchester factory, but Lanes was able to reline the 150mm diameter process pipe in just 48 hours. Duerr’s, which has been making jam since 1881,…
A project to reline a sewer running alongside a river in Bolton meant a concerted planning effort for no-dig specialist Lanes for Drains. Despite many obstacles, the sewer reline works were completed within the 7-day strict timeframe, to the delight of all parties involved. There were a number of third parties to consult during the…
Drainage specialist Lanes for Drains has been chosen to work on Mediacity in Manchester, a £450 million project which is set to become the biggest broadcasting and media centre outside London — and new home to the BBC. The Beeb plans to move five major divisions to occupy around a quarter of the 200-acre site…
