Related Links
Case Studies
LTHW Heating Boiler Case Study Heating Boiler Hire For Floor Drying
November 13 2008
Heating boiler hire project application
A firm faced a hand-over date falling behind due to high moisture content in the floor screed and associated slow drying caused by inclement weather conditions and building not being "air tight" resuilting in ;-
- Floor screed too wet to lay new vinyl flooring though out new building of 3,500 m2.
- Delay (by M & E Contractor) of newly installed boiler & heating services not ready in time to assist drying.
The client called Watkins Hire for a solution after previously using a rival hire company with IDF heaters using lots of ducting throughout building “which were expensive and took a very long time”.
Application requirement
Dry floor screed to four designated “phases” of the building each at different times and speeds to be in line with estimated floor layers work.
The Solution
Supply two Watkins Hire MBR 250kw mobile boilers & GSM monitored 3000-litre fuel tanks c/w pipe work and appropriate tee manifolds to the designated newly installed under floor heating system.
Following the recent inclement weather conditions, Watkins Hire Ltd were asked to provide a solution to a major national building contractors problem of appropriately drying out 3,500 m2 of floor screed without causing any associated damage to the floor.
WHL past and current under floor heating projects offer their customers a “one stop” drying solution particularly where the new boiler plant has yet to be commissioned and newly laid flooring needs to be carefully dried.
Specialist hire director Andy Ellis visited the Basildon site and discussed the application with site Mangers Quantity Surveyor.
Andy's 23 year Temperature control hire application experience involving boilers and chillers helped advise the building contractors to utilise the existing under floor heating system connected to two WHL 250kw LPHW boilers.
“The builder required four different floor areas to be dried at different drying rates and times to meet the proposed floor layers programme of works” said WHL’s Andy Ellis, and the process needed well controlled temperature gradients to ensure the drying did not cause other problems.
Each hire boiler was connected to a total of 19 newly installed under floor heating manifolds with low temperature hot water circulating through the temporary pipe work installed by WHL engineers.
WHL’s unique global satellite monitoring (GSM) telemetry system fitted to their equipment also helped the builder to maintain continuity of heating throughout the hire and eliminated any down time and associated problems involving additional refuelling deliveries or possible equipment breakdowns.
Call Us Free For All Your Temperature Control Hire Needs
Call 0500 526 696 and you will be in touch with an industrial steam boiler rental, heating boiler hire, chiller hire, portable air conditioner hire, evaporative cooling, portable heater, space heating or space cooling specialist who will discuss and understand your requirements for temporary cooling and heating or drying application, arrange site visits where necessary and provide you with a competitive quotation for our hire products and services.
Understanding your rental needs and providing a competitive solution.
For over 150 years WatkinsHIRE have understood that it takes more than innovative, high performance temperature control rental products and superior technical service to help our customers, end users & facility managers compete and win in today's global marketplace. It takes a total commitment to understanding your cooling, heating and drying needs and the ability to provide the right temperature control rental solutions every time.