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DRAIN SURGERY

I had some major drain gully surgery done, which involved replacing a kitchen area gully that had five pipes draining into it. The gully had been broken down on one side at some stage, to accept additional pipes from a second bathroom.

A second gully was installed to accommodate the pipes from the second bathroom, and reduce congestion in the aforementioned gully.

To complete the job, I then adapted some standard drain covers to cover all my drains. The kitchen drain cover, which has a garden tap above it, now has a plastic funnel recessed into the cover to allow the tap to drain into it without splashing. The

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