Dear Graham and Peter,

Now the work on our pond is successfully completed, we wanted to thank you properly for your help.    You have transformed an ugly sludge-filled, mosquito ridden eyesore into a water feature which, once it is planted up, will be a real asset to our gardens.    Already we can see the difference you have made to the outlook from the house over the pond and the weir.

Thank you for the long hours you put in to achieve such a good result.    We really appreciated your flexibility once the true extent of the silt levels was revealed.    I am sure it was not an easy job but Graham and Andy’s good humour and professionalism made it completely hassle free for us.

Thank you once again.

With best wishes
Caroline and Chris Grant

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We would like to thank you and your team of enthusiastic of men who battled on despite the horrendous weather at the end of January. We are very pleased with the result and  the way it was executed are looking forward to seeing it full of clear, weed free water. Eight pictures which may be of interest to other prospective clients are attached.

best regards

Penny and Richard Allan

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For a more information on pond, lake and river desilting, call Peter on 01553 672310 or 01945 420544 or email Peter Jex

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Jex Plant UK Ltd is going to be showing at the following events:

January 19th – 21st

British & International Golf Greeenkeepers Association show at Harrogate week, Harrogate International Centre, King’s Rd, Harrogate, Yorkshire. We will be in Hall C, stand C14A

March 19th – 21st 2010

British Leisure Show, at The Royal Windsor Racecourse, Maidenhead Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 5JJ

As a valued visitor to our website, you can get two tickets for the price of one to the British Leisure Show 2010, when you order your tickets online. Click here, for more information.

April 13th – 15th 2010

Infrarail show, Hall 20, NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT UK, stand 984

Click here for more information on Infrarail 2010

April 24th – 25th 2010

East Anglian Game Fair, Norfolk Showground, Norwich

June 22nd – 24th 2010

Hillhead Quary Show, Hillhead Quarry, Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire

June 30th – July 1st

Royal Norfolk Show, Norfolk Showground, Dereham Road, Norwich, NR5 0TT

July 23rd – 25th 2010

CLA Game Fair, Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire

28 – 30 August 2010

IWA National Festival & Boat Show 2010, Beale Park, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 9NH

7th – 9th September

The Institute of Groundsmen, IOG Saltex 2010

The Royal Windsor Racecourse, Maidenhead Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 5JJ

22nd – 23rd September

Association of Drainage Authorities Floodrisk Management Show

East of England Showground, Peterborough

Come and visit us to find out more about our new pumping system and discuss your desilting needs.

Over time a membrane or clay lined reservoir will silt up, reducing the overall capacity of the reservoir. Desilting a reservoir  peridocally, will return it to it’s original capacity.

However, desilting a membrane or clay lined reservior can be tricky if you don’t want to damage the membrane in the process. Using traditional dredging methods is a sure way of damaging the membrane during the operation, and costing you more than you bargined for.

At Jex Plant UK Ltd, we are the only company in the UK that has the equipment and expertise to desilt membrane or clay lined reservoirs without causing damage to the membrane. Using our unique silt pumping methods we can remove the silt from your reservior quickly and easily.

If you have a membrane or clay lined reservoir that has reduced capacity due to silting, call Peter on 01553 672310 or 07768 234336 to have it brought back to full capacity without the cost of replacing the membrane.

As the deposits from flood water contain contaminants, it is best to remove it as quickly as possible. Shovelling the mud, silt and sewage by hand is time consuming and hazardous.

Using our specialist silt pumping equipment, which acts like a giant hoover, we can remove water and deposited solids extremely quickly. The pumping machinary we use is the only equipment available in the UK that can pump water, mud, silt and sewage from restricted access locations, all in one operation.

If you have been affected by recent flood damage, tell your insurance company to contact Jex Plant as we can quickly and safely remove all the water, mud, silt and sewage, deposited by flood water, from inside buildings, aiding you in your flood damage clean up.

Jex Plant is the only UK company that can pump water, mud, silt and sewage out of properties speeding up the water removal and damage cleanup operations.

If you are an insurance company looking for a flood damage companies, call Peter on 01553 672310 or 07768 234336 to find out more about how we can quickly remove silt and sewage from properties throughout the UK, helping reduce the cost of flood damage cleanup.

Silt dredging usually involves heavy machinary that digs the silt up and places it in heavy trucks for removal to another location. Due to the amount of machinary and manpower required, and the environmental impact of such operations, silt dredging is a very expensive process even for small lakes or ponds.

Silt pumping however, removes the silt from your lake, pond or river using suction pumps to lift the silt and transfer it to another location. The silt can be contained in a holding tank, or subject to chemical analysis, can be spread on nearby land to form a nutrient laden fertiliser for crops or other land.

The main advantage of silt pumping, as opposed to silt dredging, is that it is quicker, requires less machinary and manpower, is more environmentally friendly, and as a consequence of these, silt pumping is less expensive than other forms of silt removal.

At Jex Plant UK, we have the expertise, experience and equipment to help you save money when compared with the cost of traditional dredge and dump methods.

Call Peter on 01553 672310 or 07768 234336 to discuss your silt pumping needs.

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The decision that you make on buying the property often rests on how much it might cost to bring it to the standard that you and the mortgage company require. So by spending a few hundred pounds on having the property surveyed, you could save yourself thousands later on.

But when you buy a property that consists of land with a pond or lake in it and that pond or lake is either overgrown or silted up, most people will think along the lines of “We’ll have that cleaned up once we move in” without considering the cost of doing the work.

Overgrown, silted up ponds and lakes are an eyesore and are not good environments for many kinds of fish and other wildlife, however, a clean and clear pond or lake is a beautiful environment for both wildlife and yourself.

The problem is, without having the pond or lake surveyed before you buy the property you could have a nasty shock!

The cost of clearing and/or desilting a large pond and lake can easily run into the thousands, and without hiring a specialist lake surveyor prior to commiting to buying the property, you will have no idea how much it might cost to clear it and bring it back to its former glory.

At Jex Plant UK Ltd, we specialise in providing expert services in pond and lake clearance and desilting, and have the expert knowledge you need to know before you buy a property with a lake or large pond it.

With our lake surveyor service you will have:

• An inexpensive yet thorough lake survey
• A detailed estimate of the cost of desilting the pond or lake
• The full knowledge you need before you buy the property

So before you go ahead and commit to buying that property you have in mind, it is highly recommended that you hire a lake surveyor and find out exactly how much it will cost you to have that lake desilted or cleared.

Remember – Survey Today, Before You Pay!

For more information about our lake surveyor service, please call Peter on 01553 672310 or 07768 234336.

Commercial & Private Lake Surveyor

Jex Plant was contracted to help in one of the largest construction projects in Europe, the new Paper Mill being constructed at Kings Lynn, Norfolk.

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Jex Plant was contracted to provide plant and drivers to help in the construction of the Army’s  Training Village in Norfolk. Here are some pictures of that project.

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Here you can see some pictures of our riverside piling work on the Norfolk Broads

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Call Peter on 01553 672310 or 07768 234336 to discuss your Plant Hire needs.

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A recent Wier desilting project in Nayland, Essex for The Environment Agency

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At Duckhouse, St Ives. A river and lake required a combination of approaches:

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A pond desilting project in Watton, Norfolk, in the snow of February 2010

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The pictures below show a project in Tonbridge, Kent, to desilt a garden pond, and turn it into a natural swimming pond.

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These pictures show a recent pond desilting project in Cobham.

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For a more information on pond, lake and river desilting, call Peter on 01553 672310 or 01945 420544 or email Peter Jex

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In normal circumstances it would not be advisable to swim in a garden pond because they are rarely clean enough to safely do so. They usually have algae and other bacterial organisms in them and they are not safe for humans to swim in.

In conventional concrete pools, many chemicals are required to keep them clean and clear. If you read the instructions and warnings on the chemical container labels, you will notice that these chemicals can be extremely harmful to both people and the environment.

In natural swimming pond construction clay, gravel and rocks form the boundaries of the pool edges. If you are starting from scratch you will want to start by laying out a pool design with a garden hose or a string with stakes. If you want to convert an existing garden pond into a natural swimming pool, you may only need to desilt it, clean it out, add specific kinds of plantation and provide a method of circulating the water.

Plants are used as a natural filtration system in natural swimming pool construction. In addition to adding a pleasing look to your pool, they will also attract birds, dragonflies, and butterflies to your pool area. Other wildlife may use your pond as a water supply although you will probably only see them when you are not using the pool.

When constructing a natural swimming pond you should allow for about half of the pool’s surface to hold plants, as this will eliminate the need for harmful chemicals. This area will need to be separated from the swimming area by a wall about a foot under the water level. This will let the water splash over into the plant area to be filtered by the plants. This will attract frogs that will in turn eat mosquito larvae for you.

In natural swimming pond construction the shape of the hole is very important. It should have sloping sides to prevent the sides from caving in to the bottom. You can make your pool as deep as you like as long as you remember to slope the sides. You should only go down 1 foot for each 3 horizontal feet.

By choosing to convert your garden pond into a natural swimming pond you will eliminate the environmental impact of a conventional swimming pool, greatly enhance the beauty of your garden and provide a natural habitat for small creatures.

To find out more about converting your garden pond into a natural swimming pool, call Peter on 01553 672310 or 07768 234336