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Flovac Collection Pits are Preferred by Vacuum Sewer Installers

July 27, 2021 By admin

Many Contractors find installing vacuum sewers much easier to install than traditional gravity sewers and low-pressure pumping systems. Vacuum sewers are installed in shallow trenches and have an easy connection point at a property boundary for homeowners to connect up to. Gravity flow from a … [Read more...]

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1,000,000 cycles. How long should your vacuum valve last.

March 16, 2021 By admin

A vacuum interface valve is located in a collection pit usually outside of the property boundary at the side of the road. In most systems this collection pit is connected to 4 to 6 homes via a gravity pipe connection. Although the vacuum system is designed so that the vacuum valve allows … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Operations, Products Tagged With: High Density, Monitoring, Vacuum Valve

Engineered Solutions. Flovac Launches New 2 inch Vacuum Valve

February 17, 2020 By admin

Early vacuum sewerage systems are about to get a makeover thanks to the Flovac R&D team in conjunction with the Production team in The Netherlands. Clients from many parts of the world had struggled with getting reliable and easy to use vacuum valves to fit the earliest vacuum systems installed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Products Tagged With: 2-inch, Grey Water, Innovation, Monitoring, R&D, Vacuum Valve

Can the Flovac Valve and Controller work under water

October 9, 2019 By admin

Vacuum sewerage systems are often installed in areas which are prone to flooding and rising water tables. A question we are often asked is "Can the Flovac Valve and Controller still operate when they are under water" The simple answer is yes! The writers of the British and European … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Products Tagged With: Dekra, Standards, Vacuum Valve

Why are ISO Standards Important

September 2, 2019 By admin

With the recent move to a new international production facility in The Netherlands, the first thing that General Manager Mr Leo Huijs had to set up was new ISO certification for the new facility. ISO certification covers many aspects of our business and how we do the business. ISO 9001 covers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flovac, Products Tagged With: ISO, Production, Standards, Vacuum Valve

What is the Asset Life of a Vacuum Sewer System?

March 21, 2016 By admin

As vacuum sewers are relatively new it is difficult for many engineers to develop good whole of life models when doing a comparative analysis on alternative sewer systems. Although vacuum systems are newcomers to the sewerage industry we are seeing some systems just reaching their 50th … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Products Tagged With: Standards, Vacuum Valve

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