Sign Your Name to It — Commissioning and Handover of Cold Water Systems | Unit 310 Phase 3
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This episode covers the commissioning and handover of cold water systems in plumbing, detailing essential procedures and regulations.
The Copper Connection Podcast – Season 2, Episode 79, Sign Your Name to It — Commissioning and Handover of Cold Water Systems | Unit 310 Phase 3. There's a moment at the end of every job where the customer looks at you, not the boiler — because they're about to trust something you built. That's what commissioning is really about. In this episode, host Chris Bailey covers Unit 310 of the 9289 City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Plumbing and Domestic Heating — Phase 3, Session 1: commissioning and handover of cold water systems, steps 2 through 5. Chris covers: ✅ The full 11-step commissioning procedure, in order, and why the sequence matters ✅ The visual inspection checklist — open ends, connections, supports, valves, cisterns, FOVs ✅ Marking and labelling pipework — and the Category 5 water rule for rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse ✅ Filling and venting at normal operating pressure ✅ The soundness test explained in full — Water Regulations 1.5 × MOP, WRAS G12.2 and R12.2 ✅ The BS EN 806 calculation cleared up: MDP = 1.5 × MOP, test pressure = 1.1 × MDP = 1.65 × MOP ✅ The full metallic pipe test procedure — 90 minutes total, zero pressure drop allowed ✅ Test A and Test B…
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