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North Durham residents are to benefit from new ‘smart’ prepayment meters, which display how much gas and electricity their homes are using – and how much it costs. The new meters, which are part of a partnership between the North Durham housing provider, Derwentside Homes and energy supplier OVO, will be installed as properties become empty from the end of this month (July). The meters offer residents one of the cheapest prepayment tariffs on the…

The first phase of a major heat exchange system from Polypipe has been completed at Westbrook Primary School, Hounslow Polypipe has supplied more than 376 metres of its market leading Ridgistorm-XL large diameter pipe in 900mm and 1050mm diameters to main contractor Galliford Try. The system incorporated an antimicrobial lining along with pre-fabricated condensate chambers, to form a new earth tube Heat Exchange System as part of the school’s redevelopment. Located under one of the…

A new generation of high reach gutter cleaning equipment has been launched after five years of development by Spacevac Technologies Ltd. Operated from ground level the new system has four major features. It removes operational guesswork as it comes with a close circuit TV camera on the cleaning head; it reaches higher than any other product – 4 storeys (14 meters); has greater suction power – will safely remove an engineering brick from a gutter;…