energy/environment
New Andover school project opts for health and safety-conscious heating systems
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HEN it came to selecting a suitable heating system for Endeavour School in Hampshire, contractors on the project turned to the expertise of underfloor heating (UFH) specialists Warmafloor.
As part of one of the largest school building programmes in the UK – which will see over 17,000 new school places created in Hampshire by 2021 – the £9.5m school will serve the community in East Anton’s Major Development Area (MDA). Covering some 2.8 hectares, the school provides 420 new places. A key aspect of the project was delivering an efficient, robust and safe heating solution the school’s main sports hall and connecting spaces – 260sqm in total.
UFH systems are recognised as one of the most efficient ways to evenly and cost- effectively distribute heat throughout large open spaces such as school sports halls. For main contractor Willmott Dixon and partner CMB Fylde Engineering, Warmafloor was the clear choice for designing and installing a suitable solution for the hall.
Chris Lucey, Contracts Engineer from CMB Fylde, said: “We’ve worked with Warmafloor on a number of projects and always found their UFH systems to be some of the best on the market, providing a great solution for heating and space- saving efficiency. This project also presented some unique requirements and we knew Warmafloor would be the perfect partner to address these factors.” Junckers sports floor was specified for the hall. This specialist floor provides a range of benefits for educational
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facilities – its elastic characteristics help to protect against injury, for example, as well as improve athletic performance. The flooring also aligns with the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s mandate for sports halls, and it is hard-wearing and offers a distinctive aesthetic. However, when it comes to installing UFH, it also features some specific design challenges, such as the need to heat across a very large area through unusually thick flooring. Jonathan Moran, Business Development Manager at Warmafloor, explained: “We pride ourselves on creating bespoke solutions that can meet unusual or specific requirements, and this project certainly provided an interesting test for us. “The floors also often last for 50 to 60 years, so the system installed also needed to perform optimally over a similar period. We worked with CMB Fylde to design and construct a solution that utilised our aluminium diffusion plate system to maximise heat distribution as
effectively as possible.”
In addition, the Warmafloor system comes with a 100-year warranty for the pipes and a 25-year BAA certification for the manifolds, providing a solid future investment underneath the hardy Junckers floor.
Lucey commented: “The Warmafloor team always provides design and technical support when we need it. They really delivered on this project, where creative thinking was really required to deliver all the usual benefits of UFH underneath a challenging surface. Warmafloor was also crucial in helping us work with and meet all of Hampshire County Council’s specifications.”
www.warmafloor.co.uk www.cmbengineering.co.uk www.willmottdixon.co.uk
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