Percolationtests.co.uk

Percolationtests.co.uk is a trading name of PT (West Midlands) Ltd, based in Wolverhampton. The business has carried out more than 750 percolation and infiltration tests since 2018. It is run by a drainage engineer with 18 years in the industry and operates as a small, specialist team. It specialises in percolation and infiltration testing. Surface water percolation testing is carried out to BRE Digest 365, and foul infiltration testing to BS 6297 for septic tanks and treatment plants.

The business is fully insured for work on client sites and owns its own machinery, digging trial pits itself without sub-contractors. It covers the Midlands, the Welsh borders and Cheshire as standard, and travels further when required. It works alongside a local engineering practice for drainage strategies. Each trial pit is filled and timed three separate times, draining fully in between. The business replies to enquiries within 24 hours and asks for up to 48 hours for a fee proposal.

Professionalism from first contact to final report is the theme that runs through feedback on this Wolverhampton soil testing and drainage specialist. Customers repeatedly highlight how swiftly quotations are returned and questions answered, with site visits arranged promptly and engineers arriving when promised. The percolation testing itself, frequently required to BRE365 standard for new-build projects, is described as accurate and carefully conducted, and several reviewers note that the team took pains to keep disruption to a minimum while working in gardens or on development plots.

Reports are said to follow within the timescales committed, sometimes within three working days. A point that comes up often is the clarity of explanation provided on site, with the process talked through and queries, even basic ones, fielded patiently. Tidiness after the work is finished is mentioned, as is a reasonable price for the service. Rob receives particular thanks by name for his help. The family business is characterised as grounded, sincere and easy to deal with, and reviewers describe a helpful, pleasant team. Geotechnical and environmental consultancy work around septic tanks and sewage treatment also features in the feedback.