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h.v.a.c.Mobile boiler hire for under-floor dryingand heating project in WolverhamptonCase Study: Watkins Hire installed a mobile oil fired LPHWheating boiler to dry a newly laid concrete floor at the newbuild industrial building in Wolverhampton“The Problem” - Due to delays in fixedheating boiler plant being delivered,installed and commissioned, the maincontractor wanted to keep the projecton target for the completion date. Theyhad just installed a new floor thatrequired drying, Watkins Hire werecontacted by the main contractor toprovide a controlled solution.“The Solution” - They looked at many solutions, butnone offered the degree of control required to drythe new floor out correctly and maintain the supplierguarantee’s, Watkins Hire are currently supplyingtemporary hotwater boiler rental equipment toseveral projects from large manufacturing plants,schools, office’s and many retail and industrialbuildings all under construction where the underfloorHeating systems are being used with ourhotwater hire boilers for controlled floor drying,Watkins were able to demonstrate how the processneeded to be well controlled with temperature stepsmade ensuring that the drying process is not forced,as drying out a newly laid floor too quickly couldresult in damage to the floor.Sales Director Roderick Williams said “Our hotwatermobile boiler hire equipment has been proven andused by all the leading construction companies overthe last two decades to provide the constructionindustry and floor / screed laying contractors withthe correct and controlled floor drying systems. Withthe largest range of portable boilers available forhire in Europe we typically are drying thirty floors aweek, we are the supplier of choice, from smallindustrial buildings to car manufacturing plants wehave dried them all without any problems. We offerthe most modern and efficient equipment withconstant investment in new technology, for examplewe have installed remote telemetry fuelmanagement on our complete fleet of FuelPAKbunded fuel tanks to provide our clients with truefuel management. We also pride our self on safetyand are CHAS / PASA and Safecontractoraccredited and are prequalified with Constructionlineto simplify tendering qualification and specification”The boiler selected for this project was the newHeatGEN heating boiler hire model MBR100 as ithad the following features that provided speed ofinstallation and allowed the construction company tomove the hire boiler from one building to anotherbuilding on the industrial site and connection toexisting systems is made simple by using quick fitflexible hoses, it also provided without modificationtime clock control and building protection duringfrosts and colder weather.The heating boiler hire unit came with a time clockto enable accurate timings for each temperatureraise required to dry the floor without damage.Another feature was the frost stat which providedthe same building protection as a fixed installation.Equipment supplied by Watkins Hire included aHeatGEN MBR 100kW mobile oil fired heating boilerand quick fit flexible heating pipework, a FuelPAK421000-litre bunded fuel tank, the fuel tank was UN &ADR compliant which allowed it to be legallydelivered to site full of fuel, which allowed same daydelivery with our own hiab and commissioning.Watkins hire provided piece of mind and support tothe construction site manager ensuring fuel supplieswere constantly monitored and maintained, byproviding a web based fuel monitoring telemetrysystem which monitored remotely fuel consumptionand automatically re-ordered when refuelling wasrequired, this fuel management feature is unique toWatkins Boiler Hire and is offered completely free ofcharge.The Construction site manager said “We haveworked with other companies in the past for floordrying with varying results; we were very surprisedby the standard of the equipment supplied and thelevel of service supplied by Watkins Boiler Hire. Weare very pleased with the drying project and ourprocurement Director has awarded Watkins Hirepreferred supplier status after my personalrecommendation; they handled the whole projectand even looked after the fuel supplies with a cleverweb based fuel monitoring system, their driver wasADR trained which allowed the fuel tank to come fullwhich enabled same day installation andcommissioning, we have decided to keep the boilerto utilise the under-floor heating system to dryoutand warm up the fabric of the building, by using thedomestic hotwater circuits from the mobile boiler wehave pre-commissioned the buildings welfarefacilities. We were also surprised by the range ofsite heaters that Watkins could offer, and have justhired a new 170kw site heater that has an integralADR bunded fuel tank which seems to be settingnew standards in environmental protection forconstruction site heating.”Watkins Hire range of portable heating boilersextends from 70kW to 3000kW with Oil and NaturalGas Burners and we are the Industry’s leader inproviding hotwater and heating boilers, when andwhere it’s needed.Today WatkinsHIRE understand that it takes morethan innovative, high performance products, superiortechnical service to help our customers compete andwin in today’s global marketplace.It takes a total commitment to understanding yourneeds, at WatkinsHIRE we pride ourselves on ourability to provide the right specialist temporarytemperature rental solutions every time.As Europe’s largest independent specialist mobiletemperature rental company, WatkinsHIRE hiresSteam Boilers, HeatGEN Heating Boilers, DHWBoilers, KwikHEAT Warm Air Heaters, KwikCOOLPortable Air Conditioning, KwikDRY Dehumidifiers,KwikCHILL Chillers and Site Welfare units to everyconceivable industry sector.Reader Reply No.: 111118