The Job: PressBoost completed this combination GRP Enclosure installation for a new customer in Preston. They needed a booster set to overcome poor mains pressure and flow rate. This is a large site in terms of land; with currently two small buildings on. The need for...
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Lowara SMB Variable Speed Booster Set Installation – Leeds
Here at PressBoost Ltd we pride ourselves on our commitment to encouraging energy efficiency across all of the sites we work on. Therefore, where appropriate we look to promote the conversion of fixed speed booster sets to a modern equivalent variable speed booster...
Lowara Presfix Beta Pressurisation Unit Installation
The Existing Spill & Fill Pressurisation Unit This Pressurisation Unit was installed at a hotel in Buxton. We have maintained it for a number of years now and it was over 20 years old. This is a large system with relatively high operating pressures which is one of...
Grundfos Variable Speed Booster Set Installation
Existing Fixed Speed Set This is one job that felt really good to get over the line! We have maintained this fixed speed set for the last two years and it hasn't exactly been a labour of love. As can be the way with sets of this age, the client stopped spending money...
Large Holiday Park in the South of England Upgrades Cold Water Booster Set
Water shortages on site: We were originally called in to investigate this booster set as site was experiencing pressure shortages and in some events, even lack of water across the site. When we attended we found the 4-pump set down to just 2 functioning pumps. The set...
Various Pressurisation Unit Installations
Lowara Presfix Beta Last week we attended a prestigious site in Manchester to replace a failed & obsolete Grundfos Impress. We recently picked up this site for a new managing agent, we found multiple issues with pressure units, booster units and vessels across the...
The HL Hydronics H-Line Pressurisation Unit
The Partnership: We were recently contacted by HL Hydronics as they wished to introduce the H-Line Pressurisation Units and Polyethylene Tanks that they manufacture to the UK. After reviewing some technical literature, we were impressed and needed to know more. Based...
Booster Set Replacement – Birmingham City Centre
Complete Failure of 4-Pump Booster Set We were recently contacted by a new customer in Birmingham, as they had no water as their booster set had failed . This is a prestige 39-storey building spanning over 7,000 square feet, interruption to water at a building of this...
PressBoost Ltd Site Unify Platform
Recently, we began the process of moving our engineer reporting system over to a Site Unify Platform. Having seen the success of Double Zero Solutions work with Hydraclean Limited, who we work closely with, we decided to meet with Dave Broomhead of Double Zero to...
Variable Speed Panel Installations At Local Police HQ
Why did we replace the existing panels? We have carried out the annual maintenance of all the booster sets on site at a local police headquarters for the last 3 years. As part of this service programme we recommended to our customer retrofitting their fixed speed...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
Wall Mounted Pressurisation Unit Replacement
The Install: PressBoost carried out this installation recently replacing a U/S wall mounted Pressurisation Unit with a Lowara Mini Presfix. The existing wall mounted unit had 2 U/S piston pumps which were not suitable for the size of the system, the Mini Presfix...
Home Booster Replacement
The Installation: Here at PressBoost we offer service and maintenance to domestic booster units as well as commercial. Recently we replaced a home booster unit at a school in Liverpool. The existing Grundfos unit had obsolete controls and a failed control board,...
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...
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...