Stuart Smith, managing director at Lord Combustion Services, was looking for an innovative and reliable manufacturer to specify the pipework, which would supply the heating to the main block of the school. With work carried out during the height of the pandemic, efficiency and reliability were integral to the success of the project and in enabling the project to be completed during the school’s closure during the nationwide lockdown.
Stuart and the team specified Geberit Mapress stainless steel for the pipework. The pipe-pressing system offers speed, safety and cost-efficiency with easy installation, providing a specialist solution for all applications. Press fitting systems such as Geberit Mapress can deliver a host of installation benefits, with no hot works and no cooling down period. Coloured pressing indicators offer easy identification of both material and unpressed joints during the installation process. There is also no need for lubrication and joints will leak until pressed to show incomplete pressing during pressure testing. This means there’s no need to drain the system as it can be fixed wet.
Press fit systems have been proven to take 30% less time to install than their traditional counterparts according to a BRSIA report, helping reduce the cost of jobs by approximately 27% compared with screwed steel pipework.