Plumbing: Heating and Gas Installations

Roy Treloar

Blackwell Science, 2000 - Technology & Engineering - 415 pages

This book provides a single volume text for plumbing, heating and gas installation courses for NVQ students at levels 2 and 3. It tackles the subject, topic by topic, in double page spreads of text and illustrations so that the reader can grasp essentials quickly and easily. Special features include: concise text lots of clear illustrations a self assessment section a problem solving section The new edition takes into account changes in the industry since the book was first published, including the Gas Safety Regulations 1998 and the Water Supply Regulations 1999. Additional topics have been added to assist the trainee. The book will also be useful as a concise reference for the trained plumber.

About the author

Roy Treloar has been in the mechanical service industry since leaving school in 1973. He became a full time lecturer, teaching plumbing in 1985. He is currently Team Manager: Mechanical Services at Colchester Institute where he is responsible for all plumbing, heating and gas training and assessment programmes. He has played an active part in external verification for the City & Guilds in both the plumbing and gas schemes and is author of the highly successful NVQ textbook, Plumbing, also published by Blackwell's.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Plumbing: Heating and Gas Installations
• Author: Roy Treloar
• Edition: 2, illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Blackwell Science, 2000
• ISBN: 0632053321, 9780632053322
• Length: 415 pages
• Subjects: Technology & Engineering / Mechanical