Author Archives: Tal Potishman

It is not surprising why so many people choose to have underfloor heating installed in their homes. As well as being space-saving, it can also deliver significant energy and carbon emission savings. This becomes increasingly noticeable when you compare it to other forms of heat emitters. However, as with most other things, underfloor heating can also have it’s disadvantages, and whether or not it is for you will completely depend on you and your choice of lifestyle. Continue reading →

With green blankets covering the buildings and cranes slicing through skylines serving as a constant reminder of Britain’s building boom, it can be difficult to imagine that the commercial building industry is affected by the economic crisis. The fact that the industry is not cutting back – while other industries are – seems to indicate the explosion of new construction works have not come to an end. The problem, it seems, is a lack of workers to fill the demands of construction companies. Continue reading →

Although a lot has changed over the past few years in terms of gender roles in the industry, and more women as a result are entering the trades, it has been argued that still more needs to be done to get it up to the level that is required. Critics have argued that women that are interested in entering male-dominated environments, should be encouraged more by organizations in charge of developing initiatives in order to make their transition successful. Continue reading →

It is safe to say that the current economic climate has not been easy for the heating industry. Nonetheless, installers should not be put off by the economic downturn. They should not be discouraged and wait around hoping for the situation to get better. Installers have a number of opportunities available to them. It is just about spotting these opportunities and making the most of them. Continue reading →

Industrial professionals, plumbers and most other machinist professionals in the United Kingdom list copper as the metal of choice for most fabrications. Historians can date the use of copper as far back as ten millennia and believe that only gold and iron were used before copper was discovered. The natural colour of Copper is red, though over time its colour can shift into green. Continue reading →

A trend has been emerging in the UK in which talk of energy conservation inevitably turns to an individual’s “carbon footprint.” The news, radio, television, magazines and internet have all been sources of “carbon footprint” mania. Continue reading →

At a time when economic circumstances are breaking negative records pushing us closer and closer into debt, the last thing we want to do is spend thousands of pounds on bathroom redesign and renovation. Having a warm and cosy place to take a soothing bath after a long day’s work is always a welcoming idea, yet unfortunately, it can be too expensive an indulgence. Continue reading →

The government is proposing that by 2020, every home in the UK will have a smart meter installed. This is quite an ambitious target and the government is keen to get the word out. The smart meter will change the way consumers use their energy. The suppliers use the meters to record customer’s gas and electricity use, and together with display device, they let consumers see how much energy they are using. It means that houseowners will not have to stay at home for meter readings. It also means that they will not have to deal with over-estimated bills. Continue reading →

The American economic crisis has been making headlines all over the world for a few months but the US is not alone when it comes to financial difficulties. Various countries around the world have suffered severe economic meltdowns (Iceland and Ukraine just to name a few). The UK has also been having serious economic troubles as well, especially in the housing industry. There has been a twelve percent drop in the price of homes in the UK in the last twelve months. We ask – has the heating and plumbing industry been affected by this? Continue reading →

Hard water is a problem for most residents of the United Kingdom. Hard water is water that contains a high level of dissolved minerals and ions, the most troublesome of which are calcium and magnesium. Water is made hard when rain water falls on land that contains high levels of minerals. The water picks up the minerals as it seeps through the ground and into the water table. Water that falls on ground that is made up mostly of hard rock or peaty soil is less likely to pick up minerals or other elements and will stay “soft.” Continue reading →