Quarterly, termly and annual drainage PPM for schools, restaurants, managed estates, retail and commercial property. One contact, one schedule, fixed pricing and full asset register.
35+ years on the tools · Same-day service guaranteed · Fully insured domestic & commercial
35+
Years on the tools
Guaranteed
Same-day response
£5M PL
Fully insured
CO5 8DX
Local to West Mersea
A scheduled programme of preventative drainage maintenance — jetting, CCTV verification, grease trap service, interceptor empty, manhole inspection and reporting — booked on a fixed annual cycle so blockages are designed out, not reacted to.
Schools across Essex and Suffolk on termly PPM rounds. Restaurant and hospitality groups managing multiple sites. Managed residential estates protecting service charges. Retail and commercial property managers. Care homes, GP surgeries and clinical premises. Industrial estates with shared infrastructure. Multi-site landlords and letting agents.
Any property where reactive call-outs are happening more than once a year. Any site where a blockage stops trade or service. Any property with shared drainage where 'whose problem is it' delays response. Any site with EHO, CQC, Ofsted or insurance compliance to evidence. Any portfolio where consistent quality matters more than the cheapest individual call-out.
Three reactive £250 emergency call-outs in a year cost more than one £450 annual contract — and the contract includes CCTV evidence, scheduled visits, documented compliance and a single point of contact. Reactive contractors charge out-of-hours uplifts; we don't on contract sites. And we know your site already.
Reactive-only drainage looks cheap on paper. Here's what it actually costs:
Restaurants blocked on Friday lunch. Schools blocked on the morning of an open day. Retail blocked at Christmas. Reactive contractors arrive when they can, not when you need them.
Weekend/evening rates 1.5–2x standard. Three of those a year is more than a contract.
EHO, Ofsted, CQC and insurers want documented maintenance — 'we call someone when it blocks' is not an answer.
Reactive market is cheap-and-cheerful. Your kitchen at 9pm on a Bank Holiday weekend is not the time to find out your contractor doesn't answer.
Two-minute call with Matt to scope the symptoms, agree an ETA and confirm pricing brackets before we leave the yard. No call-out fee for the conversation.
We lift covers, run flow tests and — where relevant — drop the CCTV camera in to identify the actual cause, not the easiest symptom.
Itemised price covering parts, labour, disposal and timeline. You approve in writing before any tools come out of the van.
Work carried out cleanly: dust sheets, tool mats and bagged waste. We protect floors, gardens and driveways throughout.
Post-works flow test, CCTV verification where appropriate, photos and a written job sheet emailed within 24 hours plus our workmanship guarantee.
Quoted, invoiced and budgeted in advance — no per-call surprises, no out-of-hours uplifts on the scheduled cycle.
Reactive response inside agreed hours for contract clients — emergencies prioritised, written into the contract.
Every manhole, interceptor, grease trap and access point logged, photographed and mapped — survives staff changes.
Service tickets, waste transfer notes, CCTV reports, photographs — what EHO, Ofsted, CQC and insurers ask for.
One number, one engineer, one invoice — no triaging between operations, facilities and finance.
School holidays for education sites, overnight for hospitality, pre-trade for retail — work scheduled around your operations, not ours.
A PPM contract is a partnership, not a service line. It works when the schedule is honest, the asset register is alive and the engineer knows your site. Here's how we run them across Essex, Suffolk and London.
Discuss your projectSchool PPM: termly visit (3/year) — main runs jetted, grease traps serviced, manholes inspected, written report. Restaurant PPM: monthly grease trap + quarterly mainline jetting + annual CCTV survey. Managed estate PPM: annual full-site jet and survey + reactive priority. Commercial property: annual mainline + interceptor service + reactive cover. We tailor — not a one-size pack.
First visit: full site walkover, every access point lifted, photographed and logged. Drainage layout sketched or imported. Materials and depths noted. Site-specific RAMS produced. The register lives with the contract, not in one engineer's head — survives staff changes on both sides.
Standard contract SLA: 4-hour response for trade-stop emergencies, next-working-day for non-stop. No out-of-hours uplift for contracted clients. Scheduled visits booked 12 months in advance with diary confirmations 2 weeks ahead. Reactive call-outs invoiced at contract rates, not retail.
Every visit: ticket, photos, CCTV (where applicable), waste transfer notes. Monthly summary report for multi-site contracts. Year-end asset condition report. All paperwork held electronically and accessible to the facilities team — your compliance binder is built without you lifting a finger.
Multiple primary and secondary schools across Essex and Suffolk on termly contracts. Restaurant chains across Colchester, Chelmsford and Ipswich on monthly grease + quarterly mainline. Managed residential estates on annual cover. Care homes, GP surgeries and clinical sites. Industrial estates and trade parks. References available on request.
Colchester, Essex, Suffolk & London.
Still unsure? Call 07736 879575 — no obligation.
Call Matt direct or request a written quote — we'll come back to you fast.
Clear Drains 4 U · West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8DX · 35 years' experience
