Blogs
Introducing Heat Pumps
On 18 October 2021, the UK government unveiled its plan to provide 90,000 households with £5k grants to install new heat pumps. This is a critical step in the national target of installing over 600k heat pumps per year by 2028, and eventually phase out gas boilers to hit the UK’s 2050 net zero commitments.
The Importance of Calculating Residual & Static Pressure
Water pressure is an essential aspect of every plumbing system. Here, we explain the importance of calculating residual and static pressure.
Hydraulic Services Design Guide 5th Edition March 2022
The first part of the design guide focuses on Copper, with chapters on history, production, specification and limitations. The second part includes design principles, cold water system design, hot water system design, warm water systems, pumps, design guidelines, pipe sizing guide and design methods.
UK – Domestic Mains Water Pipe Size Calculator
Welcome to this mains water pipe size calculator for the UK.
Hardy Cross Method – Sizing a Ring Main (FREE Spreadsheet)
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 as a closed-loop) formation, the calculations are extra difficult.
This difficult calculation is very common for fire hydrant ring main size designs and the ring main design calculations.
