Despite the constant warnings and relentless campaigning by water companies and other drainage experts, it is still the case that fat, oil and grease (FOG) being poured down sinks is responsible for 75 per cent of all drain and sewer blockages (Source: Southern Water’s ‘Pain in the Drain’ campaign). And at Christmas time when everyone looks forward to tucking into their turkey dinner, the risk of this happening is even greater. Continue reading
Bleeding central heating radiators by Martin Smith an emergency plumber and also a qualified gas engineer explains everything you need to know about why do I have to bleed my central heating radiator. In the last 100 years has been in massive production and has re-shaped the way we use central heating today. The central heating radiator was invented by Franz San Galli in 1855 – 1857 which included the bleeding nut and was meant for the industry to grow the UK economy. It was only in the early to mid 1900’s when the change came and that it was to be revolutionallised so that we can all gain from having bleeding central heating radiators in our home. With every radiator there comes the bleeding process in order to have our central heating radiators full of water. Continue reading
