Dutypoint Knowledge Boosters – When do you need boosted water?

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In our new series of weekly 60-second knowledge booster videos, Dutypoint Sales Engineers Frazer Ross and Ron Burke will share some of their knowledge and provide technical advice to help you specify the right product for the job in the field of booster sets pump and tank

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systems and related products for large, residential, commercial and industrial buildings. Hello, I’m Fraser Ross, and in the next 60 seconds I’ll talk you through the situations where boosted water might be needed. According to the official Ofwat regulations. water companies must maintain a minimum

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pressure in the communication pipe for seven meters static head, which is 0.7 bar, so it is not to be confused with a minimum supply pressure that water companies guarantee, which is normally 1 bar, and in many cases water companies will be delivering in excess of this. However, even at one bar this

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isn’t always enough to sustain demand in larger residential properties, for high-rise buildings, or commercial and industrial buildings where there are multiple water outlets. Factoring the possibility that the water supply pipe is not big enough, or partially blocked by limescale, and

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the water supply to the property will be further restricted. High-rise buildings in particular often experience the loss of mains pressure the higher you go up the building, so this explains the need for pressure boosters in most occupied buildings larger than a typical UK house.