Latest central heating and hot water product news
The complete renovation of the heating system of The Berlin Senate, carried out by Berlin contractor Dieter Melchert KG, necessitated the sourcing of quality push fittings and Pegler Yorkshire is delighted to have the opportunity to supply to a prestigious contract.
Pegler Yorkshire has supplied 4000 fittings from its Tectite Advance range in each of the two initial phases. Phase 3 is due to start in autumn 2010. Tectite Advance is a carbon steel push-fit joining system which is for use on cl... [more]
Simon Hood Developments was faced with a host of complex issues in considering options for an energy-efficient heating system for a dilapidated 500 year-old Farm House in Oxfordshire.
Plans for the massive renovation of the multi-million pound property situated near Chipping Norton, included requirements for a cost-effective heating resource which would not only be sympathetic to the aged structure, but could also address the nature of the differing environments in which it must be installed... [more]
Kestrel Mechanical are responsible for the service, maintenance and repair of the boiler plant in 88 BUPA care homes throughout London and the South East. The contractor has started an energy-saving programme to update their boiler rooms. In designing the HVAC control system, Kestrel has chosen Schneider Electric’s TeSys U motor starter controllers for all the pumps and motors.
The scheme to update the HVAC plant is in line with Bupa’s carbon initiative designed to reduce energy usage under ... [more]
Thermoboard, Wavin’s Underfloor Heating Division, has introduced a new and unique Composite Manifold to its range of UFH solutions.
A modular unit designed with the installer in mind, the Thermoboard Composite Manifold differs from previous manifolds due to its increased level of flexibility and straightforward installation.
Just one single and extendable Composite Manifold can host up to 12 individual ports meaning that installers can now configure any system from simple flexible modules... [more]
ADEY Professional Heating Solutions has unveiled a £40,000 product testing station at its South Wales assembly facility. The specially commissioned testing station is designed to air test ADEY’s MagnaClean magnetic and non-magnetic filters, the Professional 22 and 28mm units in addition to the company’s TwinTech filter.
The new test rig air pressure tests each MagnaClean up to 2 bar, nearly twice that encountered within an average domestic central heating system in the UK. And, with water fou... [more]
Aragon Housing Association, based in central Bedfordshire, is aware of the impact of increasing energy prices on its residents’ household budgets, particularly those of people living in older properties. Aragon Housing Association is trialling solar water heating in thirteen of its electrically heated properties with a Dimplex solution that has saved an estimated £1,000 per installation on each property, and with the capacity to provide more than half of each household’s hot water.
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