January 21, 2015

In a plumbing system design, an aspect that cannot be lost sight of when determining the pressure required for the proper functioning of the installed fixtures, is the effect that the number of fittings or accessories like elbows, tees, reducers, and valves, among others, have on the system head loss.

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January 21, 2015

With Plumber we have tried to facilitate the tasks that, even though they are not extremely complex, are often tedious and prone to errors when performing the analysis and the design of water supply systems in buildings.

In this tutorial we present the steps to create the network of nodes and pipes that the program uses for the design of the Water supply system that will supply a residential apartment.

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January 21, 2015

Once one or more Water Supply Systems has been created in Plumber, is also possible to carry out the design (or calculation) of the vertical distribution pipe or Plumbing Riser.

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January 21, 2015

Our new DESAGÜES (DRAINS) software is aimed at the sanitary and storm drains design in buildings through the Fixture Units (Hunter) method. With it you can perform the design and calculation not only of the horizontal branches network at each story of the building but you can also size the soil stacks as well as building sewers. In the following presentation you will see a tour of its main features.

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January 21, 2015

The Fixture Unit (F.U.) concept (HUNTER´S method) used in the design engine of our software DESAGÜES (DRAINS) allows, instead of determining the diameters directly from a sewage flow value, to take as a reference the ones – stated usually on tables on standard codes regulations- that sets the maximum allowable capacity, in Fixture Units, for each available pipe diameter.

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