Pipe and joints, cold water, fluid categories, unvented cylinders, the tundish and D2, S-plan and Y-plan, traps and stacks, and Scotland and NI: in your notes it's a wall of text. Here every topic fits on one page, with the drawing and what you need to remember. 72 illustrated pages.
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One topic per page, the drawing that shows you how it's done and the boxes with what you need to know:
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 7 parts and 68 topics.
You've read it three times: who owns the pipe from the water main to the stopcock. You close your notes...
...and you no longer know where the water company's pipe ends, where yours begins or how deep it goes. It was just lines of text, one after another.
Here the supply is one page, drawn as a cutaway: the main in the road, the boundary stop valve, the supply pipe laid 750–1350 mm deep and the stopcock inside the house.
And on the pages next to it every system has its own: the cylinder, the tundish and D2, the S-plan, the trap and the stack.
First you understand why it's done that way. Then the order sticks on its own.
Materials and joints, cold water, hot water and unvented systems, central heating and controls, drainage, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and revision with practice questions: 72 pages, all illustrated
Picture this:
Instead of rereading half a page on unvented cylinders without being able to picture one...
...you open the page and find the cylinder drawn with every part labelled: the inlet control group, the expansion vessel, the relief valves and the tundish within 600 mm.
And fluid categories, the S-plan and Y-plan, trap seals, the single stack and the Scotland and NI differences become drawings and tables you can read at a glance.
You stop rereading and start understanding.
That's exactly what Plumbing & Heating Made Visual does. It's not “just another manual”. It's 7 parts and 68 illustrated topics, and at the end 40 practice questions with answers and the numbers to know on two pages.
Because what your brain sees organized, it remembers.
Know which rulebook covers what before you touch a pipe: the three systems in a UK home, safety on site, hand tools, copper and plastic pipe, compression, soldered and press-fit joints drawn side by side, and clipping, notching and drilling.
From the water main to the stop valve, Water Regs and notification, pressure and flow, direct and indirect systems, the cistern, valves, fluid categories 1 to 5, backflow and air gaps, and frost protection.
Stop guessing at the unvented cylinder: vented and unvented drawn side by side, Legionella at 60 °C and 50 °C, the 48 °C bath, who can fit unvented, the inlet control group, expansion, the three layers of protection, the tundish, the D2 and commissioning.
Open-vented and sealed systems, combi, system or regular boilers, the S-plan and Y-plan, controls and interlock, Part L, radiators and balancing, BS 7593 water treatment and the condensate pipe.
The single stack, traps and seal depths, how seals are lost, branch sizes and falls, venting and AAVs, WCs, basins, baths and showers, below-ground drains and testing.
Four nations and four rulebooks: England, Wales and its own Approved Documents, the Scottish Water Byelaws 2014 and Scottish building standards, Northern Ireland water fittings and Technical Booklets, and what stays the same everywhere.
The numbers to know for water, hot water, heating and drainage, and 40 practice questions with answers, five per page.
At the end of the book: 40 practice questions with answers and the numbers to know on two pages.
Common faults on cold water, hot water, heating and waste traced step by step with a drawing, so you know what to check first and why: no hot water, low pressure, a cylinder discharging to the tundish, a radiator cold at the top, a slow drain.
Every term from the course and the site in plain English, from AAV and AUK2 to tundish, D2, lockshield and zone valve, each with a small drawing, so the words stop getting in the way.
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Cold water, unvented, heating and drainage one topic per page, to revise between college and site.
The whole course on 72 pages, the numbers to know in one place, and 40 practice questions with the answers.
The why behind the rules you already follow: fluid categories, tundish and D2, S-plan and Y-plan, and what changes in Scotland and NI.
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You have 30 days to try Plumbing & Heating Made Visual and the two bonus books. If it doesn't work for you, email us, tell us what didn't work and we'll refund 100% of what you paid. One-off payment, no subscription.
You get Plumbing & Heating Made Visual as a high-resolution PDF by email, sent to the address you enter when you pay. Read it on your phone, tablet or computer, or print it. The two bonus books, the Fault-Finding Visual Guide and the UK Plumbing Glossary, come by email too.
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For anyone on a Level 2 or Level 3 plumbing and heating course or apprenticeship, for plumbers and mates who want the why behind the rules, and for handymen moving into the trade. It starts from the basics, one topic per page, and goes up to unvented and heating controls. It is based on the rules for England, notes where Wales has its own Approved Documents, and has a full part on what changes in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Check the contents above to see every topic.
The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999, Approved Documents G, H and L Volume 1, BS EN 806, BS EN 12056-2, BS 7593:2019 and HSE HSG274 Part 2. For Scotland, the Scottish Water Byelaws 2014 and the Technical Handbook; for Northern Ireland, the 2009 Water Fittings Regulations and the Technical Booklets.
No. It's independent study material, not a course, and it doesn't give you a certificate or a qualification. It isn't produced or endorsed by City & Guilds, EAL, BPEC, WRAS, Gas Safe Register or any awarding body. It follows the regulations and standards those courses are built on, so you can use it alongside whichever course you're on.
No. It helps you understand and revise, but it doesn't replace your course, your training on site, the regulations in force or the manufacturer's instructions. It doesn't cover gas work: boilers are covered on the water and controls side, and any gas work must be done by a Gas Safe registered engineer.
No. The 40 questions are written for this book. They're not official questions from any test or assessment: they're there to help you practise.
Yes. It's a PDF laid out one topic per page, so you can print the whole book or just the pages you want on site.
You have 30 days. Tell us what didn't work and we'll refund 100%.
You don't have to reread the same page hoping this time it sticks.
You don't have to memorise rules you can't picture.
And you certainly don't have to walk into your test without knowing where to start.
One last thing before you decide: the regs won't get any shorter, but they can be easier to picture. 72 pages, one topic per page, two bonus books, PDF by email, and 30 days to tell us if it didn't work.
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