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Privacy & cookie policy

Last updated 10 November 2026. This policy covers mainsanddrains websites run by Mains & Drains. Questions: hello@mainsanddrainsuk.co.uk.

Summary

  • If you choose to sign up for our free checklist, we collect your email address (and first name, if you give it) to send you the checklist and occasional Mains & Drains emails. You can unsubscribe at any time.
  • This site sets no cookies of its own.
  • We use privacy-friendly, cookieless analytics (GoatCounter) to count visits and link clicks.
  • When you click an affiliate link, the shop (for example Amazon) may set its own cookies on its own site.

Analytics

We use GoatCounter to see which pages and links are popular. It doesn’t use cookies or track you across sites. It records the page, referrer, approximate screen size, browser and country, and it doesn’t store your IP address. See GoatCounter’s privacy policy.

Email signups

If you sign up for our free checklist, we collect your email address and, if you give it, your first name. We use them to send you the checklist and occasional emails with Mains & Drains guides, videos and offers. Our lawful basis is your consent, which you give by ticking the box on the signup form.

Our email list is run by MailerLite (UAB MailerLite), which stores and sends emails for us and acts as our data processor. MailerLite may record whether you open emails or click links so we can see what's useful. See MailerLite’s privacy policy.

Every email has an unsubscribe link. You can also email hello@mainsanddrainsuk.co.uk to be removed. When you unsubscribe, we stop emailing you and delete your details or keep only what we need to make sure we don’t email you again. We never sell or share your email address with advertisers.

Affiliate links and third-party sites

Links marked “Ad” go to retailers such as Amazon.co.uk. If you click one, that retailer can see you came from us and may set cookies on its own site to credit the referral. Their privacy policies apply once you leave this site. Other links go to Gumroad (our printable guides), Etsy, YouTube and official sites such as GOV.UK.

Videos

We don’t embed YouTube players. Video thumbnails are images hosted on this site, and clicking one opens YouTube, where YouTube’s privacy policy applies.

Email

If you email us, we use your message and address only to reply, and we delete correspondence when it’s no longer needed.

Hosting

This site is hosted by Netlify, which processes standard server logs (such as IP address and request time) to deliver and secure the site.

Your rights

Under UK GDPR you can ask what data we hold about you, and ask us to correct or delete it. Email us. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Cookie policy

We don’t set cookies, so there’s no cookie banner. If we ever add cookies that aren’t strictly necessary, we’ll ask for your consent first and update this page.