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PressBoost in November

PressBoost in November

Pressurisation Unit Installations In another busy month, we carried out a large variety of project work, with several different types of pressurisation unit installations. From left to right: First we have a Stuart Turner Midi 235 unit, this replaced a failed...

Cold Water Booster Pump Sets

Cold Water Booster Pump Sets

Why do you have poor water pressure? We often get asked by customers why they have poor water pressure and can we do anything to fix it. Firstly, we definitely can do something to fix this problem for you. Poor water pressure is largely down to the incoming pressure...

Fixed Speed – Variable Speed Water Booster Set Conversion

Fixed Speed – Variable Speed Water Booster Set Conversion

The Project: We recently carried out a variable speed conversion of a cold water booster for a University in North West England. We were called in by the University to upgrade their archaic pump set and remove 2 steel cold water storage tanks. Replacing them with a...

Reflex Variomat    Pressurisation Unit Installation

Reflex Variomat Pressurisation Unit Installation

High Profile Court Building in Manchester City Centre: Over a period of 6 weeks, we carried out a large scale project working in conjunction with Integral UK at one of the courts they maintain in Manchester. We successfully delivered this project on time all as per...

Cold Water Booster Set Replacement

Cold Water Booster Set Replacement

Booster Set Upgrade: Overnight, we carried out a booster set replacement for a multi-purpose building in a prime location in Manchester. The building operates as offices and a gym, as a result, they required minimal downtime. The existing set was fixed speed but also...

Pressure Vessel Maintenance

Pressure Vessel Maintenance

The importance of Pressure Vessel Maintenance: Manufacturers of most pressure vessels will only guarantee the gas charge in a vessel for six months, as a result they recommend it is maintained and recharged to ensure it continues operating correctly on a bi-annual...

PressBoost in February

PressBoost in February

Service and maintenance: This month we have been carrying out biannual maintenance for a number of sites. These include a college in Bradford, several high profile buildings in Manchester, several railway museums and schools across the North West and a new tower block...

PressBoost in January

PressBoost in January

January was another busy month here at PressBoost. Throughout the month we carried out a large amount of service work across the country, into Scotland and onto the Isle of Man. This represents the core of our business and something we pride ourselves on. Service and...

Express Gifts

Express Gifts

The Project: We were recently contacted by Express Gifts to help deal with a long standing problem of pressure issues at one of their sites. We attended site to find that their current method of supplying water around the building was via storage tanks in the roof;...

Twin Pump Horizontal Booster Set Replacement

Twin Pump Horizontal Booster Set Replacement

The Background: This booster set replacement was carried out in the centre of Manchester in November 2017. The existing booster set was down to a single pump, running constantly and barely delivering pressure. This was largely due to the dilapidated state of the set...

Replacement and repair of 6″ Pressure Regulating Valve

Replacement and repair of 6″ Pressure Regulating Valve

We are always looking at ways to provide more cost effective service for the customer. This job was carried out at a prestige site in Manchester, they had two 6" pressure regulating valves that fed cold water to the entire building (20 plus floors), they were...

Importance of Pressure and Booster Unit Maintenance

Importance of Pressure and Booster Unit Maintenance

Our mission: Here at PressBoost our primary concern is to provide comprehensive quality service and repair to all makes and types of Pressurisation and Booster equipment. Servicing of Pressure and Booster equipment is absolutely pivotal to the longevity of your plant....

Control Panel Modifications

Control Panel Modifications

The job: One of the many aspects of works we carry out here at PressBoost is control modifications. All of our engineers are control specialists and highly experienced working in control panels. Recently at a site in Bury we replaced 4 x contactors and overloads...

RPZ Valve Servicing

RPZ Valve Servicing

The Legal Requirement: One of the most important services we offer at PressBoost is servicing of RPZ (backflow prevention) devices.  Quick filling loops which used to be installed to most pressurised heating systems are no longer satisfactory, as LTHW & CHW...

Fixed to Variable Speed Booster Unit Conversion

Fixed to Variable Speed Booster Unit Conversion

This installation was carried out at a site in Manchester City Centre. The existing unit was fixed speed and obsolete, furthermore, one of the two pumps had failed and as such the building was running on only one pump. This building has recently been renovated and is...

The NEW PressBoost DIGICAB Pressurisation Unit

The NEW PressBoost DIGICAB Pressurisation Unit

PressBoost have recently designed and began installing our new DIGICAB pressurisation unit. Currently in our pressurisation unit range we already have the Autopress and Digipress, which are both wall mounted. The DIGICAB is a floor mounted equivalent of the Digipress....

Two pump variable speed booster unit replacement

Two pump variable speed booster unit replacement

This site in Wrexham required a replacement variable speed booster unit due to having a number of issues with their existing equipment. The No. 1 pump and inverter were U/S and required replacement, the customer asked PressBoost to quote for a replacement modern...

F&E conversion  to pressurised system

F&E conversion to pressurised system

This large hotel in Llandudno had an F&E tank in the roof feeding the heating system, however, they were having a number of issues with this method of operation, primarily they were struggling with poor flow which was causing severe disruption to the heating...

Pressurisation Unit Covnersion

Pressurisation Unit Covnersion

This job was carried out at a site in Daresbury, Cheshire. The existing spill and fill pressurisation unit was extremely dilapidated and ageing state. Most controls were u/s, the pipework was consistently blocking and the tank was backed up with sludge. The...

PumpCare Ltd

PumpCare Ltd

 PressBoost are proud to announce our affiliation with PumpCare Ltd. PumpCare are an established company with a wealth of experience in pump repair, supply and maintenance.       Please visit www.pumpcareuk.co.uk for more information. We are located in Manchester and...

Dual Pressurisation Unit replacement – Manchetser

Dual Pressurisation Unit replacement – Manchetser

Here at PressBoost we pride ourselves on our ability to offer solutions to the most difficult problems. The images below are of a job at one of our Manchester sites, this site were having a number of issues with a dual LTHW and CHW unit. Effectively, the main issue...

Pressure unit replacement including relocation and increase in size.

Pressure unit replacement including relocation and increase in size.

This Pressurisation Unit at a site in Somerset was beyond economical repair. The pump was u/s, pump vessel u/s and system vessel was u/s. The system vessel was also under sized. As you can see from the picture below, the pressure unit was completely inaccessible from...

Pressurisation Unit Replacement December 2015

Pressurisation Unit Replacement December 2015

Here at PressBoost we pride ourselves on our ability to quickly respond to all enquiries and carry out the necessary work as soon as possible. This job in Folkestone is a site that we had not previously visited, they contacted us with a failing pressurisation unit...

3 Pump Booster Unit Install July 2015

3 Pump Booster Unit Install July 2015

PressBoost installed this 3 Pump Variable speed unit, type GHV30  at a site in Swinton after the site had issues with their existing equipment. The GHV series of booster unit has an individual master inverter, transducer and accumulator vessel for each pump, with...

Drinking Water Booster Unit Install

Drinking Water Booster Unit Install

This installation was carried out at a site in Liverpool earlier this year. The existing unit was over 30 years old, and in need of replacement. The existing unit was significantly bigger than the new unit that PressBoost have installed, this meant we were able to...

Replacement Pressure Unit May 2015

Replacement Pressure Unit May 2015

PressBoost were called out to attend a fault on the pressure unit at a site in Tameside which was having problems with their heating. The existing Pressure unit had numerous U/S parts due to age and never having been on a service contract. The 500 Litre expansion...

Booster Unit panel replacement

Booster Unit panel replacement

This job involved PressBoost replacing an existing U/S variable speed control panel on a three pump boosted water unit supplying a hotel, with a new panel fitted with ABB inverters. In conjunction with ABB we have developed a range of variable speed control panels...

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