Rob and the team at SEP would like to take this opportunity to thank all customers for your business during 2024 (where did that year go?!). We have made some great strides this year with some product developments and improvements, and the exciting introduction of our training/demo room. In thanks for our fortunate position, we have again asked some key …
Take five and win!
As our regular customers, or at least their fitters, may have noticed, for some time now we have been including a little brew/treat pack in each box of ‘proper kit’ purchased, including compressors, Zone Guardian, Initiation Boards, Alarm Valve Booster Pumps, and multiple purchases of smaller items. Want to know what’s in it? Well, you know what you need to …
Grundfos FireSAFE+ training @ SEP
SEP’s FREE customer training sessions are going down a storm in Stockport, with our latest visitors saying; “I have had some extremely positive feedback from the lads; they really enjoyed it and gained a lot so thank you very much. I am just in the process of looking at the next group to send on 10th December…” So, as well …
What is a Priority Demand Valve?
According to BS9251:2021 (Fire sprinkler systems for domestic and residential occupancies — Code of practice) a Priority Demand Valve is a “valve for isolating the supply to the domestic service in the event of sprinkler operation” (BS9251:2021 3.22), and according to paragraph 5.11.3.2 such a device is required where the available flow rate does not exceed 25lpm (for Cat 1 …
SEP Web Shop update
Launched in 2023, our is a fast and convenient way for our smaller and non-account customers to purchase our smaller items which do not require our specialist advice. Our current web-shop range includes pressure gauges and switches, flow switches, regulators, priority demand valves and monitored ball valves. Now this has been running successfully, and growing, for the past year, we …
Product Focus: AVBP
Mains-fed commercial fire sprinkler system? False alarms due to pressure fluctuations? Client fed-up with endless checks and resets? You need a SEP Alarm Valve Booster Pump! SEP designed this compact plug-and-play unit many years ago and, apart from some minor improvements over the years, the principle remains the same – this small booster pump maintains a set pressure around the alarm valve to eliminate …
Dry Riser Testing Training
Alongside our many speciality fire sprinkler products, for some time now, we have been making and supplying 13 bar dry riser test pumps, and more recently we also offer a higher pressure 18 bar unit (for the Irish dry riser testing market, sprinkler testing, and other more demanding applications). We have designed, made and tested the main units, and we can …
It’s Compressor Time!
As some of our long-time customers will know, at SEP we love our annual autumn “It’s Compressor Time Again!” article. At this time of year, when alternate systems are being drained of water and switched from wet to dry, and dry system compressors are just working harder, there is a surge in demand for our air compressors for maintenance and …
Sprinkler Tank Immersion Heater
New for winter 2024/2025, we offer a fire sprinkler water tank immersion heater which is new to the market and innovative in many ways… Used in water tanks that are externally-located, or where they otherwise may be subject to freezing, the purpose of a sprinkler tank immersion heater is to prevent a full layer of ice forming on top of …
SEP Training
Since our bigger premises was being considered several years ago, creating a space to demonstrate to and train customers on our products has been on our agenda – and now it’s here! A FREE half-day demo/training course, which is full of useful tips and tricks (not sales spiel), and even includes a free lunch. Yes, you read it right! What …