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smart home
You would have no doubt heard of a 'Smart Home'. Smart homes generally involve connected devices that communicate and interact with each other for the benefit of the occupants. One common example is lights that you can control through your phone. On some systems, you...
Older dog, new tricks… and a scholarship
A forty-year-old apprentice has won a scholarship at the 2018 NZ Plumbing Awards. As nzherald.co.nz reports, you are never to old to retrain and get recognised for your efforts. The hardest part about becoming a plumber was going back to school, says Tom Walls, a...
‘Good call.’ – The right decision to get a Master Plumber
Master Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers NZ Inc has launched an extensive advertising campaign in April 2018 with the tagline 'Good call.' Building on the successful 2015 'Don’t Risk It' campaign, the new approach has a more positive focus. Auckland Plumbers Group...
loo irony
As reported by Stuff , a faulty loo has forced a plane full of plumbers to turn around. Isn't that somewhat ironic? Flying from the Norwegian capital Oslo to the German city of Munich, the plane was forced to turn around after its toilets had packed up... and the...
signs of the times
Pictograms are used as a universal language that are used as a quick visual cue to communicate – in computer usage they are usually called icons. They are an ideogram that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object. They are everywhere...
Installing a water filter yourself can be costly
In an article in the NZ Herald Online edition, experts warn that fitting a water filter can be illegal and carry a much bigger overall cost than a cheap DIY water filter. The Havelock North water contamination crisis has raised concerns in communities that our tap...