Saving the planet: 2008

Saturday, 29 November 2008

THE NEXT BIG THING

NEW JOB.TAMESIDE HOSPITAL

FLASH.A AAAA. SAVIOUR OF THE UNIVERSE.

SAME OL' SAME OL'.
A/C SUPPLY DUCTWORK.

We've just started a brand new contract on the other side of the known universe . Tameside.The value of insulation here cant be over emphasised enough.It's cold as.

Apparently it's ,like ,a five year job . In that time we might have saved enough icebergs to protect Southport-ians from trench foot welly disease.

SALFORD HOSPITAL

SALFORD HOPE HOSPITAL.PLANTROOM.
Not a lot of room between these different services.At the risk of stating the obvious ,the farther apart two systems are ,the easier they are to insulate .

'SUPPLY A/C' and 'RETURN EXTRACT '
A mix of mineral wool and phenolic slabs.

GR FLR 'ASCEPTIC SUITE DUCTWORK'.
This was a nasty job that could have been considerably easier . We were only given the job late on. The week before we started it was one big massive area with no access issues. By the time we started partition walling had gone up all over the place,cutting out a lot of the natural light and making access tricky.
We did it anyway.Probably took twice as long as it needed to though. As the name suggests it's an asceptic ,germ free ,clean as a whistle area. Again at the risk of stating the obvious,wouldnt it be good if the whole hospital was germ free. Just a thought.
Hmm.

Wednesday, 19 November 2008

OTHER RECENT PLANET SAVING

saving the planet one day at a time.......

BLACKBURN WATER TREATMENT INLET WORKS

HARDMAN SQ M/cr. EMERGENCY POWER EXHAUST II

HARDMAN SQ M/CR.

EXHAUST RUNS AT 500+ DEG C.

SHEFFIELD UNI.AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM.

MINERAL WOOL +ALUMINIUM CLADDING.

SITE FABRICATED

ROCHDALE .NHS WALK-IN.

ROOFTOP AIR CON DUCTWORK.

MINERAL WOOL+ 'PIB' WEATHERPROOFING

DANNY'S 'SECRET' DRAINPIPE.

MARRIOT HOTEL.DURHAM .

ENGLISH HERITAGE STIPULATED THAT THE INSULATION HAD TO 'BLEND IN'.

MINERAL WOOL CLAD WITH VINYL COATED METAL.

PRUDHOE .SCA PACKAGING PAPER MILL B/HOUSE.

WE ASSISTED DAVE ON THIS MASSIVE JOB .

NO SAFETY NET.

WIGAN WATER TREATMENT WORKS .PARBOLD.

ALL EXTERNAL WORK METAL CLAD.

VALVES ETC INSULATED WITH OFF SITE FAB' JACKETS.

SONAE .KIRKBY. GIANT TUMBLE DRYER.

WIGAN WTW.THIS WAS ON BEHALF OF 'HERTEL'.

MAD CHEMICAL WORKS .WIDNES.

LIVE STEAM PIPE. SUPER HOT.

DANNY.WIGAN.114MM O.D. GRIT PUMP LINE

WIGAN WTW. MCW TANK PIPEWORK.

ELECTRICALLY TRACE HEATED.

CHESTER.DEE VALLEY WATER TREATMENT.

CLEAN WATER SITE.

PIPEWORK TRACE HEATED AND INSULATED WITH MINERAL WOOL.

METAL CLAD WITH ALU-ZINC.

LIVERPOOL.HUYTON NHS WALK-IN.

V.tricky job. Hastily insulated as temporary frost protection by others.

We had to remove much of this to a standard enabling us to metal clad.

It looked good in the end. No pic though . Hmm

OFFICE BLOCK AIR-CON DUCTWORK.

EXTERNAL ROOFTOP PLANT AREA,M/CR.KING ST

INSULATED WITH MINERAL WOOL.

ALUMINIUM METAL CLAD.

WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL.

NOT US,BUT MY DAD THINKS HE DID THE OLD 'FELT AND NETTING'.(1960s)

SPOTTED ABOVE A MISSING CEILING TILE WHILST VISITING MY MUM.

BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL.

'BOOSTED WATER 'SET.

M/CR PICCADILLY JARVIS HOTEL UNDERGOING A COMPLETE RENOVATION.

IT IS ESTIMATED THE NEW INSULATION HAS SAVED 0.35 ICEBERGS FROM MELTING.

WYHTENSHAWE HOSPITAL M/CR.

NEW CARDIAC AIR CON SYSTEM.

KINGSPAN PHENOLIC BOARD. CLASS'O' FINISH

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

Your mission ,should you choose to accept it ,is to infiltrate a top sectret government facility in the bleak northwest of England.Once you have bypassed the high security you will need to gain access to the boilerhouse ,situated on the southernmost edge of the facility.There is a double agent working here who will help you to gain entry via retinal scan to the subterranean chambers containing the recently upgraded heating system.
This mission should be treated as one vital to international relations and under no circumstances should any of the staff be neutralised unless it is essential to the success of the mission.
Good luck.

TOP SECRET GOVT FACILITY.ROSWELL ,NEW MEXICO. NORTHWEST ENGLAND.

TYPICAL HEATING MAIN SET-UP. 140mm m/s
Rockwool pipe insulation weatherproof covered with polyisobutylene ( PIB ) rubber sheeting.

This contract was to insulate new replacement heating mains from an existing boilerhouse serving a govt' MOD facility. There was in the region of 1000m of pipework to insulate in a variety of sizes from 140mm down to 34mm ( o.d.).