Called to a jewellery/bead shop on the Green in the cathedral town of Ely, Blocksaway Ltd. were asked to investigate the source of a concerning sewage smell.

Using our camera we were able to locate the source of the problem: the soil vent pipe, which was hidden behind panelling, had come apart half way up allowing smells into the second floor of the 2 storey building.

We have recently introduced a new Septic tank conversion service. For full details of this service and how it can benefit owners of Septic Tank systems please see our service page.

Drain tracing in Newmarket is not always as straightforward as it could be for Blocksaway; when extraneous wireless signals were interfering with the signal from our conventional drain tracing probe, Steve sent his jetting hose down the drain and attached a pulse generator to the metal hose connector on the reel: he was then able to accurately detect the metal braided hose and therefore the drain from the surface.

The Blocksaway  motto  : Never give up!

A foul smell cured at last!

BlocksAway were called out by a despairing customer in Newmarket, who had been suffering from a horrible sewage smell in one of his properties, built only 9 months before.

A succession of 3 plumbers had tried to find the source of the smell but to no avail; one had even installed a new vent pipe.

Steve did an initial cctv survey of the underground foul drainage, but could discover no obvious faults. He then sealed off the drainage system outside and introduced 4 smoke bombs to dramatic effect! Smoke billowed out of a downstairs cupboard in the house; on removing the floor boards an unused but unsealed connection piece was discovered beneath, leading from the toilet drainage; if there had been a blockage further down the line this would have resulted in raw sewage filling the cupboard! the solution was to simply cap off the offending connector.

Blocksaway Ltd. attended a house in Girton where the client had experienced huge problems with their foul drains constantly blocking. Steve soon discovered this was caused by the worst case of tree root ingress he had ever come across, and having high pressure water jetted the pipework to remove the roots and restore it to full bore there was no alternative but to get very wet and remove the root balls from the manhole by hand. Our client was so grateful he paid Steve for an extra hour to get some new wellingtons!

You can view some images of the offending Rootball via the link below.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/81004116@N00/7397008088/in/set-72157630182868586/

Blocksaway Ltd are pleased to announce that they have been accepted as a member of The Guild Of Master Craftsmen. details can be found here.