As usual at this time of year, as the ‘alternate system’ switch from wet to dry starts to gather momentum, air compressors become our biggest seller. Specialist compressors for fire sprinkler systems are one of the products which formed the foundations of SEP, so we’re pretty good at making them to a high standard of specification, design and quality… we have, …
We promised you a number of exciting announcements this year, and this one is the BIGGEST! It was in 2010 that we moved from our ‘garage in Warrington’ into our ‘slightly larger garage in Cheadle’, and 2017 that we moved to our proper workshop, also in Cheadle. This gave us twice the space plus benefits including being able to separate …
As many of our customers will know, we are a nominated distributor of the Grundfos FireSAFE range of domestic and residential fire sprinkler booster sets…did you also know that we are the ONLY stockist of the domestic (CM-range) sets? Even Grundfos themselves do not maintain a stock of finished units, so if you ever need something in a hurry then …
It is with a heavy heart that here at SEP, we pay tribute to the passing of our colleague and friend, Gary Marney. Most of our customers won’t have dealt with Gary directly, but for anyone buying pump initiation boards or alarm valve booster pumps up until a few years ago, you will have experienced the expert touch of our …
Although SEP is not a ‘valve shop’ (we are honest in saying that there are others who are better placed to service your everyday valve needs), we have some specialisms in our supply-chain and expertise, we are able to supply many valves from our own stock, and can even help you source anything non-standard that you may be struggling with. …
Since our foundation over 30 years ago, SEP has been almost completely UK-centric, with our only significant export market being Ireland. Things are changing! Mainly, our ability to export in volume has been restricted due to our base product range (air compressors for dry/alternate systems, pump initiation boards) being targeted towards UK-type systems and also not being easy to ship …
After many years (maybe even 20!) in valuable and reliable service, the days of our SEP850S are now nearing a close! As part of our ever-changing and ever-improving product range, we have to say a sad goodbye to the SEP850S… the 2.2kw version has been unavailable for a while, and the 1.8kw version is almost gone too, we maybe have …
How rude! No, of course he’s not that old… on 23rd June, Rob, our MD, went to give blood and has now racked up 75 ‘points’, making him an Emerald donor (badge and certificate in the post, apparently!). He’s written this article not to collect praise, but to highlight the growing importance of blood (and other product) donation. Quite simply, …
Grundfos define a jockey pump as “a small pump connected to a fire sprinkler system to maintain pressure in the sprinkler pipes…which…do not have to be listed or certified for fire system application (although the equipment which controls them, such as pressure switches, may be).” There are a number of specific issues to take into account when selecting a jockey pump: Fire sprinkler pumps …
The SEP AVBP – Alarm Valve Booster Pump Coming into the summer months, our Alarm Valve Booster Pump (AVBP, or Towns Main Booster Pump, or False Alarm Booster Pump) becomes ever more popular. The main reason for this is that water supplies tend to become ever more scarce as demand increases and supply (subject to the British weather!) reduces… The …
