Cooling and Heating Solutions

Watkins Hire True Temperature Control Specialists

Watkins Hire Cooling and Heating Solutions stock the widest range of temperature control units in the industry for sale and hire. Our specialist tempaeture control knowledge and over a 149 years experience of the steam and cooling and heating industries means we are ideally placed to understand your needs and ensure you find the right cooling and heating products.

We stock, supply, maintain, service and install steam boilers, heating boilers, hot water boilers, portable air conditioners, electric heaters, indirect fired oil heaters, fan coils, water chillers, dehumidifiers, heat pumps and fans.

Why Choose Watkins Hire for Cooling and Heating Solutions?

• The widest range of temperature control products for sale and hire
• Competitive pricing and unsurpassed customer service
• Expert advice from experienced engineers
• Emergency response when you need it most
• Cooling and Heating from the industry experts
  

Call free on 0500 526696 and be connected immediately with one of our experienced members of staff who will be able to assess your requirements quickly and efficiently.


Event/Marquee Cooling & Heating
Watkins Event Hire provide event heating, event cooling for special events such as festivals, marquee cooling, corporate events, exhibitions, sporting events, temporary structures, TV & film studios and outside broadcasts. Watkins Hire specialise in the control of temperature, creating the right atmosphere for your event, large or small, inside or out of doors ensuring your guests are comfortable.
more information on temporary event cooling or event heating services

Fan Coil & Air Handler Hire (Heating/Cooling)
To complement our chiller hire and heating boiler hire we have a vast range of fan coil hire and air handler hire units 15kw to 1000kw. Watkins fan coil hire and air handler hire units provide both heating and cooling air conditioning. Fan coil hire and air handler hire units used with chillers or boiler provide large scale heating and cooling and air conditioning if your AHU fails you can hire air handlers.
more information on temporary fan coil hire & air handler hire services

Watkins Hire Chiller Hire division welcomes our new team member Andrew Ellis

Watkins Hire are Europe’s largest independent specialist mobile temperature rental company the Chiller rental team has been further strengthened by the recent employment of Andy Ellis, with Andrews apprenticeship in HEVAC contracting and over 23 years experience in the HEVAC hire industry, Andrews experience in temperature rental control field for events, process and large scale cooling and air conditioning helps consolidate Watkins Hire’s position as the market leader.

Andrews chiller hire area will be the South of England, concentrating on expanding Watkins already extensive chiller hire contracts in the south east and south west, supporting facilities managers and mangement companies when and wherever temporary cooling is required.

Mark Hills Managing Director said “We are very pleased to welcome Andrew to our temperature control rental team, Andrews chiller hire experience knowledge and track record is second to none, he has for a long time been considered the most experienced specialist Chiller rental engineer in the country tackling some to the largest and complicated temporary cooling applications. With Andrews wealth of experience in both boiler hire and chiller hire he has already began to share his chiller hire knowledge with our other sales engineers with application training on onsite training. Andy brings additional product knowledge and chiller applications experience to help increase the Watkins Hire profile, brand name and business levels for our expanding hire fleet of portable air conditioners, air handling units, chillers, boilers, space heaters and associated products.

Andy Ellis Specialist Hire Director said ”Joining Watkins Hire to expand their chiller rental services was an easy decision to make, the team are the most experienced and productive team of specialist temperature control hire engineers I have ever met gathered in one company, and the standard of the chiller hire fleet is second to none, I have a vast experience using many different Chiller manufacturers in the past, all of the Watkins Hire Chiller rental fleet are Trane chillers which the industry considers to be the “Rolls Royce of chillers”, not only do Watkins Hire have the newest most efficient chiller rental fleet in UK, the fleet is also the quietest with and most technology advanced chiller hire fleet. The chiller hire units are all fitted with GSM devices to give remote control and fault reporting via the internet, Watkins Hire continue to push the boundaries and the lead the field in remote telemetry systems having become the first to provide free of charge internet based remote fuel level monitoring on their boiler hire fleet.”

When you need fast reliable temporary air cooling or process cooling, Watkins Chiller hire gives you the most reliable products and the highest service levels, tried and tested Trane Aquastream 2 Chillers and Air Handlers for even the toughest applications. Watkins Hire provides solutions that will help your staff, processes and business stay cool.

Need cooling fast? Call Watkins Chiller Hire.
on 0500 526696

or

visit
http://www.watkinshire.co.uk/
for temperature control rental solutions

Workplace Temperature The Law Regulation 7

Information provide by HSE Website

Indoor Workplaces

You must provide: a reasonable working temperature in workrooms usually at least 16°C, or 13°C for strenuous work (unless other laws require lower temperatures); local heating or cooling where a comfortable temperature cannot be maintained throughout each work room (e.g. hot and cold processes); thermal clothing and rest facilities where necessary, e.g. for ‘hot work’ or cold stores; heating systems which do not give off dangerous or offensive levels of fume into the workplace sufficient space in work rooms.

What is the maximum/minimum temperature in the workplace?

The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 lay down particular requirements for most aspects of the working environment Regulation 7 of these Regulations deals specifically with the temperature in indoor workplace and states that: During working hours, the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings shall be reasonable.

However, the application of the regulation depends on the nature of the workplace i.e. a bakery, a cold store, an office, a warehouse.

The associated ACOP goes on to explain: The temperature in workrooms should provide reasonable comfort without the need for special clothing. Where such a temperature is impractical because of hot or cold processes, all reasonable steps should be taken to achieve a temperature which is as close as possible to comfortable. 'Workroom' means a room where people normally work for more than short periods.

The temperature in workrooms should normally be at least 16° Celsius unless much of the work involves severe physical effort in which case the temperature should be at least 13° Celsius. These temperatures may not, however, ensure reasonable comfort, depending on other factors such as air movement and relative humidity.

Where the temperature in a workroom would otherwise be uncomfortably high, for example because of hot processes or the design of the building, all reasonable steps should be taken to achieve a reasonably comfortable temperature, for example by: insulating hot plants or pipes; providing air-cooling plant; shading windows; siting workstations away from places subject to radiant heat.

Where a reasonably comfortable temperature cannot be achieved throughout a workroom, local cooling should be provided. In extremely hot weather fans and increased ventilation may be used instead of local cooling.

Where, despite the provision of local cooling, workers are exposed to temperatures which do not give reasonable comfort, suitable protective clothing and rest facilities should be provided. Where practical there should be systems of work (for example, task rotation) to ensure that the length of time for which individual workers are exposed to uncomfortable temperatures is limited.

References
L24, Workplace health, safety and welfare, (ISBN 0717604136 - available from HSE Books)
The HSE guidance publication, Thermal Comfort in the Workplace, seeks to define thermal comfort, and states:'An acceptable zone of thermal comfort for most people in the UK lies roughly between 13°C (56°F) and 30°C (86°F), with acceptable temperatures for more strenuous work activities concentrated towards the bottom end of the range, and more sedentary activities towards the higher end.'
HSG194, Thermal Comfort in the Workplace, (ISBN 0717624684 - available from HSE Books)

Useful Links from Watkins Hire a temperature control rental company
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Nationwide Depots
London - West Midlands - Gloucestershire - Yorkshire - Manchester - Grangemouth - Hampshire

Portable, or temporary, cooling

Summer is on the way temperatures are predicated to soar, and it’s time to think about keeping cool — especially where customers are concerned. Being uncomfortably warm can make even the most mild-mannered customers a little hot under the collar. So what do you do when you have to take a building’s air conditioning system offline in order to make repairs? Or worse yet, what do you do when an air conditioning system breaks down, and you’re going to have to wait a few days for a part? One answer is portable, or temporary, cooling.

Whether it’s a chiller or a small room air conditioning unit that’s needed, Watkins Hire will help you and your customers keep cool. In short, portable air conditioners, whether purchased or hired, are an ideal way to cool people, places, equipment, and processes in almost any situation.

For example, they can provide temporary air conditioning during a cooling tower repair or replacement. Many companies keep units on hand all year-round to protect their computers during an air conditioning repair, or when the overall system is insufficient. There’s almost no limit to the applications Watkins Hire have supplied chillers and portable air conditioners.

Need cooling fast? Call Watkins Chiller Hire.
Watkins Chiller rental fleet are all Trane Aquastream chillers
Watkins Chiller hire prices are truly competitive
Watkins Chiller hire offer same day delivery when required
Watkins Chiller hire guarantee to beat any like for like quotation
Watkins Chiller hire don't operate a call centres, just real sales engineers
Watkins Chiller hire provide full installation service when required
Watkins Chiller hire have depots nationwide you can actually ring

Call us on 0500 526696 and we'll help you choose the Fluid chiller that suits your application.

Visit http://www.watkinshire.co.uk/ for Portable, or temporary, cooling

Additional Cooling Capacity / Increased Production

Additional cooling plant is often temporarily supplied by Watkins chiller rental for seasonal heat waves and process businesses production peaks, a rental chiller provides cost-effective additional large scale air conditioning or process cooling for your temporary needs. A rental chiller enables you conserve your businesses working capital instead of purchasing chiller equipment that will only be used at certain times of the year. A chiller hire system gives an additional boost to supplement your systems capacity when your facility's cooling loads or process loads exceed your current system's capabilities.

During the summer months Watkins also supplies thousands of portable air conditioners for seasonal office cooling.

visit http://www.chiller-rentals.co.uk/ or http://www.airconhire.com/

Fuild Chiller rental and hire

Watkins Hire Chiller rental services renting fuild chiller for hire are the answer for applications and locations that need the ultra reliable, very quiet and cost-effective temporary cooling and air conditioning.

Our Chiller rental service is second to none with TRANE Aquastream Chillers, R407c environmentally friendly regfrigerant, Ultra quiet, energy efficient powerful and reliable Chillers from 20kw to 450kw.

Everything is in the box...
Only a main power supply and water connections are necessary, the rest is in the "box".
Our Trane rental chillers feature all necessary components:

• BAUER Couplings
• circulation pump
• expansion tank
• valves & strainer
• flow switch
• pressure gauge
• pressure safety relief valve
• integral buffer tank

Our rental chillers are equipped with Scroll compressors that have acquired an indisputable notoriety in today's market due to their efficiency and reliability.

Watkins Hire's Chiller renal fleet provide cooling and air conditioning for a huge range of business and industry applications including:

• Large-volume air conditioning (planned or emergency) when used with Air Handlers (AHUs) and Fan Coils for hire
• Air conditioning to the events industry
• Emergencey cooling for data centres and data halls
• Process applications in manufacturing
• Backup, standby and disaster recovery hire Chillers for Facilities Management, Building & Construction, and HVCA Contractors
• Bypassing existing systems for planned maintenance or after breakdowns

Watkins Hire Chiller hire range can be operated in parallel to provide larger cooling capacities if needed.

Portable Indirect Oil Fired Heaters to Hire or Buy

Portable Indirect Oil Fired Heaters to Hire or Buy

Indirect heaters provide large volumes of 100% clean, warm, dry air, with all combustion fumes and gases expelled outside the building through a choice of either fixed or flexible exhaust flue.

Robust and durable
Can be sited either internally or externally to the building
Duct warm air to where it is required to ensure effective space heating

Used in conjunction with building dryers to accelerate the drying of wet processes in a controlled manner.

Indirect Heaters suit a wide variety of applications including food preparation areas and construction sites as well as areas with limited ventilation such as marquees and exhibition halls.

Heatng boiler hire for major hotel chain

Watkins Hire installed two mobile oil fired LPHW heating and DHW boilers to provide heating and hotwater to a 13th Century Country House Hotel set in 10 acres of glorious gardens.

“The Problem” – During the summer floods of 2007 a 13th Century Country House Hotel based in the West country became victim to rising water levels, whilst the majority of the hotel escaped water damage one area suffered extensive damage. The boiler room was below ground level in a cellar under the hotel and was completely submerged for several days. The heart of any hotel is its boiler room, when the flood water receded the hotel insurers loss adjusters accessed the damage and declared all boiler plant equipment un-repairable. Heating contractors were called into quote for replacement, however it soon be apparent the hotel would be faced with a 12 week period without heating or hotwater. Faced with the delay in replacing the entre boiler plant room the loss adjuster and the owners of the hotel looked for a solution to mitigate losses and keep the hotel operational. Watkins Hire was contacted by the loss adjuster to provide an emergency temporary heating and hotwater boiler hire solution.

“The Solution” – Watkins Hire received a phone call and immediately dispatched a heating boiler rental specialist sales engineer to access the hotels requirements. On arriving at the hotel Watkins boiler hire were able to guarantee heating and hotwater by the close of business the same day, with a call to Watkins Hire’s West Midlands depot heating boiler hire units and ancillary equipment were loaded to Watkins own transport and were on the way. Watkins Hire are currently supplying temporary heating boiler rental equipment to many flood damaged properties around the United Kingdom from a large manufacturing plants, two schools, a leisure centre, office’s and several retail and industrial buildings all by the summer 2007 floods, Watkins were able to provide a detailed plan whilst on site including pricing giving both the owners and loss adjusters piece of mind in the heating boiler hire solution.

Sales Director Roderick Williams said “Our heating and hotwater mobile boiler hire equipment has been proven and used by many of the leading hotel chains and many smaller independent hotels over the last two decades to provide temporary heating and hotwater supplies when faced with disaster and closure due to failures with fixed boiler plant installations. With the largest range of portable heating boilers available for hire in Europe we are the supplier of choice, from small independent hotels to high profile famous London hotels we have heated them all. We offer the most modern and efficient equipment with constant investment in new technology, for example we have installed remote internet based telemetry fuel management on our complete fleet of FuelPAK bunded fuel tanks to provide our clients with true fuel management. We also pride our self on safety and are CHAS / PASA and Safecontractor accredited” Equipment supplied by Watkins Hire included a pair of HeatGEN MBR 100kW mobile oil fired heating boilers to provide standby and duty boiler operation and 400 metres of quick fit flexible heating and hotwater pipework, a FuelPAK 3000-litre bunded fuel tank, the fuel tank was UN & ADR compliant which allowed it to be legally delivered to site full of fuel, which allowed same day delivery with our own hiab, installation and commissioning.

The boiler hire equipment selected for this project were two of Watkins Boiler Hire’s new range of HeatGEN heating boiler hire models MBR100 as it had the following features that provided speed of installation by using storz quick fit flexible hoses, it also provided without modification time clock control and building protection during frosts and colder weather. The hotel dates back to the thirteenth century and is set in glorious grounds featuring immaculate gardens with running stream, small waterfalls, croquet lawns and tennis courts. provides peace and tranquillity, combined with international standards of comfort, that the discerning guest has a right to expect and the hotel manager placed a restriction on Watkins Boiler Hire, we were tasked to not only install and commission the same day, the boiler plant rooms had to be placed at the tradesmen entrance and parking area so the temporary boiler plant rooms would not be visible to any of hotel guests.

The hot water boiler hire equipment arrived three hours after the initial phone call to the Walsall depot, the equipment and the installation team installed 200 metres of heating flow and return pipework with two specially fabricated headers to link the two 100kw heating boilers together and a further 200 metres of domestic hotwater flow and return pipework.

The hot water boiler hire units were commissioned late in the evening and the hotels heating pipework was freed of air locks to allow correct circulation to all areas of the hotel and handed to the hotel manager online. The next day Watkins engineers visited site to ensure all air had been removed and review the installation with the loss adjuster.

Watkins Hire were contracted to supply all fuel during the hire period, supplies were constantly monitored and maintained, by providing a web based fuel monitoring telemetry system which monitored remotely fuel consumption and automatically re-ordered when refuelling was required, this fuel management feature is unique to Watkins Boiler Hire was supplied completely free of charge.

The Hotel Chains facilities director stated “We have never needed a temporary heating boiler before; as a result of the performance by Watkins Hire we have now put contingency plans in place for all 32 of our hotels. The standard of the equipment supplied and the level of service supplied by Watkins Boiler Hire was first class in fact “4 star”. We have also now contracted Watkins Hire Air conditioning hire and chiller hire division for further climate control support across our group. A big thank you to all Watkins staff for their efforts ”

Watkins Hire range of portable heating boilers extends from 70kW to 3000kW with Oil and Natural Gas Burners and we are the Industry’s leader in providing hotwater and heating boilers, when and where it’s needed.

Today WatkinsHIRE understand that it takes more than innovative, high performance products, superior technical service to help our customers compete and win in today's global marketplace.

It takes a total commitment to understanding Hotel heating and cooling needs; at WatkinsHIRE we pride ourselves on our ability to provide the right specialist temporary temperature rental solutions every time.

As Europe's largest independent specialist mobile temperature rental company, WatkinsHIRE hires Steam Boilers, HeatGEN Heating Boilers, DHW Boilers, KwikHEAT Warm Air Heaters, KwikCOOL Portable Air Conditioning, KwikDRY Dehumidifiers, KwikCHILL Chillers and Site Welfare units to every conceivable industry sector. A quick free call to WatkinsHIRE 0500 526696 and you will be in touch with a product specialist who will discuss and understand your requirements, arrange site visits where necessary and provide you with a competitive quotation.

· Watkins Heating Boiler hire prices are truly competitive

· Watkins Heating Boiler hire offer same day delivery when required

· Watkins Heating Boiler hire guarantee to beat any like for like quotation.

· Watkins Heating Boiler hire originated the concept of boiler hire in 1930

· Watkins Boiler hire don't operate a call centres, just real sales engineers

· Watkins Boiler hire provide full installation service when required

· Watkins Heating Boiler hire offer true 24/7 breakdown service

· Watkins Heating Boiler hire have depots nationwide you can actually ring.

· Watkins Heating boiler hire have largest range of mobile, trailerised and containerised heating boilers in Europe

Call us on 0500 526696 and we'll help you choose the heating boiler that suits your application. For planned or emergency hotel heating boiler hire WatkinsHIRE delivers to anywhere in the UK and Europe via our nationwide depots.

Nationwide Depots
London - West Midlands - Gloucestershire - Yorkshire - Manchester - Grangemouth - Hampshire

For more detail visit http://www.boilerrentalservices.co.uk/ or call 0500 526696
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