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STADIUM DEVELOPMENT NEWS
TECHNICAL INNOVATION
PLAYS A KEY ROLE AT VILLA PARK
An extensive upgrade of the home dressing rooms
at Aston Villa F.C.’s Villa Park stadium involved the
creation of a brand new wet room area featuring 11
Rada Sense digitally controlled showers.
The completely re-furbished wet room in the Villa Park stadium.
Aston Villa’s impressive Trinity Road stand.
T
he changing rooms and shower
rooms were overhauled and
extended in the 2008 close season
and the decision to install the state-of-the-art
Rada Sense equipment was a direct control panels which are supported by a range
consequence of good experience of the units of high quality flexible head Rada BSR-S/300
in the club’s Bodymore Heath training shower fittings.
ground in Kingsbury, Warwickshire. In order to comply with legislative
“Bodymore Heath was completely re- guidelines (L8), Rada Sense also offers a range
developed at a cost of £8M two years ago and of features that ensure the hot water supply
Aston Villa were one of the pioneers in systems in the wet room is maintained to the
installing Rada Sense in sporting very highest standards.
environments at that time,” explains Tony If the showers have not been used, after 24
Diffley, the Stadium Manager with hours Rada Sense automatically flushes
responsibility for both facilities. through at a blended temperature, clearing
The wet room features 11 Rada Sense installations.
“The home and visitor changing rooms stagnant water from the supply pipe work,
are located in the main Trinity Road Stand at the thermostatic digital mixing valve and the
Villa Park and in the past summer it was fittings. This is particularly important as the control and flow times can be pre-set by the
decided that layout changes and upgrades stadium showers are less frequently used stadium team using a remote hand held
were necessary. The players and than those in the training ground, although computer and these settings are maintained
management staff were very appreciative of they too are programmed for regular even if there are water pressure or
the changes and the fact that we installed flushing. temperature fluctuations. Flow times at
Rada Sense showers with their no-touch Regular (safe) flushing of the showers is a Villa Park are pre-programmed for 5
flow and temperature control features,” he process that can be both time consuming and minutes.
adds. labour intensive if undertaken manually. The The wet room re-furbishing contract at Villa
A key part of the players post game muscle process is necessary to prevent potentially Park was undertaken by Aston Villa’s in house
conditioning ‘warm down’ is a two minute ice harmful bacteria such as legionella developing maintenance team.
FSA
bath. In order to offset the ‘shock’ of the cold within the system.
water the players adjust the showers to their Rada Sense is not an ordinary ‘no-touch’ Rada, the commercial division of Kohler Mira
coolest setting before plunging into the ice control, because it allows the user to initiate Limited, Cromwell Road, Cheltenham, Glos.
cold brine. water flow and also select the water GL52 5EP contact at Kohler Rada -
The showers bring a very modern look to temperature without touching the panel. For Nigel Hill on (01242) 282305 -
the washrooms with their chrome plated safety and economy, precise temperature nigel_hill@mirashowers.com
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