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Stylish fittings enhance Glasgow’s award
winning visitor attraction Delabie fittings specified for Glasgow’s tripadvisor award-winning Kelvingrove art gallery and museum
T
oday’s visitors expect a tourist attraction to have quality toilet and washroom facilities.
Indeed,
for many people it’s a deciding factor in rating a destination. When it came to updating the facilities at Kelvingrove art gallery and museum, one of Scotland’s most popular visitor attractions, the specifier and installation team chose Delabie for the taps, liquid soap and paper towel dispensers. With over one million visitors each year, Kelvingrove is the most popular free-to- enter visitor attraction in Scotland and the UK’s most visited museum outside London, making it to the top of tripadvisor’s best rated art museums in 2018.
Appreciating the key role washroom facilities play in ensuring visitor satisfaction, Glasgow Life, the charitable organisation which manages Kelvingrove among many other
facilities in the city, wanted the
washroom refurbishment to embody the latest in technology, styling and safety. Andy Taylor, facilities manager at Glasgow Life and responsible for 168 properties within its estate, explains: “The toilets were in need of some TLC and the scheme was undertaken for tourism awareness. While quality was
the main driver, our priorities were infection prevention, efficiency with water savings and user-friendliness. We were also looking for a long product guarantee. “We specify the look and the feel, the warranty, the scope of the scheme,” said Andy. “It’s then passed to capital projects. The main builder was City Build, who handle the projects for Glasgow Life. They specified products that matched the requirements from plumbers’ merchants.” Andy adds: “The Delabie team are helpful and proactive in approach. There’s been no issues around the performance or durability of the products installed. Delabie have also been specified for the Gallery of Modern Art and Scotsun Leisure Centre.”
The washroom fittings chosen for Kelvingrove’s refurbishment were Delabie’s BINOPTIC electronic taps, coupled with PREMIX NANO thermostatic mixing valves, together
with wall-mounted dispenser and wall-mounted paper
liquid soap towel
dispenser. All the products have Delabie’s 10- year warranty. Winner of the German design award in 2019, BIOPTIC is a sleek and stylish electronic tap with a timeless design. Offering
total hygiene, it requires no manual contact as an active infrared movement detection sensor at the end of the spout optimises detection. BINOPTIC delivers an impressive 90% water savings compared with a conventional tap. It has an independent IP65 electronic control unit.
A duty flush limits bacterial proliferation. The adjustable duty flush may be pre-set to flush from 60 seconds to every 24 hours after the last use. BINOPTIC’s spout has a smooth interior and low water volume, limiting bacterial niches. The tap has a chrome- plated, solid brass body, a scale-resistant flow straightener and a flow rate pre-set at 3 litres pm at 3 bar. This can be adjusted from 1.4 to 6 litres pm. To ensure user safety, the tap is teamed with a PREMIX NANO thermostatic mixing valve. Delivering a safe, stable temperature, with an automotive thermo-reactive cell, the brass-bodied PREMIX NANO has an automatic shut off if hot or cold water fails. The non-return valve and filters are easily accessible. Temperature is pre-set at 38oC and can be adjusted by the installer from 34oC to 60oC. Thermal shocks are possible. The wall-mounted liquid soap dispenser has
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