building services
Integrated underfloor heating system warms Sacred Heart
owned modular builder Sunesis to offer pupils of Sacred Heart Primary School a warm and pleasant learning environment. Uponor’s Tacker 16 underfloor heating
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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
FULLY integrated underfloor heating package provided by Uponor has allowed the Willmott Dixon-
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. Kevin Dundas, product manager at
Plantsbrook School’s science laboratories’ drainage system installed swiftly
pipework system, as it looks to provide state-of-the-art science laboratories. Part of a major £190m Private Finance
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Initiative (PFI) to fund upgrades to eight Midlands schools, the construction of the new 11,700 sqm Plantsbrook School has seen a new three-storey teaching block built to house classrooms and 12 new science laboratories. M&E contractor, Dodd Group, was tasked with sourcing a reliable chemical drainage pipework system to service the laboratories, and it selected the Vulcathene chemical drainage system from Durapipe UK. Installed to convey chemical waste
from the sinks in the science laboratories, through to the school’s foul waste drainage system, Vulcathene Mechanical was installed for all of the low level stacks, where fused joints were not required, with Vulcathene Enfusion utilised for all risers and high level stacks. With this element of the pipework to be boxed in, making access to the pipework difficult following completion of the project, it was crucial a secure joint was made that could stand the test of time. The timescale was crucial for this project, as the fit out needed to be
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£20m rebuild of a Midlands secondary school has used the Vulcathene chemical drainage
completed for the start of the new school term so delays were simply not an option. The lightweight nature of Vulcathene, which enables ease of handling on site, combined with the quick and simple installation process, helped reduce installation time on site. Commenting on the project, Stuart
Rencher from Dodd Group, said: “Due to the large quantities of chemicals being
used in the laboratories, and with such high concentrations, we needed to be confident we were installing a safe solution. We have used Vulcathene on previous projects and, with a proven track record for laboratory drainage within education environments, it was the ideal solution.”
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Willmott Dixon said: “Uponor showed a professional approach and a passion for their product which gave us complete confidence that Uponor was the right choice.”
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