Funny Stories

Dear Paul, I just wanted to write and thank you for your swift, professional and very friendly service today when you came and unblocked the drain outside. I said when you arrived that I didn’t know how you did your job, as to me it must be one of the most disgusting...

The unabridged version of the potential international incident between Somalia and Bangladesh that had been brewing for the past weeks concerning a 3 month blocked shared drain, which was avoided this week by the combined efforts of 1-2 Clear and a neighbouring...

“The once beautiful garden looked dead, decaying and arid with only a few trees standing – just like the encroachment of the Sahara desert in North Africa…….!” There is an intense rivalry in Alabama between the American college football teams of the University of...

1-2 Clear often receive calls from people who’ve lost things down the drains, from dropping car keys through a roadside gully grate to losing wedding rings down shower drains, also even being asked by an insurance company look for a Rolex watch supposedly lost when a...

I picked up a call from a customer who relayed a story about another company who had cleared the drains and carried out a CCTV survey, they supposedly spotted a tree root intrusion through one of pipe joints, excavated and broke into the drain upstream of the problem...

Hi Paul, Many thanks for your help on Friday and yesterday. After dealing with the drainage contractor who had caused the problem with the drain liner, your honest, open and efficient (not to mention humorous) approach was a pleasure to experience. I am now happy that...

It would appear that I was the ‘very pleasant man on the telephone’ in the following email I received from a customer this evening: On account of the torrential rain, we had a serious problem with drain blockage resulting in raw sewage at the back of the house. The...

Dear Mr Robinson, I write to inform you how impressed my wife and I were with the service your company afforded us, when I telephoned you about our blocked drain. To receive such a prompt reply on a Saturday morning and the promise that your operative would attend at...

There is never a dull moment in the Drains Business… Sitting having a ‘post drains clearance’ cup of coffee with a wonderful customer, when she said, “You would not believe what happened to me recently.” Explaining that she was about to take the bus into town to visit...