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BOILERS, HEATING & HOT WATER
Radiators – be commercially aware W
hen we think of radiators we
immediately think of domestic heating – but maybe we shouldn’t. There are
literally thousands of commercial properties that rely on radiators to share the heat from their heating system around.
Supplying in excess of two million radiators every year to the UK and Irish marketplaces with a wider range on offer right now than at any time in its history and the range, Stelrad is well placed to deliver some expert advice on the commercial radiator sector.
Currently there is a growing range of specialist radiators that specifically meet the requirements of commercial buildings – in particular educational buildings – schools, colleges and universities – healthcare buildings including hospitals, doctors and dentists’ surgeries, clinics, nursing and care homes, and offices as well as industrial buildings. The choice includes low surface temperature (LST) radiators, heavy duty robust radiators for use in buildings where the radiators might need to be hardier than in the standard property and special radiators for use in environments where the air is particularly humid. This could include some industrial uses, steamy environments like bathrooms, wet rooms and changing rooms in sporting facilities and sports centres up and down the country.
There is even a version of the LST radiator that has been designed to withstand the humidity but to also provide the safety element for environments where the young, the old and the vulnerable might frequent. Many of the special application radiators have been designed specifically in response to requests from customers and have gone on to make it into the main portfolio of radiators available to everyone – the original heavy duty radiator – a version of the popular flat fronted Planar radiator – was designed for postal sorting offices where the radiators might need to withstand a glancing blow from a trolley or a truck. The heavy duty range is now popular in many school projects – which says a lot about the treatment meted out to them by school pupils perhaps. Designer and decorative radiators are used widely in offices and in the business areas of industrial buildings as well, to create the right impression for visitors to offices and boardrooms up and down the country. The latest trend is for coloured radiators too – suitable when matching décor in a commercial building with the corporate colours of the company concerned.
Stelrad’s new range of K3 radiators provide comfort heating in buildings using low temperature renewable heating systems – powered by ground or air source heat pumps for example. These are radiators with three panels and three sets of fins to provide 50% more heat from the same radiator footprint as a K2 radiator of the same size.
Read the latest at:
www.bsee.co.uk
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