Wigan-based Rothwell Plumbing Services has extended its partnership with vehicle rental and leasing specialist Fleet Dynamic, by setting its skilled tradesmen on the road in a new fleet of 53 Mercedes-Benz vans.
The vehicles arrived via Roanza Truck & Van – Fleet Dynamic, which operates from headquarters in Wigan, is a supplier to, as well as a customer of, the north-west
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Ravenheat has added the brand new HE30S compact to its range of domestic gas boilers.
The HE30S compact features the same quality components and single-coil stainless steel heat exchanger as its highly successful predecessor, the HE98S, as well as a brand new pipe configuration. It delivers 31kW to domestic hot water and has a flow rate of 12 litres a minute at a 35-degree rise.
Salamander Pumps, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of domestic water pumps, has introduced the ‘HomeBoost fittings kit’ as a stand alone product to its extensive range of products.
The fittings kit is designed as an accessory pack for installers who are fitting Salamander’s intelligent mains water pump, HomeBoost, to ensure a smooth and efficient installation.
The kit includes high quality brass connectors and an isolating valve to ensure easy servicing in the future, as well as adapters to allow connection to either a 15mm or 22mm pipe connection, and is available to buy separately to the HomeBoost pump.
Ken Vance Training Manager at Salamander Pumps, explained:
OFTEC has welcomed today’s (19 July 2018) announcement from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) that oil boilers will not be excluded from the next phase of the Energy Company Obligation scheme (ECO3) as initially proposed.
The decision follows responses by OFTEC and other stakeholders to the ECO3 consultation that underlined that removing oil boilers from the scheme would unfairly discriminate against rural households and could lead to even higher levels of fuel poverty.
In today’s busy and competitive plumbing and building environment, tradespeople are searching for new ways to offer better and more efficient working.
Choosing the right products provides ample opportunities for boosting productivity, helping plumbers offer an extended range of services to their clients while maintaining extremely high standards.
Geocel®’s Trade Mate Plumber Range uses a range of technologies to offer a selection of hard-working products that make it easier than ever to achieve a perfect finish and job well done, in good time.
Including silicone seals, grease and putty it is the ultimate plumber’s mate tool kit, including products that can be stored and re-used to boost efficiency.
As conversations continue to build and research evolves surrounding the dangers of microplastics in our drinking water, the consumers attention will begin to shift from the dangers of bottled water, to start questioning how good and ultimately how safe is home tap water to drink? A survey conducted by The Organisation of Responsible Business (ORB) in 2017, found plastic microfibres in 83 percent of the tap water tested. Although much lower than bottled water, the issue of plastic particles entering various supply systems seems to be a problem that is only going to worsen over time.
With sales of its XL Series boilers increasing significantly over the last 24 months, ATAG Commercial has reported that this trend looks set to continue throughout 2018, having achieved 19% growth in the first quarter of the year. Sales had already increased 61% year-on-year from 2015 to 2016, followed by a further 7% improvement on this in 2017, prior to the latest figures being announced.
The XL Series is part of ATAG Commercial’s highly efficient range of gas-fired boilers, boasting impressive performance, high quality and reliable engineering, plus flexible cascade arrangements. XL boilers are available in outputs of 60kW, 95kW and 120kW, with all models achieving best in class NOx emissions less than 30mg/kWh – offering maximum BREEAM points.
Sensata Technologies has been driving advances in sensing technology with a pedigree that spans more than one hundred years. As such it can rightfully describe itself as a global leader in the design, customisation and manufacture of mission-critical sensors and controls. To give some idea of its size, the company today has operations in 12 countries around the world and sells more than 47,000 unique products. It ships some 1.1 billion units annually.
2018 has not been a good year in the construction industry. An unexpected decline in housebuilding led to the construction industry to contract for the ninth month in a row, while the collapse of industry giant Carillion left thousands of subcontractors out of pocket. Construction output also fell by the 3.9 percent on figures for 2017, representing the biggest annual decline since 2013.
This is particularly bad news for roofers, plasterers and plumbers, not only due to the reduction in the available work, but also because in a competitive market, contractors can take advantage of the vulnerable position tradespeople are in by paying them late, or even trying to avoid paying them at all.
TALIS, one of the world’s leading providers of water flow control solutions, is acting to help prevent endemic waste in the water sector, stemming from what it believes is a failure to make the best buying decisions for non-standard applications.
In its report ‘Going Beyond the Catalogue’, TALIS highlights a 5-point plan to create more intelligent design, specification and procurement processes. It details the ways in which poor decisions are causing costs to rise, using the example of mechanical joints to help illustrate its case.