CASTELL ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL PROTECTS EXTENSION WITH YEOMAN SHIELD

Castell High School in Flintshire supplies co-education to 1300-plus students promoting strong levels of wellbeing. The original school building was established in 1958 and, as the student intake grew, extensions were built in 1974 and 1992 to accommodate.

2021 saw the latest extension, Y Celtec building, completed. Problems soon became apparent with the walls within the new area being clean and damage free.

The school’s Site Supervisor, Paul Muncey, explained: “Keeping the white-painted walls clean was becoming a nightmare for our cleaning team and within 12 months of the building coming into use, the walls along the corridors required repainting.”

Business Manager, Emma Manning, had come across Yeoman Shield wall protection solutions in a previous position and got in touch with regards to protecting the new building’s walls before the impact damage became too great.

Yeoman Shield’s directly-employed fixing operatives installed Mid-Grey FalmouthEx, 2500 x 1250mm wall protection panels along the corridor walls.

The panels, once in place, not only protect from damage but are easy to clean down and will prove over the years to reduce repair and maintenance costs. They also look good sustaining a bright, clean and welcoming environment for staff and pupils at all times.

Paul Muncey concluded: “I was very pleased with the quality of work provided by the Yeoman Shield installers who showed consideration to the environment that they were working in.”

ROCKWOOL LAUNCHES NEW SOUNDPRO GUIDE

Stopgap 600 Base deep-section base compound and Styccobond F49 Hybrid PS adhesive were amongst products from F. Ball and Co. used to install floorcoverings in the new premises of the Echt franchise of the Dutch home deco retailer Decorette. To raise floor levels by 11mm, flooring contractors applied Stopgap 600 Base deep-section compound at a thickness of 7mm. Floorcoverings were then adhered using Styccobond F49 Hybrid PS temperature-tolerant adhesive in the areas near the showroom’s floorto-ceiling windows. Styccobond F46 was used to install vinyl planks in other areas. The pressure-sensitive acrylic adhesive provides a high bond strength that increases as it is trafficked.

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ROCKWOOL has launched ROCKWOOL SoundPro. The specialist guide combines technical data, product information and the latest regulatory advice in one place, aiding the specification of stone-wool solutions for settings where sound insulation is key. ROCKWOOL SoundPro outlines the importance and principles of good acoustic design and how to effectively enhance the acoustic capabilities of building projects. As noise pollution is now regarded as a public health problem that affects millions across the UK, the need for effective acoustic insulation in our buildings is more prevalent than ever. As such, ROCKWOOL SoundPro includes various strategies and functions that can reduce the amount of unwanted noise transfer through walls, floors or roofs.

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HAMWORTHY HEATING

WITH A QUICK AND RELIABLE SOLUTION

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.

01202 662552 www.hamworthy-heating.com sales@hamworthy-heating.com