When a First Great Western wanted help to replace portable heaters, They contacted Watkins Hire

Watkins Hire 500kw Warm Air-Handling Unit

When a First Great Western wanted help to replace portable heaters, They contacted Watkins Hire for a hire solution that provided them with equipment that had no naked flame but can still provide large volumes of safe, dry, fume-free heat air to heat the train maintenance shed at Plymouth. The building was 150m long by 50m wide and 20m high.

First Great Western is part of FirstGroup plc, a UK-based leading international passenger transport group with an annual turnover of £2 billion and 50,000 employees across the UK and USA. First is the UK's largest bus operator, a major force in railways running one fifth of Britain's passenger rail network, and London's only tram operator.

The client explained to Watkins Hire that the building had 28 heat for hire portable heaters, which were not efficient at heating such a large space, the client also had many issues with the LPG and oil fired heaters:-


- Overall cost against the heat benefits
- Inefficient localized heating
- Too many units scattered throughout the building
- Labour intensive changing over LPG storage bottles.
- Risk of fuel spillages, in refilling oil fired heaters.

Watkins Hire interpreted the site requirements, equipment required for the project included a 582kW Heatgen mobile packaged boiler plant fueled by 35 sec fuel oil, 500kw Warm Air Handling Unit, 300 meters of 20 inch flexible ductwork, a 2400 litre bunded fuel tank, Fuel supply and management, 50 meters of flow and return pipework, system pumps to match the flow, volume and resistance of the pipe distribution network and AHU. The Heatgen was selected from one of Watkins Hire extensive fleet of 350 mobile boiler plants.

The Heatgen and associated plant was delivered the day after of the initial call, with Watkins Hire own transport and lifted onto site with Watkins Hire 12 tonne HIAB crane. With the 582kW Heatgen mobile packaged boiler plant in place the next phase of the project to install. The installation proceeded well with Watkins Hire engineers on site as the boiler arrived; they installed all the pipework for the flow and return lines to the internal air handling units, with Watkins approved subcontractor installing the flexible 20 inch ductwork, wit no disruption to the day to day running of the train maintenance.

From the time of delivery to site and Watkins Hire Engineers commissioning and handing over the plant to the client was completed within 2 days.

A spokesperson for the First Great Western said “We are extremely pleased with Watkins Hire and their professional approach, and the efficiency in the way the whole contract was handled, with out hesitation we will be contacting Watkins Hire again. The standard of equipment and service was second to none, we now know what they can deliver”

Benefits received from Watkins Hire large space heating solution

- Heat received now justifies the Cost
- Efficient localized heating
- One 500kw AHU, air ducted to required locations
- No naked flames or fumes inside the building
- Minimised risk of fuel spillages.

Wherever you are located in the UK you are never too far from our friendly and experienced hire specialists. Watkins Hire are able to provide you with fast, reliable cost-effective heating rental systems. Watkins Hire are the UK’s leading supplier of temporary heating solutions, with depots in Gloucestershire,
Manchester, Hampshire, Yorkshire and the West Midlands.

For more details of services contact:-

www.watkinshire.co.uk
Free Phone:- 0500 526 696

Contact WHL's national hire centre Free Phone 0500 526696
Email:hire@watkinshire.co.uk

Watkins Hire donates to charity by using Everyclick.com

Everyclick, the search engine that donates 50% of its profits each month to charity, is urging business leaders to encourage their staff to use its services and raise money for charity.


Everyclick is calling on business leaders to introduce 'desktop donating' at work so that their staff members can search the web and raise funds for charity at no cost to themselves.

"The British workforce is unknowingly pouring millions down the drain which could be going to hundreds of charities both nationally and internationally", claims the search engine company. Given that there are 17.4 million office workers in the UK, some of whom will search the web each day, there is potential to develop a valuable new income stream for charities.

Everyclick is therefore asking business leaders and public figures ranging from Ken Livingstone to Sir Martin Sorrell, Head of WPP, to adopt 'desktop donating.

Polly Gowers, everyclick.com Managing Director, estimates that the top five employee sectors in the UK (banking, public sector, accountancy, law, and marketing) could generate £60 million a year between them if they switched to everyclick.

At Watkins Hire we have adopted www.everyclick.com as our search engine of choice, we hope to raise monies for Childline and will provide details on the amounts raised in the future.

University Lectures uninterrupted, unknown to the students they are being kept warm by Watkins heat for hire portable heating boiler plant

Watkins Boiler Hire 350kw LTHW Heatgen mobile heating boiler hire

University Lectures uninterrupted, unknown to the students they are being kept warm by Watkins heat for hire portable heating boiler plant.

When a west country University needed help to maintain their heating due to the failure of underground pipe work. They contacted Watkins heat for hire for an emergency hire solution that included a 350kW LTHW Heatgen mobile packaged boiler hire plant and bunded fuel tank.

Watkins heat for hire received and call from a M&E contractor working at the university, for an emergency heating solution to provide heating to the department of Biological Services, the underground heating distribution pipework had failed, the M&E contractor need to isolate this department from the main district heating circuit to facilitate a repair. The director of Education for the University required a solution that had minimal interruption to the daily lectures and running of this department.

Watkins heat for hire Sales Director Roderick Williams
visited site the same day, the plant room was located underground, he identified the most suitable place to connect into the existing flow and return line for the Biological department, the on site circulating pumps would also be utilised. Roderick interpreted the site requirements and timescale, equipment required for the project included a 350kW Heatgen mobile packaged boiler plant fueled by 35 sec fuel oil, a 2400 litre bunded fuel tank, Fuel supply and management, 60 meters of flow and return pipework, the Heatgen was selected from one of Watkins heat for Hire extensive fleet of 350 mobile boiler plants.

The Heatgen and associated plant was delivered within hours of the initial call, with Watkins Hire own transport and lifted onto site with Watkins Hire 12 tonne HIAB crane, the experience of Watkins Hire Hiab driver meant he was able to offload the boiler plant down a narrow alley way and located the fuel tank on higher ground nearby.

With the 350kW Heatgen mobile packaged heating boiler hire plant in place the next phase of the project to install. The installation proceeded well with Watkins Hire engineers on site as the boiler arrived; they installed all the pipework for the flow and return lines to clients existing pipework, the M&E contractor connected the electrical supply with no disruption to the day to day running of the university.

From the time of delivery to site and Watkins Hire Engineers commissioning and handing over the plant to the University, meant the heating was back on the same day without any disruption at all to the daily timetable.

A spokesperson for the University said "Watkins Hire handled the whole project in a very professional and highly qualified manner, from the time we placed an order to heat on was extremely quick in fact unbelievably they managed it the same day."

Plant failure never happens at a convenient time. Watkins Hire will help you with contingency planning. Wherever you are located in the UK you are never too far from our friendly and experienced hire specialists. Watkins Heat For Hire are able to provide you with fast, reliable cost-effective heating boiler rental systems. Watkins Hire are the UK's leading supplier of temporary heating solutions, with depots in Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Yorkshire and the West Midlands.

Contact Details for the West Midlands Depot:-
WATKINS HIRE LTD
QUAYSIDE DRIVE,
WALSALL, WEST MIDLANDS,
WS2 9LA
Contact Mark Walton
mark.walton@watkinshire.co.uk
Telephone 01922 634797
Office Fax:- 01922 633389
Mobile:- 07795 241911

Contact WHL's national hire centre Free Phone 0500 526696
Email:hire@watkinshire.co.uk

Watkins hire are specialist heating Rental Company operating from four main depots throughout the UK

Watkins hire are specialist heating Rental Company operating from four main depots throughout the UK, the services provided are emergency heating boilers for PFI/PPP contracts, hospitals, prisons, military bases, schools, universities, swimming pools, libraries district heating systems and many other local government buildings. Space heating is also available in the form of internal air-handlers.

Council authorities who have recently utilised the services of Watkins Hire emergency heat for hire include, Kent County, Manchester City, Walsall, Newcastle County, Newcastle County, London Boroughs of Sutton & Islington, Brent and Chelsea, Slough Borough, Brighton Hove, Rotherham Metro & Nottingham Councils


Many Local government departments are now looking to Watkins Hire for long term solution to avoid spending large capital sums to replace outdated and inefficient boiler plant, or to provide support whilst they upgrade on site plant without closing facilities.

For more details of services contact:-



http://www.watkinshire.co.uk/
Free Phone:- 0500 526 696

Watkins Hire Ltd
48 Grange Park Road
Manchester
M9 7AH
Contact Mark Whittle
mark.whittle@watkinshire.co.uk
Telephone:- 0161 795 8666
Fax:- 0161 7958008
Mobile:- 07795 241777

WATKINS HIRE LTD
QUAYSIDE DRIVE,
WALSALL, WEST MIDLANDS,
WS2 9LA
Contact Mark Walton
mark.walton@watkinshire.co.uk
Telephone 01922 634797
Office Fax:- 01922 633389
Mobile:- 07795 241911

Watkins Hire Ltd
Churchwell Vale
Shawcross Business Park
Dewsbury
WF12 7RD
Contact John Whittam
john@watkinshire.co.uk
Tel: 01924 439 733
Fax: 01924 439 732
Mobile: 07768 740501

Watkins Hire Ltd
New Dunn Works
Sling
Coleford,Gloucestershire
GL16 8JD
Contact Roderick Williams rod@watkinshire.co.uk
Tel:- 01594 835 834
Fax:- 01594 837 463
Mobile:- 07836 276177