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Pre Purchase House Plumbing, gas fitting or drainage inspections
We have heard it hundereds of times! Please can you come and investigate why there is water in my basement? Try not to buy you new home during summer and if you do make sure you inspect your Sewer, stormwater and subsoil drainage BEFORE … Continue reading
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Priority plumbing, Did your plumber get it right??
Freezing when someone flushes the toilet? Low Pressure when running a bath? These things can only happen if your plumber does not install your plumbing correctly! Giving the fixtures the right priority will save a lot of yelling out of the shower … Continue reading
Gas heating condensation
When a gas fitting appliance is first ignited the flue is cold, so it absorbs heat from the flue gases, cooling them below their dew point and thus causing condensation inside the flue before the flue gases are expelled. The … Continue reading
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Emergency van Rental and Car rental
Special thanks to James Blond! At James Blond car rental Ltd they are used to having companies call at the last minute for an emergency van rental when suddenly theirs are off the road due to mechanical failure or some … Continue reading
Closed-system heating
Closed-system heating A mains pressure system does not have an open vent. It is a closed system. Naturally, when we heat water in a closed system, the water expands and exerts more pressure on the system. If this process were … Continue reading
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Sewage Treatment
The aim of sewage treatment is to remove the bulk of suspended organic matter and provide an end product that is environmentally acceptable for disposal. Communities situated along the coastline may use milliscreening to remove organic matter prior to discharging … Continue reading
Stormwater drainage traps
Where the stormwater is only rainwater from roofs, the downpipes discharge the water into self-cleansing gully-traps or directly into a drain. Where the stormwater consists of surface washings, it can carry silt, sand, shuingle, and organic litter, such as paper … Continue reading
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Storage/Collector Systems
Did you know that Integrated storage/collector systems can be used to provide solar preheating of warm to hot water in hot-humid climates, if thermal performance is not critical but cost is? In these systems the storage tank itself acts as … Continue reading
Radiation
Did you know that radiation is a form of heat transfer that can take place through a transparent medium such as air without even affecting it? It can even take place through vacuum. Neither convection nor conduction can take place … Continue reading
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Green Glo Hotwater Cylinder
Who says it cant fit?? Another tidy Green Glo Hot water cylinder installation. Everything is connected to this Green Glo. Solar Heating and Wetback! The space was very limited and the home owner didn’t think we could do it, we sure love … Continue reading
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