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Drain Services

Smiths have been unblocking, laying, servicing and repairing drains as part of its award-winning construction service for over a decade

Jetting Units

Flexible, Adabtable and Powerful

Smith’s jetting is a key facet of our service package. Our dedicated jetting vehicles have the following features:

  • Custom built for the job
  • 3500L on board water tank
  • 4000psi pressure to clear/ clean stubborn jobs
  • Spray bar fitted for dust suppression/ cleaning
  • Lance attachment for cleaning
  • Small enough to get into most sites
  • 100m length of hose with 20m leader hose to get to the blockage
  • Fully trained and certified operators
  • Root cutting equipment on board
  • Full solution provider, even if we have to completely relay the entire drain system to a property
CCTV Units

Fully Equipped Survey Vehicles

Smiths CCTV surveying offers a comprehensive suite of reports examples of which can be found here:

  • 100mm to main sewer pipe diameters can be surveyed DVD production for site commissioning/ insurance requirements/ fault identification
  • Identify the cause of the problem precisely before any action is taken
  • Contract inspection to ensure your drains remain fully functioning
  • Preventative maintenance programme rather than reactive service where required
  • Confined access equipped with trained, certified operators
  • CCTV Imaging – Smiths Drains utilises its detailed imaging within its comprehensive reporting process.
  • CCTV Video Reporting – Video is a very important part of our daily work. We have a fully equipped Video Services Vehicle which produces hi quality video images which we use both for inspection and reporting purposes.
  • CCTV Reporting – As part of our CCTV Surveys we produce comprehensive written reports supported by details, images and where appropriate video recording.
Gully Suckers

Clearing and Disposal
Specialist vehicles and safe disposal :

  • Six Gully Suckers in our fleet
  • One dedicated Foul Water vehicle
  • Disposal completed internally
  • Licensed site at Smiths Moreton Valence facility
  • Foul disposed of at Severn Trent Site
Deep Water / Confined Spaces

A specialist team for a specialist job

When the task becomes technical and the environment becomes challenging our specialist team comes into its own:

  • Confined space trained
  • Enclosed drains covered
  • Tank cleaning services
  • Dive team

Smiths has a dedicated team who specialise in confined space entry situations. These jobs not only require specialist knowledge of drains, but also a huge investment in training, certification, safe operating practices and equipment. Often on full breathing apparatus and entering hazardous environments where there is risk of explosion and biological contaminants, our team can keep going where other drain service provides have to stop. Typical jobs for this team include but are not limited to culvert inspection and clearance, mainline sewer surveying, tank cleaning and deep drain surveys. Where other teams have to turn away, this specialised team has the ability, the equipment and determination to keep going until the job is completed.

Cleaning Services

From car parks to patios we have the power to clean

Deep cleaning, high powered equipment allows us to clean a wide variety of situations:

  • High Pressure Jetting:
  • Flagstones
  • Driveways
  • Patios
  • Paths
  • Playgrounds
  • High Pressure Spray Bar:
  • Car Parks
  • Tennis Courts (tarmac)
  • Sports Halls
Additional Services

Total Drainage Services

Smiths Drains Services is a complete service provider. Our capabilities encompass the whole life of a drainage system including:

Full Bore Structural Lining

  • 100mm to 600mm pipework
  • Localised patch repairs possible

Leak Curing

  • Resin injection
  • Duct sealing

Root Cutting

  • Hydro cutting for small root systems
  • Mechanical cutting for more substantial systems

Drain Line Tracing

  • Sonde and Deep Sonde tracing (over 6m deep)
  • Engineering drawings with all levels
  • CCTV support if required

Bio-Digester and Rain Water Harvesting

  • Installation of systems
  • Maintenance of systems

Tankered Waste Solutions (Certified Waste Carrier)

  • Septic tanks
  • Fuel/ oil interceptors emptied and serviced
  • Grease traps

Why Smiths for Drain Services?

With investment  and expansion we are now able to offer a dedicated Drain Services team who are set up to deal with a range of projects sizes from residential emergencies through to large commercial requirements, there is no job too big or small. We pride ourselves on our ability to go above and beyond the expectations of our customers.

Our specialist equipment enables us to carry out CCTV surveys prior to commencement of works.

Smiths DRAINAGE CCTV

What our customers say

“The team you have managing all of our queries and requests have been fantastic. Very professional and quick to come back to us on all matters. And an a pleasure to deal with at all times”

Danielle, Procurement Manager

“What Smiths achieved in such challenging conditions and in such a short timeframe was outstanding”

David Martin, Commercial Manager, Stanford Industrial Concrete Flooring Ltd

“The team at Smiths have done a brilliant job, respected the site and a nice group of lads to deal with. I am grateful to everyone involved – Thank you”

Mr Carpenter, Domestic Customer

“Our remediation project carried out at Gloucester Quays in 2018 has recently won a 2019 Brownfield Briefing Award for best re-use of materials, which was great news – we wanted to say many thanks for all of Smiths’ work in providing demolition, operated plant, waste disposal and aggregate supplies to support the successful completion of this challenging project”

Steve Jackson, Director, Soilfix

“Smiths were the chosen contractor again at this year’s Moreton Show for our refuse requirements. There were 20,000 plus visitors at the event but you would not know this looking at how efficiently the rubbish was managed. In addition to providing a great service, the fact that none of our event waste ends up in landfill is also a big bonus”

Melissa Harrison, Event Organiser, Moreton Show

“The Smiths team provided the waste management services for 2019’s BMAD festival. We were incredibly impressed with the teams pre-planning and communication and on site they were dedicated, hard working and thorough. We look forward to working with them again”

Laura, Event Manager, BMAD Festival

“We recently switched our waste collections over to Smiths. Since switching, Smiths have collected exactly as agreed, without fail. The team are friendly, helpful and efficient too, and will adapt collections where possible to meet our needs. Overall Smiths provide good value”

Whitmore & Jackson

“I couldn’t recommend Smiths highly enough. They are a pleasure to deal with and seriously professional giving outstanding results at decent value”

Lee Martin, LakeFest

“We had a visit from our group safety inspector on site and achieved another excellent score. I just wanted to say thank you your team’s efforts to date.”

Dan Pascoe, Assistant Building Manager, Willmott Dixon Construction

“Smiths Event Waste Management were proactive by circulating throughout the picnic areas constantly removing rubbish as it was dropped. On Saturday the team must have worked through the night clearing rubbish as the area was extremely tidy for the next day’s events.”

Julian Coster, Event Organiser, Marlow Town Regatta

“I would highly recommend Smiths to any event or person. They are a fantastic team of people who thrive off of doing a fab job. They managed to keep Chatsworth Horse Trials clean at all times and were a lovely friendly bunch. Many thanks to all at Smiths”

Chatsworth Horse Trials

“The Cancer Research UK Race for Life at the Dudley went really well and the service provided was excellent. I’ve never had an event site so tidy”

Tracey Duffy, Area Event Manager

“Thank you for the work carried out this week. The Smiths team worked well and they were very helpful, it was a pleasure to work with such a good crew”

Cotswold Canal Trust

“We have been working with Smiths for seven years and as the event has grown so has the need for efficient and reliable waste management. Smiths have provided that service impeccably, are very easy to deal with. Smiths will always be our first choice for waste management”

Frampton Country Fair

“Just wanted to thank you and your team for the service I have received during the Bristol Nightingale Hospital project. It goes without saying if you guys had not performed as you did there is no way the result would have been the same.

I would happily and highly recommend Smiths to any prospective clients”

Darrell Pearce, For and on behalf of O’Neill & Brennan Logistics

“Our visitors were heard to comment that they were amazed how clean the showground was with no litter to be found! Well done Team Smiths!”

Nia Osbourne, USK Show

“I was extremely impressed when Smiths started to work with us 3 years ago. The service was excellent from the start and continues to be so today. Thank you for your superb service. I would have no hesitation to recommend Smiths as the first choice for any event organiser”

PVS Events Ltd

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank Smiths for their co-operation with this project. Our thanks to all your employees who have worked on this project and have helped Barnwood Construction in producing a first class facility for Triumph”

Steve Dixon, Site Manager

“The team on site were all lovely who worked all weekend and even on a Sunday! Loved the bins themselves, lighter weight being plastic not metal so made my life easier moving them about the site. We will definitely be using these guys yearly now!”

Natalie Elliot, Dubs in the middle LTD

“The service from Smiths was as always well executed and this year seemed even more slick, with good communication between us throughout the weekend. The pace of clearance from the Smiths team kept ahead of the rate at which rubbish was being generated. We are very pleased.”

Nav Ali, Marlow Town Regatta Committee

“Thank you for the amazing customer service I received during my recent skip hire.

I also want to extend a special thank you to the skip delivery driver, outstanding service, really went above and beyond to deliver the skip safely and expertly. This experience has cemented my views about Smiths as a company and I always recommend them due to the continued great service I have received.”

Ross, Skip Hire Customer

Now the dust has settled on yet another Upton Blues Festival, can I please thank you and the whole team for yet another amazing job done. Smiths Waste have become such an integral part of our festival, and the service given by the whole team is impeccable – thank you!

Festival Director

“Not once was I contacted over the weekend about overflowing bins and the litter picking team were excellent!”

Vintage Steam Extravaganza

“We have been working with you for many years now & wouldn’t even consider looking elsewhere after the amazing job that Adam & the team did again this year at USK Show. Our showground looked spotless all day & this is down to your hard work. Thank you for you continued support.”

“Overall, a superb and professional service from you. Each driver was courteous, considerate of our property when entering and exciting, but had enough good humour to make encountering and engaging with them enjoyable and memorable.”

Sarah, Transport customer

“Smiths of Gloucester are our tried and trusted refuse partner at the GT Bicycles Malverns Classic, the UK’s biggest mountain bike festival! We have used Smiths since we started back in 2018 and highly recommend them due to the fantastic personal service that we receive from Adam and his team as well as the very competitive pricing.”

 

“Smiths Waste are my favourite contractor for Lakefest music festival @ Eastnor Castle. We are renowned for a spotless arena, clean bins and handing the Deer Park back exactly as we find it.  In fact we don’t even give them a radio anymore as we know the job just gets done!”

“Thank you so much to team Smiths for yet another brilliant job done by you all!”

Upton Blues festival 2023

“From start to finish the team were professional, worked exceptionally hard and kept the site spotless – no other provider has ever come close!  We are delighted to have changed suppliers to Smith’s this year and look forward to a working partnership for years to come”.

James, Airshow Director 

“As new customers to your company, we were mightily impressed with the service you provided for us at our site thank you!”

Research Supervisor, AC Archaeology

“Just a quick note to pass on my thanks to your team that you’ve had working at Malvern Theatres. They have been great, courteous to members of the public. It’s been a pleasure to have them around and are a credit to your company.”

Matt, Malvern Theatres (Demolition project)

“The service you have provided to us has been excellent. Smiths skips have been extremely professional, the drivers are very polite and have helped us out of a few tight spots which has enabled our very tight schedule to finish on time. Overall, the service has been brilliant and we have no hesitation in using your company on further projects around the country.”

JC Construction, Cardiff

“The Trade Waste Department at Smith’s Gloucester are one of my favourite suppliers to deal with.

Always friendly, efficient and helpful as well as providing consistently competitive pricing, I can’t recommend them highly enough!”

Michelle Tarrant, Office Manager Local Pages (The Little Blue Book)

“We have worked with Smiths for a number of years now and have nothing but efficient and professional service.  We would have no hesitation in recommending them for events.”

Gail, Chatsworth Horse Trails

“Smiths provided an excellent waste management service during the festival, keeping the site clean throughout and bins emptied regularly. The site was left clean, litter-free and tidy afterwards, so all in all a 5* service.”

Lucy Smith, Adventurize Ltd

“After a successful Science Festival in Cheltenham, we wanted to say a huge thank you for being an integral part of how the festival came together to make an enjoyable experience for so many visitors.

We look forward to working with you again for future projects.”

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