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Rats, the unwelcomed inhabitants in our homes, are associated with plague and many deadly diseases such as E-coli, flea infestations - even tuberculosis. And why shouldn’t they be? They have their nose in everything, every dirty place – they are bound to carry the germs along with them wherever they go.

Why are rats really a problem for our homes? Because they sniff on our food, they chew through clothes, furniture, and even metal pipes – due to their strong teeth and unmatchable survival powers. No matter what measures we take to get rid of them, they always find a way back into our homes.

Where do they get in from?

 Drainage and sewers seem to be their favorite spot, especially if our food waste is being drained into the sewers. Rats are known for their low hunger tolerance and they will go wherever they can in search of food. Sewers are mostly the place where all the waste is dumped, so rats are usually found there the most.

Since rats are nocturnal creatures, you cannot spot them during the day. However, if you hear tiptoeing during the night from the ceilings and vents, you know you have intruders. Drainage systems are the easiest way for rats to break an entry into your house, but it is not easily detected because of all the waste that goes down there.

Rat infestation becomes even more possible if the pipelines down the drain are damaged, as it gives a pathway to the rats to travel all the way from public sewers and to your drainage system. According to a survey, up to 90% of the rat problems in your house stem from a drainage defect. And we hate to break it to you, but rats can actually swim all their way up in your toilet. Sounds gross, right?

How do we fix this?

Rat prevention in drains

It is not easily detectable if rats are getting the entry from the drains, and it is not possible to simply have a look down there. The first step would be a complete drain inspection to find out any possible defects. After that, we will be able to take measures to fix those defects and block the entries rats have made.

For drain inspection, CCTV drainage survey for rats is the best way to find the rat infestation problems associated with drains, by using small cameras with special night tools that can be easily implanted in such closed spaces. Your professional rat pest control service will guide you on how to install these devices down there and exterminate the rats once the problem has been detected. Prevention is your best option in this case and for that, a regular inspection is must, which will be easy if you have an automated survey system installed in your drains.

So, if you have been hearing tapping and toeing behind the walls and under the floorboard, call in a Greenday Drainage Services for professional help you get rid of rat infestation. 

Pipes and drain pipes are a vital part of your home's drainage system. Most modern systems use plastic tubes and accessories. If your sink, faucet or tub is slowly draining, try to fix it right away. If it does not, it could be harder to fix.

Try Non-Toxic Tricks to Open the Stuffy Sewer Pipe

When the blocked sewer line and blocked drains Dublin does not pull in the kitchen or in the bathroom properly, rather than a chemical referred to the opening of the pipes is not at hand, try to open the salt. In the acute distress of salt which can be found in the kitchen. Mix half a cup of salt to less than one liter of warm water and pour into the drain. Repeat the procedure if necessary. The salt load on the environment for less toxic substances is for the opening of the tubes.

Try A Drain Survey

A drainage survey is also commonly referred to a drainage inspection. The idea behind this survey is to evaluate the pipes of a home to determine if there are any apparent problems. In most cases, drainage surveys are done before buying a home and are the perfect way to gain insight about the integrity of the home’s piping system. These surveys are conducted using CCTV cameras that are fed through the pipes; this camera relays images to the inspector. This gives the inspector power to precisely locate any anomalies and quickly articulate a solution.

What are the cause of a blocked sewer pipe and blocked drains?

Often the source of the problem are the tree roots looking for moisture that appears around the outside of the tubes; these roots eventually rupture and cause a little obstruction.

Blocked toilets resulting from blocked drains can also be caused by flushing things down the toilet. These items often include napkins, hair and other things.

How to Prevent Such Hazards?

Depending on the situation there is the possibility of clogged/blocked pipes - a replacement may be needed in that scenario. If the problem is caused by the roots of the tree, then the problem worsens as more tree roots are attracted by moisture filtered through the rupture. For prevention of blocked drains and blocked toilets, there are also several chemicals that can be purchased at your local hardware store that can be emptied or water your drains to help maintain your blocked drains.

Traps

Traps are a very important part of your drainage system. They are water seals that let odor come into your house through the scouring points of your sinks, and toilets. Each plumbing installation that discharges waste water into the drainage system is equipped with a trap, or incorporates one into its design. The traps are made of plastic and come in a variety of designs to suit different uses.  Each time you remove a stopper or empty a toilet, a small amount of water remains in the trap, which creates a seal.

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Struggling with unblocking your kitchen sink or blocked drains, Dublin? Looking for drain plumber in Dublin?

This article sums up a few handy tricks when you’re attempting drain cleaning, drain unblocking or drain sewer cleaning.

There is a range of products that can help you get the jobs done efficiently.

Natural Drain Cleaners

If you’re trying to make it an environment-friendly process, try natural ingredients before relying on chemicals.

1] Fill a cup with baking soda. Ensure your sink is dry before trying this method.

2] Pour it down your blocked drain. Throw down 2 cups of boiling water.

After a few minutes of interval, add another cup of baking soda. Then pour down a cup of white plain vinegar. Finally, plug the blocked drain. As soon as you hear a sizzling noise and bubbles emitting from the drain, stop. Add another couple of cups of boiling water.

If the doesn’t work, try the coat hanger trick. Pick a coat hanger. Straighten it as much as it possible. Make a hook on one end. Now place it beyond the cover of the drain and starting fishing. Avoid snapping the hangar by exerting too much force on it. Remove all the gunk and hair you can get hold of using the hanger.

Now pour 3 cups of boiling water down the blocked drain. Hopefully, it will work just fine.

If not, continue to the next step.

Boil a kettle full of water. Throw it down the drain slowly. Repeat twice until you can hear the sizzling noise and bubbles appear.

Another method is to use a household plunger. Fill the dry drain with enough water so that it covers the plunger cup. Make sure the plug is in the other sink if plugging a double sink. Ensure that the cup is airless. Feel for the blockage to move. Then flush the drain out using boiling water.

If all else fails, use caustic soda as a last resort. Before using that, wear proper rubber gloves and goggles since caustic soda contains hazardous chemicals. Mix the soda with water is a bucket. Ensure that you use a wooden stick to avoid direct contact with the body. When it start fizzing, heat the solution and pour it down the drain. Leave it for about 30 minutes or so. Then flush the drain with hot water.

If it doesn’t solve the problem, repeat the procedure.

Beware, do not use a plunger when using caustic soda. Doing so, can produce a dangerous chemical splash back. Never use chemicals with completely blocked drains. This might lead to hazardous chemicals accumulating in your pipes and ultimately causing more damage.

If you’re searching for drain companies Dublin, then call us now.

We specialize in drain cleaning, drain unblocking and your drain sewer cleaning Dublin.

Blocked and clogged drains are a homeowner’s worst nightmare. They can blame their frustration on overgrown tree roots, small objects, and poorly maintained drains. Thanks to CCTV survey of drains, homeowners no longer have to deal with the nightmare of one day uncovering a water flood, burst pipe, or spillage of waste material.

We can conduct a drain survey report and discover the problem we need to treat to make your drains new again. Our drain survey in Dublin is regarded as one of the best and you can count on us to provide you with a detailed analysis on what is causing the problem. With us conducting CCTV drain inspection, you will receive the following benefits:

1.      Quick Analysis and Accurate Diagnosis of Drainage Issues

When you uncover a blocked or clogged drain, you aim to have the problem fixed as quickly as possible, especially if you are unable to use your sink or bath. One of the good things about having a CCTV drain inspection done is its ability to provide you with quick results. Our experts will lower the camera into the drain while another person will see what the camera sees on a TV screen.

 A quick and effective analysis of the drain allows us to provide you an accurate diagnosis. We can develop a successful solution to treat the problem rather than base the solution on assumptions based on little evidence.

2.      Cost-effective CCTV Drainage Service

Why do you think the CCTV drainage survey cost is less than other methods? Since we are able to provide our customers with a quick and accurate diagnosis, we eliminate the need for a plumber to inspect the drain multiple times, thus lowering our CCTV drain survey cost.

3.      Keeps Disruptions to a Minimum

No one wants to bother with plumbers coming and going several times during the day. More importantly, they do not want to have their day-to-day activities disrupted due to the plumbers executing an extensive excavation project to locate and identify the problem. However, with CCTV drainage survey, the disruptions are kept to a minimum.

4.      Perfect Solution for New Homeowners

Imagine the pain and suffering new homeowners can save if they find out a drainage problem exists before buying the house. Now, they can. They can conduct Home buyers drain survey before they sign the contract.

Contact Greenday Environmental today! Ask about our CCTV drainage survey and learn how they can prevent your drainage problems from getting bigger.

The oil spill is a potential danger to the environment and human health. In case of a spill, effective oil spill response services in Ireland are crucial for containing the situation and mitigating any health hazard to people and the environment. People know how dangerous it is to tackle such situation on their own and therefore it is essential that they contact an oil spill cleanup company to clear the spill immediately.

Each spill is of a different kind. Though some are easy to clean, under no circumstances should you hose them or use any kind of detergent to clean them. The oil can easily spread and cause more pollution. In the meantime, as the help is arriving, you can use special absorbent cloths to contain the spill. The oil spill is extremely dangerous and hence, once it occurs, your best approach to control and contain this situation is to call for an oil spill cleanup.

Types of Oil Spills

• Heating Oil Spills

• Kerosene Oil Spills

• Diesel Oil Spills

• Harbor Fuel Oil Spills

• Industry Spills

Oil spill remediation is also one of the most frequent problems that can cause an unsafe habitat. The spills caused on any open land, if not resolved, quickly turn into a huge danger zone. These lands can be ignited by just a single cigarette bud which someone forgot to put out. A team of professional oil spill cleaners should be called on the site so that they can ensure that a certain procedure is followed for the cleanup operation.

Oil Spill Response Procedure

1. The first priority is to find the source of the oil spill and make sure that in no way will it ignite
2. If the oil spill is in water then a foss-boom i.e. a floating barrier is used to contain the spill. If the spill is on land, trenches and berms are used instead.
3. Any of the following methods is used to scoop up the oil:

• Vacuum Extraction
• In-Situ Oxidation
• Chemical Oxidation
• Ex-Situ Oxidation
• Dual Phase Extraction
• Pump and Treat

4. The spill is collected in containers and is disposed of in a legal manner
5. A full report is provided to you on how and by what method the spill was cleaned
6. It is important to call an oil spill response team if you see any oil spills near or on your land. These companies use experienced professionals who know how to handle these kinds of situations. Even though it is dangerous to clean the spill yourself, you can at least try to stop the spill with floating booms until help arrives. It’s better to be safe than sorry.

Call  01 450 9778 for grease trap sales, service, and maintenance enquiries

The buildup of waste in the drainage system can cause some serious and expensive clogs. For this reason, grease traps (or grease interceptors) are designed to hamper Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG), solid waste material, and debris that creep into the drainage system of municipal or privately owned on-site sewerage systems. 

How Does Grease Trap Work?

The use of grease traps dates back from the Victorian days of 1800’s. Today, almost after 100 years, the technology of grease trap has not changed essentially.

Grease traps act like a retention chamber. They are plumbing devices used to stop most FOG (fat, oil, and gases) and solids so that they do not enter into the waste water disposal system, and the water component can pass through it. When FOGs and solids are accumulated, they naturally flow up to the surface of the water, and get ‘trapped’ by the grease trap. For the grease trap cleaning to be efficient, it should be cleaned at regular intervals. The FOG waste should be collected by professional licensed waste contractors, and dumped off at facilities that are built for the disposal of such waste (licensed facility). By law, grease traps should be emptied when the grease sludge is filled by 25% in the tank.  Commercial grease traps are used in kitchens of restaurants or food service departments.

FOG Programme

Many cities of Ireland are increasingly facing the issue of drain blockage in the public drainage systems caused by FOGs. This results in increased environmental pollution, such as flooding of dirt on the premises/street, and a foul smell in the atmosphere. For this reason, the capital of the country, Dublin has initiated a Programme in 2008, known as the Dublin City Council’s Fat, Oil, and Grease Programme. It is targeted towards controlling the FOG of the public drainage systems, by imposing a license that makes it obligatory to comply with the conditions of the FOG Programme, such as maintenance of commercial grease trap, appropriate disposal of the waste lubricants, size of the grease trap, and the amount of FOG that can be disposed. 

If you want your grease interceptors to be effective, you should install units that are properly sized, constructed, and maintained efficiently so that it can easily be pumped by waste haulers. More so, for a healthy grease trapper, ensure that you keep it maintained by performing weekly/monthly/quarterly cleaning schedules by professionals with quality standards.

Therefore, maintenance of grease traps (or interceptors) is essential. If more spent FOG is reserved in the grease traps for a long period of time, the efficiency level of the grease trap may diminish.

For Grease trap sales, service and maintenance enquiries contact 01 450 9776

What’s that nasty smell in your kitchen?

Why is the water not running away through the drainage, like it should?

These questions are likely to arise when your drainage system is out of order. If you are living in a house for long, your drainage system may have experienced blockage due to clogged debris, fallen tree roots, stagnant water, etc. Whatever the case might be, to ensure the healthiness of your pipes, a drain inspection survey is an answer.  

Drain inspection survey?—What is that!

It’s not as filthy, as it sounds!

In the modern world, it is commonly known as the CCTV pipeline inspection or drain survey. The purpose is simple—an inspection of your home’s drainage pipes, in order to see if there are, or will be any potential problems. If you are planning to move to a new house, we recommend you get the drainage system checked so as to save you some serious money in the future.  

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CCTV Drain Surveys

CCTV drain surveys use modern technology to explore faulty pipes and sewers by sending a camera in the core area of the blockage.  A locator is sent along with the camera that records the problem area.  The images received by professionals help in identifying reliable and consistent information that helps in giving recommendations for a better job.

Blockage inspection is not the only purpose of the CCTV inspection survey; they are fundamental in the maintenance services as well as in the decision to invest in a property.  

The task is certainly not on the to-do list of the house owners. So, we recommend you contact a specialist or a professional and schedule a drainage inspection survey on the hidden drainage areas of the house to unblock the drain. A drain survey would cost you from as low as €100, bringing you peace of mind and saving potential cost due to drainage issues.

Call our toll free number 1800 222 332 to know more about drain inspection survey.

When it comes to dealing with drain clogs, many homeowners believe on-the-shelf chemical drain cleaners are sufficient. What most of us don’t know is that these chemicals can cause corrosion of pipes without actually removing the blockage. With regular use, your pipes may begin to lean and may even burst or leak . By calling a professional drain cleaning company, you won’t have to worry about harsh chemicals being used for drain unblocking, and you can be confident that the blockage will be removed completely and drain tested with guarantee

Is it Possible to Prevent drain blockages in the Future?

You can make sure that clogs do not build up as quickly after drain cleaning by maintaining your drains. Some helpful tips to prevent future clogs:

• Keep a Check on things that go down the drain – To maintain your drains, it is important to make sure only soft things and water-soluble materials go down the drain. Solid food particles and oil or grease should not go down the drain.
• Install Protective Screens on your drains – To prevent hard substances or water-insoluble material from going down the drain, it is a good idea to install protective screens over your drains. These screens trap solid materials and prevent them from passing down the drain.
• Remove Sink Stoppers and Clean Regularly- In the bathroom, remove the sink stopper and clean it regularly. Avoid throwing your hair down the sink or in the bathtub or shower drain to avoid clogs. Furthermore, don’t flush toilet paper towels down toilets

By following these tips, you can make sure your drains work efficiently and prevent opportunities for drain blockages to develop. It is also a good idea to get your drains cleaned on a regular basis by a professional drain cleaning company. Needless to say, without proper maintenance, pesky clogs can sneak up on you when you least expect them and you wouldn’t want that. Would you?

Drains are the veins of your building and home. Be careful what you put down.

Call 01 450 9776 for drainage services.