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Water Spots and Streaks on Cars and Windows?

I have spots or streaks on my car/windows. How can I remove them? To provide a very short summary; there are many different minerals in your water supply that cause these spots and streaks, which leave residue behind when they dry.  Here at PumpExpress, we offer a water filter that will remove the mineral content from the water leaving you with an immaculate finish every time as well as saving you money on expensive wax and polish. Below is our...

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Dangers of Microplastics, PFAS (Forever Chemicals), Lead & Fluoride In your tap water

Introduction: Hello and welcome to this blog post. Today we will be looking at a few potential hazards that may be lurking in your water supply. I want to point out that all, some, or none of this may apply to you, and it all depends on your location, your water supplier, and your water supply. Much of the below article will apply to the average homeowner in the UK with a normal setup. The UK government has laid out many...

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The Waterfowl Sanctuary Washdown Pump | Customer Project

Boosted Water Supply For Washdown Rooms Fowl and bird sanctuaries provide an important service to our environment and local communities, protecting birds, and their habitats and providing a space for injured birds to recover. The Waterfowl Sanctuary in Huntingdon has been doing great work in this area, providing a great space for injured or sick fowl and birds to recover. As a result of this, they have been playing an important part in the fight against the spread of Avian flu. Avian...

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Do I need to protect my pumps this winter?

Introduction: It's safe to say that the winter frost is rolling in currently, all around the UK. The great car de-icing has begun, and many people have spotted the rise in winter fog and frost scattered across the landscape.  Winter can be a difficult time for many homeowners across the UK - especially depending on location and how cold it gets. Some may experience pipe bursting/freezing and others may need to cover their pond up this winter to protect the fish they...

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Replacement Pond Pump | Customer Projects

Replacement Pond Pump Here we have a new pond that has been installed as a feature that will contain a fish population and planting. The owner of this newly constructed pond had purchased a pump prior to the completion. Headline price and the “reported” headline performance was the draw to the initial unit selected. In preparation for planting and stocking of the fish, the pump was installed and was left to oxygenate and settle the pond.  The pump lasted just under 48 hours after...

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Benefits Of A Domestic Reverse Osmosis System

Benefits Of A Domestic Reverse Osmosis System Produce healthy, pure water for drinking A domestic RO system will remove 99.8% of all impurities and contaminants, providing you with extremely pure and healthy drinking water. Produce the best quality water for tea and coffee A domestic RO will remove the impurities from water which may adversely affect the taste and look of hot drinks. We can take this a step further with a reverse osmosis system specifically designed for domestic and commercial coffee machines. Remove Chlorine...

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Temporary Water Supply On Construction Site | Customer Projects

Temporary Water Supply On Construction Site A Construction Company approached Pump Express with a project to supply temporary water to one of their construction sites. The water needed to be moved up a 75 metre high (25 storey) building using only 110v pumps. We achieved this by using 3x Pedrollo 5CR (110v) pumps at 25 meter stages to cover the total 75 meter height. Break tanks were located at each stage to provide water to all areas of the building. Each pump...

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Boost Water Flow Rate at a Hotel | Customer Projects

Boost Water Flow Rate at a Hotel The customer at a hotel consisting of 14 bedrooms each with mixer showers contacted Pump Express to see what could be done to achieve an acceptable flow rate at the far end of the hotel as this part of the hotel had consistent issues. The hot water system in the hotel consisted of a 1000ltr unvented hot water cylinder. The static cold-water pressure was 2.0 bar and the highest mains water flow rate they managed...

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Replacement for burnt out well pump | Customer Projects

Replacement for burnt out well pump A request for a replacement Well pump was received, due to the current pump had over heated and burnt out. Discussion first centred on how big the Well was and discovered it was 1.2 metres in diameter and 2 .1 metres deep. The existing pump “being a submerged pump” was actually not submerged due to the fact that three properties were connected to the Well and all had fitted very large holding tanks. The well had...

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Pressure boosting on holiday let | Customer Projects

Pressure boosting on holiday let Pump Express was asked to advise on a proposed holiday let that was to be built on a customer’s adjacent property. The existing house was utilising a gravity vented water system and the holiday let was initially going to be added to this system. The number of proposed showers in the holiday let would be 5 in total, and the current gravity system was deemed as unable to provide a enough flow to support this. The 2 storey holiday...

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