29/08/2026
VIDEO IN COMMENTS….
This is what happens when you let someone loose on a drainage & Plumbing system who hasn’t got a clue what they’re doing.
We were called out to a commercial property after a tenant on the 6th floor found their kitchen becoming part of the roof drainage system every time it rained.
Someone had connected the kitchen sink waste directly into a rainwater downpipe taking the roof water from two large blocks of flats. Obviously, the two should never have been connected.
The rainwater system blocked and all that water coming off the roof had nowhere to go. Unfortunately it found somewhere, straight back through the kitchen sink.
The result was multiple floors affected by flooding and a fair amount of damage which I suspect won’t be cheap to put right.
Our 24/7 reactive team attended, accessed the roof using the installed Mansafe equipment and cleared the blockage to stop any further flooding. We then diverted the sink waste into the foul drainage where it should have been in the first place and sealed the hole in the rainwater downpipe.
The rainwater pipe is now back to doing the one job it was designed for, taking rainwater from the roof rather than filling someone’s kitchen and going through floors below.
Sometimes it really is better to leave things to the professionals. You wouldn’t see us having a go at open heart surgery because we’d watched someone else do it once on YouTube.
For any commercial drainage requirements throughout England, we’re available 24/7.
Whether it’s 150ft up or down below, we’ve got you covered.
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