Underfloor heating
www.heatingandventilating.net
of Sacred Heart Primary School a warm and pleasant learning environment. A joint venture between Scape Group and Willmott Dixon, each Sunesis school provides a rapid build, standard specification utilising an established sole- provider supply chain. Uponor’s Tacker 16 underfloor heating system was installed using a heat pump as the main energy source. This configuration maximises the low heat outputs of the energy source while providing a cost-efficient and controllable approach to heating the building.
Uponor supplied and installed the insulation material, which was laid directly onto the finished slab. The underfloor heating was installed prior to construction of the internal walls to enable the 16mm pipework to be laid below the screed, however, the system was zoned to enable controllability for each classroom, with individual thermostats to adjust the temperature for each zone.
The 16mm PEX underfloor heating pipe was laid onto the insulation material by Uponor’s installation team, with the flexible pipe coiling to create a continuous heating infrastructure across the entire floorplate. The Uponor team then laid the screed, embedding the underfloor heating network in position. As Kevin Dundas, product manager at Willmott
Dixon explains: “Uponor showed a professional approach and a passion for their product which gave us complete confidence that Uponor was the right choice.”
Uponor’s Tacker 16 underfloor heating
system was installed using a heat pump as the main energy source at the Sacred Heart Primary School. This is said to provide a cost-efficient
and controllable approach to heating the building
EXTRA CARE SCHEME FEATURES PREFAB SOLUTION C
onstruction has begun to transform a disused day care centre into 60 state-of- the-art apartments in the London Borough of Hillingdon to provide independent living for its older residents.
To aid easy and comfortable living in the extra-care scheme apartments, products
from Giacomini UK have been selected. Giacomini is to design, supply and install 4000m2
of underfloor heating (UFH) over all floors, alongside 60 of its twin heat
interface units (HIU) with water and energy meters. The site will also feature Giacomini’s flow control valves to complete the package. Giacomini is working alongside building service engineers, Heatcare, which has extensive experience in providing complete design and build installations packages for the care sector. As part of this, Heatcare is delivering one of its latest prefabrication services. The underfloor heating manifolds and heat interface units will be installed in a prefabricated unit, which neatly contains the heating components and controls for each apartment within a compact cupboard. This not only looks more aesthetically pleasing for the resident but also increases quality control and reduces installation time. Alistair Moore, national specification manager for Giacomini UK, commented:
“Heatcare is a very reputable company and is an expert in extra-care installations. We are delighted to work with them on this development so that we could offer HIU, flow control valves and UFH with design support all in one package. Couple this with Heatcare’s compilation of our products into a discrete prefabricated cupboard and I’m sure the developer and residents will be very happy.”
Giacomini is to design, supply and install 4000m2 of underfloor
heating (UFH) over all floors, alongside 60 of its twin heat interface units (HIU) with water and energy meters
Underfloor but a cut above A
fully integrated underfloor heating package, provided by Uponor, has enabled builder of schools, Sunesis, to offer pupils
30 May 2018
www.heatingandventilating.net
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53
