Kent Traders — UK Hotel Supplies, Electrical Essentials, Bathroom Fittings & Fire Safety

Carpet cleaning looks harmless until an inspector asks for the paperwork. This guide sets out what COSHH expects for carpet cleaning chemicals in hotels and HMOs, using HSE guidance: the five-step paper trail, storage and decanting rules, dilution, protective equipment and first aid. It includes a worked 20-room hotel example with Rug Doctor dosing and cost per tank, plus current Rug Doctor chemical prices checked on 22 October 2026.

The same shower can feel superb in one house and weak in the next, and the water system is almost always the reason. This guide shows how to tell whether you have a gravity-fed, combi or unvented system, then which shower types suit each: power, gravity-pumped smart, mixer, high-pressure smart or electric. It includes a worked four-bathroom cost comparison and Aqualisa picks with prices and stock checked on 20 October 2026.

Empty hotel rooms and HMO bedrooms are where stagnant water collects, and stagnant water is where Legionella bacteria can multiply. This guide sets out what HSE guidance says about weekly flushing and flushing before letting, then walks through a room-by-room routine you can log. It includes a worked example for six empty rooms, the mistakes that make flushing useless, and when to replace shower heads, hoses and taps.