The City & Guilds Textbook: Plumbing

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Book title
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Contents
About your qualification
How to use this book
Acknowledgements
Picture credits
1 Cold water systems, planning and design
	The legislation relating to the installation and maintenance of cold water systems
	Cold water system layouts
	Backflow protection in plumbing systems
	Design techniques for cold water systems
	Diagnosing and rectifying faults in cold water systems and components
	Commissioning cold water systems and components
	Servicing and maintenance of cold water systems
2 Hot water systems, planning and design
	Different fuels in domestic hot water systems
	The types of hot water system and their layout requirements
	Specialist components in hot water systems
	Design techniques for hot water systems
	The installation requirements of hot water systems and components
	Testing and commissioning requirements of hot water systems and components
	Diagnosing and rectifying faults in hot water systems and components
	Servicing and maintenance of hot water systems
3 Central heating systems, planning and design
	Types of central heating system and their layout requirements
	Design techniques for central heating systems
	Positioning central heating system components
	Installation, connection and testing requirements of electrically operated central heating components
	Commissioning central heating systems and components
	Diagnosing and rectifying faults in central heating systems and components
4 Advanced sanitation and rainwater systems
	The legislation relating to the installation and maintenance of sanitation and rainwater systems
	System layouts of sanitation systems
	Design techniques for sanitation and rainwater systems
	Commissioning sanitation systems and components
	Servicing and maintenance of sanitation and rainwater systems
	Diagnosing and rectifying faults in sanitary systems and components
5 Electrical principles
	The principles of electricity
	The legislation relating to electrical work and the control of plumbing and domestic heating systems
	The types of electrical system and layouts
	Performing pre-installation activity prior to undertaking electrical work on plumbing and domestic heating
	Safe isolation procedures
	Safe installation and testing of electrical equipment
	Diagnosing faults and safe repair of electrical work
6 Advanced environmental technology systems
	The legislation relating to micro-renewable energy and water conservation technologies
	Heat-producing micro-renewable energy
	Water conservation technologies
	Electricity-producing micro-renewable energy technologies
7 Domestic fuel systems
	Factors affecting fuel selection
	Combustion processes of fuel supply systems
	Principles of chimneys and flue systems
8 Additional topics
	Plan work schedules for a system installation
	Plan for careers in building services engineering
	The requirements to become a qualified operative in building services engineering
Practice synoptic assessments
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