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Plumbing the smart home market
Smart homes will be a lot more intelligent about water, heating and cooling too, and that means plumbers have to get up to speed, writes John Fennell. ... -
Backflow and the community
Backflow prevention is a priority for local councils to protect residents from possible cross contamination. Peter McLennan explains. The water systems are extensive in hospitals and are regarded ... -
Hot water, happy customer
For a happy hot water customer, consider the following key points, Jon Palfrey, Rheem explains. The following key points makes a list to have ‘top of mind’ when ... -
Registered builders and disciplinary matters
Some critical changes are happening in the field of building practitioner disciplinary matters. Paul Cott takes Plumbing Connection through the details. The position in all ... -
What’s the damage? A look at contractual liquidated and agreed damages
Paul Cott looks at contractual liquidated and agreed damages, and offers some tips on how to avoid the most common traps. To any building industry ... -
Explaining damages for building contract breaches
Paul Cott explains some of the myriad ways building contracts can be breached and what actions to take should you find yourself in the unfortunate circumstance. ... -
Behind the wall – reduce your risk and play to your strength
Plumbing errors or failures can be costly to both you and your customer, but there’s ways to make sure they rarely happen says John Fennell. A ... -
Backflow Prevention in the everyday world
Peter McLennan reflects on the recent World Plumbing Day and asks some questions of the industry and the continual lack of education, at the apprenticeship stage, ... -
A sound investment
Taking the time to install a well-designed plumbing system has all sorts of paybacks, but no noise is one of the best for everyone involved says ... -
Solar Controllers
Mathew Briggs takes an in-depth look at a couple of solar hot water controllers that are commonly used in solar hot water aftermarket repairs. There is ...
