New Product Launches At P C Henderson Limited

Sliding and folding door hardware manufacturer, P C Henderson, has demonstrated a continual improvement ethos by introducing three new products to the market. With over 100 years’ experience in the design, development and manufacture of door hardware systems, P C Henderson has demonstrable experience in the builders merchant sector.

Working creatively from a foundation of robust market research, the business operates on an agile model able to adapt and enhance its products to deliver exceptional finishes for domestic, commercial or industrial applications. With a strong focus on innovation, the market leading company strives to exceed customer expectations in both product and service.

All products are rigorously tested, in excess of industry standards, to maintain their market leading position. Each component undergoes Finite Element Analysis, a process that applies virtual forces to the product, to guarantee the very best solution.

Certified to ISO 9001, the manufacturing centre of excellence in the UK ensures all aspects of each door hardware system delivered is of the very highest quality. Customer service and technical support teams are always on hand to offer advice for door hardware projects and have exceptional product knowledge and capability.

Further support is offered by comprehensive fitting instructions and installation videos, all available on their website, and training provided when required. The company has delivered projects across a range of sectors to customers globally and as such can provide advice for the most complex and ambitious of projects. The team can support at any point, from the initial planning stages to the implementation of the system. Their versatile systems, cater for wooden doors in internal and external applications.

Perfect for residential and light commercial projects, the newly launched Husky 120 Pro is a straight sliding system with low initial friction for a smooth door glide and has a range of enhancements such as simultaneous action and a soft close feature. For flexible living,

Roomflex 40, is an interior folding door hardware system for doors weighing up to 40kgs that is perfect for dividing rooms and is available in a range of door configurations. Pocket Door Pro has been redesigned and updated to include a smooth-running track with low initial friction. Suitable for wooden doors weighing 120kgs, kits can be enhanced with a dual soft close mechanism. www.pchenderson.com

Following a long and established relationship, Hamworthy Heating, a trusted British manufacturer and supplier of commercial heating and hot water products has supplied Shastid Energy with a Tyneham Air Source Heat Pump for installation at its premises in Cambridgeshire. The Tyneham heat pump range offers superb operational reliability, excellent quality, and outstanding performance backed up by engineering excellence and lifetime support. One of the lightest commercial heat pumps on the market, it features a co-efficiency of performance (COP) rating of up to 4.85, to provide efficient, low-carbon heating. The seven models in the range have six nominal outputs of between 14 to 70kW, which can also be cascaded to achieve higher outputs in larger installations. Incorporating an inverter controller compressor to accurately match the heat demand, Tyneham heat pumps use R32 refrigerant to deliver increased efficiencies. Familiar with delivering quick solutions to its own customers, Shastid Energy was confronted with an unusual dilemma when it came to maintaining its own commercial heating system.

Faced with a fault on their existing heat pump and unable to source a company willing to provide a quote to repair it, Shastid Energy decided to replace its entire heat pump system. However, confronted with long expected delivery dates, John Atkinson from Shastid Energy turned to Hamworthy Heating for advice. Quick to resolve the issue, a new 14kW air source heat pump was delivered to the Shastid offices within three days, ready for installation straight out of the box. Tyneham heat pump components are conveniently housed in the main unit which is compact and lightweight for ease of commission and installation. The new system was successfully up and running within two days. www.hamworthy-heating.com

Domus Ventilation’s HRXE-HERA® Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) systems have been specified for the be:here Hayes build-to-rent residential development in West London. When the building was designed, Domus Ventilation’s Silavent MVHR ceiling mounted units were installed. These are now being gradually replaced with Domus Ventilation’s latest MVHR model, HRXE-HERA®. As a retrofit solution, HRXE-HERA® has proven ideal for be:here Hayes as they readily use the existing Domus ducting.

Domus Ventilation’s HRXE-HERA® MVHR have proved an ideal solution. It filters and pre-warms fresh air drawn into the apartment using the heat from waste stale air extracted from the kitchen and bathroom using a heat exchanger. It’s advanced heat exchange proficiency enables up to 95% of waste heat to be recovered. www.domusventilation.co.uk

There’s a new kind of heat pump – one that doesn’t require an external unit in the garden or fixed to the exterior of a property – that is getting rave reviews in some sections of the heating industry – and one of the first of its kind is available now from renewable heating specialists Unitherm. Exhaust Air Heat Pumps work by drawing pre-heated, stale and humid air from your bathrooms, utilities, kitchens and other wet areas of your home, passing it through a heat pump, which extracts the energy, and exhausting the cold stale air out of your home through a vent. The energy extracted by the heat pump is then used to heat your radiators or underfloor heating, as well as your hot water cylinder, which is contained inside the all-in-one exhaust air unit.

An advantage of using an exhaust air heat pump is that you use the indoor air, which is always warm, as an energy source. The energy content of this indoor air is considerably higher than cold outdoor air. Another advantage is that the dwelling’s extract ventilation is provided for within the heating system. The indoor air becomes comfortable and no separate ventilation fan is needed. While exhaust air heat pump systems are relatively new to the market, Unitherm is no stranger to the technology. Unitherm selects its exhaust air heat pump suppliers based on two key parameters, their system performance, and the innovation present in their units.

The design and integration of exhaust air heat pumps into any project requires a total building evaluation and careful attention to detail. Unitherm’s team of engineers is an industry expert in exhaust air heat pump technology and has developed its own in-house software ‘Unicalc’, to design systems to the highest standards with particular emphasis placed on enthalpy calculations. From system design, to compliance and commissioning, you’re covered with Unitherm. The EAHP has a COP (efficiency) of 500%+ - that’s 9 TIMES more than a central plant and 6 TIMES more than a gas boiler. The savings to the end user are substantial over the lifetime of the system. The new exhaust air heat pumps from Unitherm are the e-VEN 3.5kW and 5kW units that ventilate your home, collecting energy from the air before it leaves the building. It handles the ventilation via its duct connection, provides domestic hot water and space heating with control of up to two independent heating zones.

The capacitive graphical touch screen, the Bluetooth and the wi-fi connection and the intuitive cloud based Android/ios/ web applicatioin makes this system easy to use and monitor. You can see the new exhaust air heat pumps on show at the Unitherm stand at Installer Live exhibition at the NEC from 27th-29th June. Head for stand number E110.

Also brand new on the stand you’ll find the new Phase Change Material (Heat Battery) – eSTOR which is a thermal energy storage cylinder and heat battery system available in 5kW and 10kW options that is tuned for use with a low temperature heat pump but compatible with multiple heat sources – heat pumps, boilers and solar PV systems. It offers emergency backup storage of thermal energy and offers load shifting ability to help reduce costs by lowering tariffs. www.unitherm.co.uk

Geberit has launched a new multi-layer supply piping system to the UK market after eight years of intensive research and development. Geberit FlowFit is the manufacturer’s biggest product launch to the UK in recent years and will combine the versatility of Geberit’s multi-layer piping system together with the installation benefits of Geberit’s unique press-fit method. FlowFit is suitable for both potable water and heating applications. The pipe consists of three layers, a central aluminium layer which makes the pipe strong yet flexible, with a plastic (PE-RT) layer either side of this to prevent corrosion and ensure a smooth internal bore.

Geberit FlowFit also marks a huge step in the manufacturer’s sustainability journey. Geberit has developed new facilities with injection moulding technologies at the manufacturing stage to reduce energy intensity and cut journeys throughout production processes to help minimise carbon footprint of the new product. In addition, the manufacturer has also incorporated a bag to collect discarded pressing indicators into the design process for the first time to make it simpler for teams to return plastic parts and reduce waste on-site. www.geberit.co.uk/FlowFit

OMNIE, the award-winning UK underfloor heating specialist, will be incorporating the advanced AL HEX aluminium diffuser technology on all its foiled underfloor heating systems, as standard, with immediate effect. The patented AL HEX foil, with its trademark hexagonal patten, increases the in-channel foiled surface area that is in contact with the warm water pipe. The result is greater heat output, faster heat transfer and a more even heat distribution across a floor area, plus it avoids the risk of damage due to heat ‘striping’.

Striping is caused when heat in the warm water pipe doesn’t diffuse into the floor panel effectively and, instead, creates hot spots and hot lines on the floor surface finish. Prolonged exposure to striping can damage both the floor finish and the subfloor, particularly if the installer raises the temperature of the water to try and improve the diffusion.

Says Brendan Hourican, OMNIE’s Managing Director, “because it is so efficient at transferring heat, AL HEX works very well with lower water temperatures. This means it improves the performance of the underfloor heating, which is a huge benefit when the system is paired with a heat pump. AL HEX is manufactured by OMNIE’s parent company RIDGESPEAR and used under licence by OMNIE. www.omnie.co.uk www.al-hex.com