Modern office building — office floors, tea kitchens, washrooms with auto-flush valves. Weekend — everything quiet. Monday morning — complaints about “that smell” in the sixth-floor washroom. The building owner wants a fix that does not need a call-out every weekend.
Auto-flush systems are installed for water safety. But the floor drain dries out on weekends and holidays — because no water passes through it.
Dublin's Silicon Docks and Sandyford, and the tech parks in Cork and Galway, have built up a mature building services market. Facility managers win maintenance contracts on service quality, and Grade-A tenants in tech, finance and professional services increasingly judge a building on details like the absence of odour.
Statistical data taken from official Irish and EU sources: Central Statistics Office Ireland (cso.ie), Health Service Executive (hse.ie), Fáilte Ireland (failteireland.ie), Bord Bia (bordbia.ie), IDA Ireland (idaireland.com), Health Products Regulatory Authority (hpra.ie). Regulatory framework: EUR-Lex for EU directives — EU 2017/745 (MDR), EU 178/2002 (food safety), EU 1935/2004 and EU 10/2011 (food contact materials), EU 528/2012 (BPR), EU 2014/34 (ATEX). Standards: EN 1253-1 (floor P-traps, water seal ≥50 mm), EN 1253 Parts 6/7/8 (gullies with a water seal below 50 mm, with mechanical closure, and combined types; 2023 editions), HACCP International RG-04, ASSE 1072-2020, NSF/ANSI 2, HSE SARI guidelines. Revision date: May 2026.
The building manager asks for documentation for the property file. We send the technical manual and a tender-ready specification.
EN 1253 spec, product data sheet and the ASSE 1072 report — enough for the PM tender.
One floor or wing — pilot, 90-day evaluation.
The facility manager adds the specification to the portfolio standard.
By floors — during regular nightly maintenance.
Modern Irish office buildings are built to EN 1253. Washrooms and tea kitchens are predominantly 50–58 mm, while garages, plant rooms and central staff canteens are sized larger.
Green Drain™ doesn't work alone — for maximum drain control it's combined with GD Uri-Tabs™ (urinals) and GreenSwirl™ (drain unblocking).
Patented silicone seal for floor drains in office washrooms, kitchens, and mechanical rooms. Compatible with drains built to EN 1253; can contribute to LEED/BREEAM credits.
Bio-enzymatic urinal tablets for office washrooms. Fewer odour complaints from tenants, lower workload for the FM team.
Biological cleaning of biofilm in kitchen and common-area floor drains, with no harsh chemicals to damage the system.
We come to the site, map the drains, and provide a written recommendation — no cost, no obligation.