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PROJECT
Plumbing royalty
at Castle Kyalami
In July 2017, a full renovation of Castle Kyalami was undertaken.
Aveng Grinaker-LTA was appointed as the main contractor and GDM
Plumbing & Projects was selected to undertake the wet service
installation.
By Dineo Phoshoko
CASTLE KYALAMI BACKGROUND
Castle Kyalami was built in 1992 by Greek
millionaire and architect Demos Dinopoulos. The
castle is located in the northern Johannesburg
suburb of Kyalami and is set on an 8.9-hectare
estate. The 5 900m 2 castle has an Arthurian style
and contains a spa, 24-suite luxury hotel, restaurant,
and conference centre. In March 2008, the castle
was purchased by the Church of Scientology.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
GDM Plumbing & Projects started working on the project
in July 2017, with completion in February 2018. The
scope of the project consisted of external water, external
sewerage, internal plumbing installation, and a new hot
water system.
EXTERNAL WATER
The castle had an existing water system; however,
the infrastructure on that system had extensive
leaks and deterioration. A decision was taken
to re-route all services and create a new system
externally. The water is fed from the municipal
water meter via 400 metres of 80mm galvanised
pipe above ground and into the existing
80 000ℓ reservoir.
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