LL Beaman Plumbing & Solar Services

"LL Beaman Services was recommended by our contractor to address a significant plumbing problem in our thirty year old medical office complex. Les Beaman, through his persistence, found a solution to..." more »

by ajocemoc - Posted 10/12/2009

"Prompt, courteous, proffesional. Work always completed right the first time, no worries about having to call them back to "re-fix". An absolute pleasure to deal with a business owner who cares more..." more »

by psycleboy - Posted 10/11/2009

At L.L. Beaman Services, we offer you over 50 years of combined work experience in Plumbing for Arizona customers in both Residential and Commercial applications, such as Gas, Reverse Osmosis, Water Heaters, Water Softeners, Solar Installations, and...  more »

At L.L. Beaman Services, we offer you over 50 years of combined work experience in Plumbing for Arizona customers in both Residential and Commercial applications, such as Gas, Reverse Osmosis, Water Heaters, Water Softeners, Solar Installations, and Much More! Our Plumbers cover the entire Valley of the Sun, including Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Glendale, Gilbert, Chandler, Peoria, Mesa, and Sun City.

We offer all basic plumbing services from fixing a leaky faucet to unplugging a drain - But we are also there for you with answers to your questions, advice, and planning.

A full service plumber needs good equipment and a lot of it. At L.L. Beaman Services, we have everything from pipe threaders to camera and locating equipment...... Read on, and we'll give you some examples.

Our Mission
Our company is built on the principles of providing reliable service, and going above and beyond the expectations and needs of our clients.
Our diversified range of services, continues to grow by following trends, improving out standards and listening to the customer.
Our unique services has established our place in this industry. This allows us to make a distinctive and substantial impact for our clients.
We are a family owned and operated company that is based on our clients' success, "Your success is and always will be our success".

Solar Hot Water
For solar hot water systems, flat-plate solar collectors are typically installed facing south on a rooftop.

The shallow water of a lake is usually warmer than the deep water. That's because the sunlight can heat the lake bottom in the shallow areas, which in turn, heats the water. It's nature's way of solar water heating. The sun can be used in basically the same way to heat water used in buildings and swimming pools.

Most solar water heating systems for buildings have two main parts: a solar collector and a storage tank. The most common collector is called a flat-plate collector. Mounted on the roof, it consists of a thin, flat, rectangular box with a transparent cover that faces the sun. Small tubes run through the box and carry the fluid ? either water or other fluid, such as an antifreeze solution ? to be heated. The tubes are attached to an absorber plate, which is painted black to absorb the heat. As heat builds up in the collector, it heats the fluid passing through the tubes.

The storage tank then holds the hot liquid. It can be just a modified water heater, but it is usually larger and very well-insulated. Systems that use fluids other than water usually heat the water by passing it through a coil of tubing in the tank, which is full of hot fluid.

Solar water heating systems can be either active or passive, but the most common are active systems. Active systems rely on pumps to move the liquid between the collector and the storage tank, while passive systems rely on gravity and the tendency for water to naturally circulate as it is heated.

Swimming pool systems are simpler. The pool's filter pump is used to pump the water through a solar collector, which is usually made of black plastic or rubber. And of course, the pool stores the hot water.