Archive for February, 2011

Factory Heating Options

Friday, February 25th, 2011

An integral part of any building, whether it’s being used for commercial or domestic use, is the heating. The wrong sort of heating installed will provide an uncomfortable environment and when carrying out a manual job within a factory setting this can mean the difference between carrying out a job safely and efficiently, and accidents occurring. For this reason, it’s important that whilst the weather is warm you install a form of factory heating which will provide you with a comfortable working environment, without diminishing the space available to work in.

Here at Heaters Wholesale, we’ve been providing a range of heating options to both commercial and domestic properties for many years. Through our experience within the industry, we’re able to provide advice on the best heating option for your property, depending on various factors. Below is a guide to some of the heating options which are available to factories.

Radiant Heating:

This is probably the most beneficial system to install in an area where doors are constantly being used, such as factories which have loading bays or customers coming and going on a regular basis throughout the day.

The basic function of radiant heating is that it heats the objects around it – from machinery and people through to the flooring. By doing this, it helps to keep the room at a steady temperature throughout the day, even when doors are continuously opened. It also allows the room to heat up more quickly first thing in the morning.

Warm Air Heating:

These systems fall between your regular heating system and a radiant heating device. Instead of blowing hot air into the atmosphere, they force the air around the building, ensuring that every employee has an equally as comfortable environment in which to work.

Another advantage of warm air heating as a form of factory heating is that during the summer months when the factory is absorbing the rays from the sun, it can double up as an air conditioning unit, thus providing a comfortable working environment 12 months of the year – making it a worthy investment.

Installation Methods of Radiant Heating in Factories

Friday, February 18th, 2011

Most of us are probably familiar with under floor radiant heating, which is finding its way into more and more homes across Britain. However, what many business owners or managers may not know is that there’s a similar yet more cost effective way of heating industrial and commercial properties, using the same technology. Here at Heaters Wholesale, we’re recognised as authorities in industrial radiant heating via the use of radiant tubing installation methods. With a variety of different delivery products at our disposal, finding the setup that affords maximum heat for minimum costs is a near certainty.

While under floor heating is useful in the home, it’s simply not practical to install such technology on industrial sites where reinforced concrete flooring is the norm. Instead, we can install standard u/tubes, continuous tubing or linear tubes to the ceilings in your property via a low impact process. The subsequent heating can then be configured using the regular technologies, such as thermostats and similar management systems.

Of course, before we leave you with a professional and reliable system there are a few stages to go through. The first is possibly the most important; it’s the initial site consultation whereby our technicians conduct their first assessment of the needs your facility (and its staff) has. Once this has been completed to standard, the Heaters Wholesale team will draw up plans and methods of installation, all of which will adhere to recognised industry safety standards.

There’s no doubt that radiant heating installation takes time, and some disruption to work may in fact be unavoidable. However here at Heaters Wholesale we’ll do everything we can to help deliver our services at a convenient time, whether this is during a unit shut down or at similarly logical quiet periods. For more information, and to see the range of tubing heat delivery products we have to choose from, please explore our website further.

Basic Functionality of Radiant Heating Systems

Friday, February 11th, 2011

In any business outlet, heating is essential for a comfortable environment for all staff to conduct their daily work. With numerous heating systems to choose from it can sometimes be difficult to judge which will work best once installed within your premises. One particularly effective system is radiant heating and here at Heaters Wholesale we can supply and install a reliable and efficient system for your property.

The basic function of the radiant heating system is not necessarily to warm the air but to focus on heating the people and objects within a room to effectively surround all occupants in a warm heat blanket. With the aim of being more energy efficient, radiant heating systems act in the same way as the sun through their development of a haze of heat that will then begin to steadily raise the air temperature.

With the constant comings and goings within offices and other commercial premises, traditionally heat held inside the building will quickly disperse when doors are opened. A further function of the radiant heating system is to reduce the effects of this. The floor and objects within the room will maintain their heat so that as soon as doors are closed they will work in unison to quickly begin raising the air temperature once more – and because heat is not carried by the air, the temperature won’t have fallen much anyway.

A comfortable office is most conducive to a productive working environment and a heating system that you have full control over will go a long way to achieving this. Radiant heating has been designed to offer ease of use and offer a cost effective, energy efficient heating solution to a wide variety of different businesses.

Here at Heaters Wholesale we can supply a top of the range, fully functional radiant heating system and then install this to the very highest of standards for you to immediately reap the benefits it will bring. For additional information or to enquire regarding the installation of radiant heating at your premises, feel free to give us a call or fill in our online contact form.

Design Considerations for Radiant Heating Systems

Friday, February 4th, 2011

There are numerous advantages to owning a radiant heating system. However, a few design considerations should be adhered to in order to receive the full benefit of a radiant heating system. Here at Heaters Wholesale we believe that to provide the best customer service, product information and design considerations advice should be given freely. At Heaters Wholesale we understand the importance of receiving knowledgeable advice from the experts. Therefore, in this article we offer useful advice so you are able to make a fully informed decision about what product is best for you.

To fully appreciate the benefits of the design considerations incorporated within the design of the radiant heating system a brief understanding of how this kind of heating system works needs to be established. Radiant heating systems are often compared with the sun. Like the sun, a radiating heating system, instead of warming the atmosphere inside a room, will instead warm up the objects inside the room, including the occupiers.

The fact that the radiant heating system warms up the objects and occupiers within a room instead of the moving atmosphere (air), makes the radiant heating system ideal for open and well ventilated spaces. Commercial and industrial sites are a key example of this with their large open spaces or roller shutters, as the employees and potentially some of the machinery will need to be warmed to ensure productivity. Traditional systems which heat the air are venting heat every time doors are opened.

With a radiant heating system you don’t need to worry about finding enough floor space, or indeed losing any. That’s because a key design consideration of a radiant heating system is that it needs to be fitted to the ceiling or a suspended ceiling. This frees up essential floor space that could be used for more productive means.

Other considerations include where to place the radiating components themselves – where is heat essential? And what areas of your building could manage with lower temperatures?

They key advantage to owning a radiant heating system is that it boasts beneficial design features, which contribute towards a highly effective heating system that is extremely cost effective. Get in touch with Heaters Wholesale today for more informative advice on what is the right product for you and your business.