This text, first published under the title Mechanical Engineering Services: A Plumbing Encyclopaedia, is designed in encyclopaedic form to enable the student, plumber or heating engineer to select information quickly on specific aspects of their craft.
With more than 1500 entries and 370 illustrations, this book describes terms, components and working practices used in the mechanical services industry, particularly plumbing.
This second edition, with some 60 new and updated entries, includes such topics as Cold and hot water supplies; Sanitation; Drainage; Sheet weathering; Soldering and welding; Gas and oil supplies; Hot water heating; Warm air heating; Radiant heating; Steam heating; Solar heating; and Building science.
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Roy Treolar has been a full time lecturer in plumbing since 1985. He is currently Section Head: Mechanical Services at the Colchester Institute, where he is responsible for all plumbing, gas and heating programmes, and he is an external verifier for the City & Guilds 6009 plumbing scheme. He is author of the highly successful NVQ textbook, Plumbling, also published by Blackwell Science,
This book, first published under the title Mechanical Engineering Services: A Plumbing Encyclopaedia, is designed in encyclopaedic form to enable the student, plumber or heating engineer to select information quickly on specific aspects of their craft. The book includes over 1500 entries with more than 370 illustrations, describing terms, components and working practices etc. used in the mechanical services industry, particularly in the field of plumbing. Topics covered include: cold and hot water supplies sanitation drainage sheet weathering soldering and welding gas and oil supplies hot water heating warm air heating radiant heating steam heating solar heating building science and many more The new edition includes some 60 new and updated entries.
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