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Here at SEP, we don’t ‘bang on’ about it much, but like many forward-thinking focused businesses, we still have a Vision and Values statement. Our Vision is quite simple, that: SEP and its brands are recognised globally throughout the fire sprinkler industry as being the best among our peers – for design, quality, reliability, and the service we provide. But …

It’s that time of year again, when alternate systems start being changed over from wet to dry, and client sites discover that their compressors have given up! Due to ongoing improved efficiencies following our relocation for 2023, we are able to build and hold great levels of stock, meaning that we will never let you or your clients down when …

Going back even just four to five years, air maintenance devices (AMDs) were just an occasional product for us. Over the past couple of years demand has increased many-fold, recently to the point that we were the main cause of our national distributor completely stocking out of 3/8” air regulators for over a month! What is the purpose of an …

One of the issues we often come across, since our foray into the Priority Demand Valve (PDV) market several years ago, is that they are often NOT installed by fire sprinkler engineers but installers from outside of the fire industry. This is simply because the purpose of a PDV is to stop the flow of water to the domestic system in …

We are very happy to share that we recently made a donation to Community Led Initiatives (CLI) in Milton Keynes to support their recent Community Lunch event. CLI is a Community Interest Company dedicated to supporting & empowering people who are facing issues including with the criminal justice system, homelessness, addiction, and mental health difficulties. In Milton Keynes specifically, the …

“A firefighter in every room” – this is a strapline of BAFSA (the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association), our industry body. As Phil Garrigan (Chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council, NFCC) writes in this year’s recently published ‘Sprinkler Saves Review’, “Put simply – sprinklers save lives and reduce injuries. They have been used for over a century and are …

Our electric van-mounted Dry Riser Test Pump has been available for a few years now, and is growing in popularity amongst our forward-thinking customers who wish to save effort on a job, as well as reduce emissions and noise. Some of our customers now have over half a dozen of our models, so we know we are doing something right! …

One of the items we cover at our training sessions, and one which a lot of service engineers find most interesting and illuminating, is electrical troubleshooting. This could be because what we cover is a bit of a ‘myth-buster’…electrics isn’t always as complex as you might think – it’s just mostly logic. As long as you can work safely, your …

SEP’s ‘in-house’ training sessions went somewhat ‘out-of-house’ recently, with a meticulously-planned trip to Writech in Ireland. Many of our customers have now engaged with us on this service (and a big thank you from us), arranging for groups to attend our free sessions in Stockport – we calculate that around 200 people have now received the benefit of (or been …

You know we like to stay a step ahead of the game here at SEP, especially when it comes to fire sprinkler product standards. A new Loss Prevention Standard (LPS 1667) was introduced in January 2025, relating to non-commercial sprinkler pump sets. The ‘Requirements for pump sets used in domestic and residential: automatic sprinkler and low-pressure water mist installations’ guidance …