Cold Water Systems
Direct and stored supplies, cistern storage, float-operated valves and protecting the supply from backflow.
Plumbing theory, tests and quiz practice grouped the way the job actually works rather than a flat subject list. Begin with cold water & field diagnostics; Premium unlocks the full plumbing bank.
Getting clean water in — the cold supply and storage, and the science behind pressure and flow.
Direct and stored supplies, cistern storage, float-operated valves and protecting the supply from backflow.
The science behind the trade — pressure and head, heat and expansion, flow and units.
Heating it and storing it safely — hot water and central heating systems.
Vented and unvented hot water, safe delivery temperatures, expansion and secondary circulation.
System layouts, controls and interlock, emitters and balancing for domestic heating.
Taking water away — drainage, sanitation and rainwater.
Trap seals, branch pipework and stack ventilation, and keeping the system free of contamination.
Gutters and downpipes, sizing for rainfall and safe surface-water discharge.
Working safely and to standard — health & safety, the core processes and safe electrical isolation.
Safe isolation, working at height, COSHH and asbestos awareness, PPE and CSCS card basics.
Jointing methods and materials, tools and measuring, and the UK qualification routes.
Safe isolation, bonding and earthing awareness, bathroom zones and the scope of Part P.
On-the-job judgement and the shift to low-carbon — fault-finding call-outs and renewables awareness.
What-would-you-do call-outs: no hot water, no heating, leaks and low pressure, routed to safe checks.
Awareness of the shift off gas — heat pumps, solar thermal and what the Future Homes Standard means for the trade.
Design and diagnosis depth above the Level 2 foundations — heat-loss and sizing calculations, hot water storage, cold water and low-carbon fuels. Premium.
Design and size it properly — heat loss, emitter and pump sizing, hot water storage and reheat, commissioning and fault diagnosis.
System design, heat loss and gain, sizing of boiler, emitters, pipework, pump and vessel, commissioning and fault diagnosis.
System selection, demand and storage sizing, reheat times, scald protection and fault diagnosis.
Loading-unit sizing and Legionella control for cold water, and the fuels and heat sources that drive a system.
Loading-unit sizing, storage and accumulators, the Water Fittings Regulations, Legionella control and commissioning.
Fuel types and characteristics, low-carbon heat sources, choosing a fuel, safe storage and the competent-person bodies.