Ask any plumber on a busy Nairobi site what kills a water system faster than anything else, and they will tell you: wrong pipe sizes. Too small, and residents get a trickle from the tap upstairs. Too large, and the…
Every site engineer has faced this moment: the drainage layout is drawn, the fixtures are marked, but the pipe diameters are left blank because “the plumber will sort it out.” That approach causes blocked drains, slow-draining sinks, and expensive rework…
Get pipe sizing wrong on a residential drainage system and you inherit blocked toilets, slow drains, and a client calling you back six months after handover. Sizing drainage pipes is not guesswork.. it follows fixture unit calculations, minimum diameters, and…
Most people on a construction site can read an architectural or structural drawing without much trouble. MEP drawings are a different story. They carry information about electrical wiring, plumbing pipework, mechanical ventilation, fire suppression systems, and drainage — all within…
Getting pipe sizing wrong on a residential building is one of the most common plumbing mistakes on Kenyan construction sites. It is not always visible until the building is occupied — and by then, fixing it is expensive and disruptive.…
