TURNBULL & SCOTT
CHESTER ZOO
Chester Zoo decided to start exploring their heating options for its spectacular new “ Islands ” attraction . The Zoo required a heating system for a new tropical environment that would maintain the atmosphere in the exotic animals ’ habitat at 45 ° C and 90 % humidity - to which they are accustomed to .
A key requirement was that the solution needed to blend in with the overall structure already in place . This included sections with ‘ curved ’ walls .
OUR SOLUTION :
A custom designed ‘ curved ’ spiral wound Finned Tube low pressure hot water heating system was manufactured .
A particular challenge for this project was the need to curve the Finned Tube to mirror the shape of the building walls . Manufacture of curved Finned Tube however is a Turnbull & Scott speciality .
The carbon steel Finned Tube was galvanised to resist corrosion and facilitate the special cleaning requirements of dealing with ‘ jungle ’ debris and powder coated to facilitate the Jungle aesthetic .
CHURCH HEATING PROJECTS
Turnbull & Scott has worked closely with the church heating sector over many years to provide highly effective low pressure hot water ( LPHW ) heating solutions to help withstand even the coldest of winters .
BATH ABBEY , BATH
Turnbull & Scott worked closely with both the Bath Abbey design consultants as well as the installation contractor to provide a large-scale Finned Tube solution to heat this historic Abbey .
OUR SOLUTION :
Supply of 350m of Finned Tube , custom designed and manufactured to deliver the specific heat output required for the Abbey , complete with all bracketry and baffle plates . Each length was powder coated to the client ’ s colour specification
Most of the Finned Tube was used to replace the old existing heating pipework that was installed in floor trenches
The remainder was installed in additional trenches that were created to optimize the distribution of heat within the Abbey
ST PETER ’ S EPISCOPAL CHURCH , EDINBURGH
Located in the heart of Edinburgh , St Peter ’ s Episcopal Church required a full renovation of its outdated heating system which centred on 100mm diameter cast iron pipework .
OUR SOLUTION :
Our engineers visited this large Church to fully understand the space and the complete requirements .
A highly effective custom designed heating solution based on 50mm NB spiral wound Finned Tube was agreed .
For centuries , churches have been heated by circulating hot water from a boiler through large diameter cast iron pipework . What Turnbull and Scott offers now is a much more effective hot water based heating solution where those thick plain pipes are replaced with a Finned Tube system that utilises a much narrower pipe with a spiral metal ‘ fin ’ wound around it .
This versatile Finned Tube can be placed within existing or new floor trenches , along walls within a casing or discretely under pews .
This much narrower tube required only 25 % of the water volume used by the old system with its 100mm pipework resulting in a much faster warm up time
The pre-existing floor trenches were identified as suitable to house the new Finned Tube system and over 200m of this specifically designed Finned Tube was supplied .
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