Public Buildings
If you are the facilities manager of a public building then you will know that a faulty boiler, heater or a leaking pipe has to be dealt with quickly and safely, that's exactly why you can rely on us here at JC Mills & Sons Limited to act quickly and efficiently to get your facility back to full working order.
Re-furbishing a Grade I listed building
Phase one of the re-development included replacing the existing nine door-standing gas boilers, located in the plant room beneath the building. The boilers were over 35 years old and only four were still working, putting a great strain on the remaining working units. This, combined with pipework and radiators that pre-dated the boilers by many years, resulted in an unreliable and inefcient heating system. Due to the location of the plant room below the building, access was limited. This restricted the council’s preference for choosing alternative renewable technology, so they chose the most efcient gas boilers available. Viessmann trained installer JC Mills & Sons Ltd was chosen for the project, the company having worked successfully with the council on a number of projects previously. JC Mills & Sons selected six Viessmann Vitocrossal gas boilers for the heritage site, due to their small footprint, reliability and high efciency. The installation took six weeks in total, which included removing the old nine boiler heating system, hiring a temporary plant room while building works took place, and installing the new efcient boilers. The Viessmann system is now providing over 1 MW of heat for the site, delivering the promise of reliable heating that can modulate to suit demand.
The direct-fred, low pressure system contains four 225 kW Vitocrossal 300 CT3B ?oor-standing boilers, while two 87 kW Vitocrossal 300 CM3 ?oor-standing boilers provide the hot water to two 800 L DHW cylinders. Three circuits distribute heating and hot water across the building into nine zones, which include ofces, the Great Hall, the council chamber, registry ofce and a kitchen for the restaurant.
Delivering comfort and reliability as promised: Working closely with the council and English Heritage, we have drastically improved the heating system for this iconic building. We have now future-proofed the town hall’s heating against any further site developments, as we know the boilers can handle the demand. Since the installation, the council has commented on how reliable the system is, which highlights the time and care taken with this project from both JC Mills and Viessmann.
Project details
- Project year: 2015
- Equipment: 4 x Vitocrossal 300 CT3B ?oor-standing gas boilers 2 x Vitocrossal 300 CM3 ?oor-standing gas boilers
- Rated output: Gas boilers 1074 kW
- Location: Rochdale Town Hall, Rochdale
- Contractor: JC Mills & Sons Ltd