The Water Cooler Company is a London based provider of plumbed water coolers to customers within London, we also sell the UK’s widest variety of plumbed water coolers across the UK. When we sell customers plumbed coolers they can either use our nationwide installion service or choose to use one of our water cooler installation kits.
When customers are installing a plumbed water cooler themselves they need to carefully look at whether they are attaching a water cooler to a mains-fed water supply. Plumbed water coolers that are not attached to a mains-fed water supply are illegally installed and can lead to serious health and safety issues. Customers often mistake mains-fed water for tank-fed – this blog should help you understand the difference.
You need to talk to your water supplier
Legally it is your responsibily to contact your local water utility supplier if you are installing any machine attached to your mains-fed water supply. We can provide you with the relevant contact details if required – and they will confirm with you if they are happy with an installation.
If you decide to use our nationwide plumbed water cooler installation service, we have all the necessary qualifications that permit us to install coolers with the water suppliers consent.
Checking if you have mains-fed or tank-fed water supply
If you are in an office we strongly recommend that you consult with your freeholder or office facility manager and ask them to confirm on plumbing within the building. They will have a clear idea which pipes are mains-fed water. If you have no-one you can consult with follow the tips below – please note that these are not proof of the type of supply and should be used as pointers.
1) Place your finger a tap that comes from the piping you are looking to connect to – if you can hold back the water when it is on full strength it is likely to be tank-fed water supply and unsuitable to plumb onto.
2) Leave the tap running for about a minute and then check the temperature of the copper pipe near to the tap – with a mains-fed supply you will feel the temperature of the pipe dropping significantly. The mains-fed water is significantly colder than tank-fed water can get.
The Water Cooler Company take no responsibility for customers who choose to use the advice that we list above. If in any doubt please check with your facility or local utility company. For advice please call us on 0845 500 4455 or email [email protected].
Thanks for these great tips, I’ll call you if I need help.