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Rules

• General Safety
• Regulations
• Earthing

Pipework Installation

• Basic principles
• Tube cutting lengths
• Fixing clip allowances
• Measuring for bending
• Tube fabrication
• Speed and savings

Supply and Drainage

• Internal Drainage
• External Drainage
• Direct Supply
• Indirect Supply

Pipe Bending

• Suitability for bending
• Bending methods
• Steel springs
• Setting out bends
• 'Gain' of material
• Passover bends
• Matching bends
• Bending by machine

Copper Pipe

• Copper pipe
• Compression joints
• Soldered joints
• Cutting pipe
• Bending pipe
• Securing pipe

Piping in Buildings

• Technical and economic factors
• Characteristics and parameters
• Design considerations
• Jointing methods
• Commissioning
• Legionnaires disease
• Vented and unvented hot water systems
• Domestic heating systems
• Corrosion considerations

Plastic Wastepipes

• Types
• Sizing
• Compression
• Solvent
• Push Fit

Installation Methods Worksheets

• Bending Copper Tubes: Spring Loading
• Bending Copper Tubes: Machine
• Fixing Copper Tube
• Planning & Positioning of Pipework
• Jointing Copper Tubes: Capillary
• Jointing Copper Tubes: Compression
• Insulation
• Underground Services
• Component Connections

Appliances

• Installing a washing machine or dishwasher
• Basins, sinks and baths
• Removing basins
• Fitting basins
• Removing baths
• Fitting baths
• Removing Sinks
• Fitting Sinks

• Pipe Sizing - Basic Principles
• Pipe Sizing - Tabulation Method
• Jointing Copper to Dissimilar Materials
• Domestic Gas Pipework: Installation & Testing
• Domestic Gas Pipework: Planning & Pipe Sizing
• Legionella and Copper Piping
• EN Standards for Tube & Fittings
• Domestic Sprinkler Systems
• Copper Oil Pipelines

Showers

• Shower Cubicle
• Electric Shower
• Power Shower
• Mixer Shower
• Thermostatic Shower

• Copper Pressure Piping Systems
• Small Bore Heating Systems
• Cabling Soft Copper
• Steam-Condense Pipelines
• Refrigeration Pipelines
• Medical Gases & Vacuum Systems
• Suitability of Copper with Various Chemicals
• Systematic Installation of Copper to Save Money: Basics
• Systematic Installation of Copper to Save Money: Installation Method

WCs

• Types
• Removal
• Fitting

• Fluxes & Solders
• Flushing & Disinfection
• Pressure Testing Piping Systems

Central Heating

• Pumped Systems
• Sealed Systems
• Controls
• Draining a system
• Refilling a system
• Avoiding corrosion
• Fixing leaks
• Bleeding
• Troubleshooting - noises, cold radiators, creaking, knocking etc.

Radiators

• Types
• Location
• Fitting

Exercises and Worksheets

• Jointing and bending 1
• Jointing and bending 2
• Planning and measurement
• Hot and cold water installation
• Pipe sizing
• Gas installations

Repairs

• Air locks
• Leaking pipes
• Frozen pipes
• Draining
• Blocked waste pipes
• Blocked drains
• Blocked gullies
• Blocked WC
• Faulty ball valves
• Leaking taps

HOW TO GUIDES

• How To fit Guttering
• How to fit a Toilet
• How to fit a Basin and Bath
• How to fit a Dishwasher/Washing Machine
• How to fit a Hotwater Tank
• How to fit a Shower Cubicle
• How to fit an Electric Shower
• How to fit a Radiator

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