GLAMPSITES Company: Metro Rod Telephone: 0800 668800 Website: www.metrorod.co.uk Holiday park: Talacre Beach Holiday Park, Holywell Description: Part of the Darwin Escapes group who have over 20 luxury holiday parks based across the UK Details: Drain blockages are never good news, and it’s certainly not something you’d want to encounter while on holiday. Metro Rod - drain care and repair specialists - offers a 24/7, 365 service to keep glampsites and holiday parks running smoothly. With over 40 depots nationwide, as well as 30+ years’ experience, they work with their customers to make sure they receive the best service possible, whether it’s reactive works or preplanned maintenance. A great example of the help Metro Rod provides to camping and holiday park sites includes the work done at Talacre Beach Holiday Park, part of the Darwin Escapes group who have over 20 luxury holiday parks based across the UK. Using specialist equipment, Metro Rod Deeside’s fully trained engineers have completed various reactive and remedial blockage work, as well as some small excavation digs to put new pipework in place at the holiday park. This ensures the site can run as smoothly as possible and holiday makers aren’t negatively affected by the issues that blocked drains can cause! Feedback: Simon Smith, grounds and maintenance manager said: “Metro Rod really do offer a vital provision for us here at Talacre Beach. As you can imagine, any drainage blockages which could potentially cause our customers to be inconvenienced on holiday are not good, so it’s great that we can rely on Metro Rod to put these right, day or night, and as quickly as possible, while always maintaining the utmost professionalism.” Company: Saniflo Telephone: 020 8842 0033 Website: www.saniflo.co.uk Location: Avenue Farm, Nottinghamshire Description: Avenue Farm is located in a small village to the east of Nottingham and several times a year opens its doors to groups of school children and leavers Product used: Sanifos, an automatic lifting station that can be used for pumping waste water when the sewer is at too high a level for natural gravity drainage Details: Avenue Farm is located in a small village to the east of Nottingham and several times a year opens its doors to groups of school children and leavers. The farmer, who is also a governor at the local school, wants to encourage them to consider a career in agriculture in the future. The rambling farmhouse and grounds is home to a variety of farm animals, including sheep and chickens, and the children learn how to care for them during their visit. Up until recently there was no downstairs cloakroom facility which meant children traipsing upstairs if they needed the loo. However, today, thanks to the Sanifos from Saniflo, an unused ‘lean-to’ building adjacent to the house has been converted into a downstairs WC. The Sanifos is perfect for all sorts of outdoor projects. With three models in the range - the 110, 250 and 500, and respective capacities of 110, 250 and 500 litres - the possibilities are endless. From full toilet and shower blocks to single WCs, these products have the ability to discharge to mains drains, septic tanks or sewage plants. Feedback: Builder Nigel Stone said: “The renovation was only possible because of the ability to site a pump outdoors that would take the waste and pump it up 2m and along a run of 20m to the nearest drain. Without the pump waste could not have been discharged by gravity and the conversion would have been impossible.” 46 WWW.OPENAIRBUSINESS.COM
LICENCE TO BUILD GLAMPING JUST GOT SERIOUS Sited underground, below and at a distance away from the mains drainage or a septic tank, Sanifos is armed with load balancing pumps and high-performance macerating systems… meaning you can start expanding your business as aggressively as you dare. Anything’s possible. Visit saniflo.co.uk to see how.