Domestic Water Pressure Booster Sizing Part 5: Selecting The Pressure Booster

Domestic Water Pressure Booster Sizing Part 5: Selecting The Pressure Booster

In our last blog, we determined that we required a 56 PSI pressure boost in our 100 Room Apartment example. Previous to that we determined (using the Hunters Curve) that we had a maximum total demand of 180 gpm. With these two values we are now prepared to select…

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Domestic Water Pressure Booster Sizing Part 1: A Road Map for Success

Domestic Water Pressure Booster Sizing Part 1: A Road Map for Success

No engineer ever wants to find out that a design error is the source of insufficient water pressure in a new hotel or apartment building. But make no mistake, when tenants on the top floor of a building can’t flush the toilet or rinse…

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HYFAB Hot Water System Is Winning Play for Downtown Knoxville Hotel

The clock was ticking in more ways than one for the Holiday Inn in Downtown Knoxville, Tennessee this past August.

 With only weeks to go before the first 2012 home game between the University of Tennessee and Georgia State, the hotel was in the midst of a complete domestic hot water retrofit. 

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