The Hydraulic Services Design Guide was first published in 2014 and has been updated 4 times since. It is a free resource published by...

This video demonstrates how to design a hot water recirculation system using H2X. Designing a hot water recirculation system can be one...

There are three common methods for domestic water pipe sizing in the UK, as described in the CIBSE/ SoPHE Technical Bulletin 16-01:...

Pipe volume is an important calculation that is commonly used by various members of a project team during the design of a construction...

Flow rate and friction loss in a pipe network system can be difficult to calculate. When the pipe network is in a ring main (also known...

Alarming statistics were discovered in the 'Examination of Building Defects' study completed by Deakin University. Why are defects so...

Technology adoption in the construction industry has led to design iteration becoming a major and complex component of the design phase....

Our mission at H2X is to improve the quality of plumbing designs. When we started our journey, there were two key things we knew we must...

1 - Sizing It is important to size a pressure reduction valve (PRV) to suit the flow rate that passes through it. You should not...

32% of defects found on a construction site are due to a design error. Contractors waste 5% of their revenue fixing these defects. Whilst...

What are backflow prevention valves? Backflow prevention valves prevent cross-contamination between a potable water system (safe to...

Introduction – Understand the principles As gas goes through a pipe, pressure loss is caused by friction between the gas and the pipe...

Google patent the Crabot - half crane, half robot. Concrete structures are being 3D printed. Why am I always trying to find my ruler and...

How do you accurately size a ring main when the flow rate through the ring main is diversified? Accurately is the key word to this...

Dead leg - the cold water that is drawn off before heated water commences to discharge from the heated water outlet e.g. whilst waiting...

Designing a heated water circulating system is time consuming, tedious, inefficient, and uneconomical. It is also relatively difficult to...