Drainage Contractors, Southern Drain Services began in August 1992, almost 20 years ago - when our founder, Gary, became disillusioned with the drainage company he held a franchise with. He wasn’t happy with the way the franchisees were encouraged to overtrade - in other words - rip the customers off.
After many weeks of soul searching, Gary decided to set up his own drainage company whereby a good, reliable and honest service was offered to his clients - a company which charged a fair day’s money for a fair day’s work! And so Southern Drains was born.
Gary worked long and hard over the years to build up the business from scratch and with the help, support and dedication of his wife, Anne, turned what could have been a personal and financial disaster into a success story.
It was extremely important to Gary to gain a first class reputation as leading Drainage Contractors in Essex - he was not out to make his money and run. His goal was to provide the best drainage service possible with a view to keeping his clients for many years to come.