Ventilation

How to SCORE MULTIPLE BENEFITS FROM ONE UPGRADE

The Tangerines aka Blackpool FC have extracted optimum benefit from a comparatively small upgrade.

The League 1 Club’s stadium, built in 2010, has already needed to refurbish the exposed areas of the façade due to the extreme climatic conditions faced as a result of its proximity to the sea. The club management called up the premier player in the sector- Gilberts Blackpool- to replace the now rusty plant screening and ventilation louvres. Now, two banks of Gilberts’ WGK75 kit-form louvres each 10m x 3m either side of the Stadium merchandise shop, and a further 4m x 4m screen by the north stand, have been fitted. To optimise protection, the aluminium louvres have been powder coated marine grade- in tangerine. “Our nickname is The Tangerines. As I wanted to create a talking point, it seemed logical to choose such a bright colour for the louvres, especially as Gilberts as a company has been actively encouraging the use of colour to brighten our built landscape,” observed Glynn Makin, Blackpool FC stadium manager. “I knew from Gilberts’ reputation that the company would be on target for quality and price too, which was an added benefit.” Adds Ian Rogers, Gilberts Sales Director, “You don’t get environments in England much more extreme than the North Sea/ Lancashire coast. We had to be sure that whatever we supplied would perform, balancing performance with value for money. WGK scored on all counts.”

Gilberts’ WGK75 features a unique clip-on blade that enables quick yet precise fitting on site. Once installed, it provides a good 50% free ventilation area whilst protecting from weather ingress. The WGK75 is part of Gilberts’ louvre product range, developed over the years to provide a comprehensive package to keep pace with the evolution of building design and structural interfaces. It includes standard, high performance, site assembled and acoustic louvres, available in a range of ratings for weight, ventilation, weather, insects and even bird ingress. Even fixings can often be tailored to individual site preferences. Innovatively, with its in-house design expertise, Gilberts has the capability to create bespoke configurations which can be both CFD modelled, and tested within its own laboratory to give customers complete ‘fit for purpose’ peace of mind. Gilberts also offers a comprehensive range of PPC,PVF and PVF2 coatings across its louvres, available in any RAL colour, applied to louvres of almost any size. Founded over half a century ago, and still familyowned, Gilberts is the UK’s leading independent air movement engineer. It is unique in its ability to design, manufacture and test all products- including bespoke fabrications- in-house, to the extent it even designs and manufactures its own tools at its 95,000 sq ft head office and production facility. Gilberts tel 01253 766911 E: info@gilbertsblackpool.com

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Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions has expanded its technical helpline to provide further customer support with a larger team and a host of new online tools designed to help customers when they need it most.

PANASONIC EXPANDS TECHNICAL HELPLINE

Richard Bishop, Head of Marketing for Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions UK and Ireland commented, “During these times of change, we all accept that technical call centres and helplines will be more difficult than normal to reach, the impact of staff working from home is understood and in general we all give a little extra compassion to the call handler. However, we at Panasonic have decided we need to do even better, and as such we have invested in expanding our Technical helpline team to improve availability and offer even more support.” One of the new features is a video support function, enabled by the technical support call handler, it allows the two parties to see exactly what is being discussed and offers real time assistance and advice with regards to what is in front of the installer, and not what the call handler imagines is happening. This can help to remotely diagnose issues, ensure real-time knowledge sharing, and significantly speed up repair rates. In this way, highly skilled engineers’ time can be focused on providing world-class technical support, quickly and when it is most needed. Richard Bishop further added, “We have found that this function has been essential in helping installers and we fully expect to see its use grow over the coming months.”

Opening times for Panasonic helplines have been extended and are now available from 08:00 to 17:30 Monday to Friday. To receive help when you need it most, call 01344 853393 and the team will be happy to help.

To find out more about the Panasonic’s range of products, please click here.

The “One Stop Pump Shop” system:

It is sometimes hard for trade counters, merchants, contractors, installers and plumbers to keep up to date with the growing Saniflo product range. It is often difficult to decide what is the right product for the application. This is where the Pump Technology Ltd team can help to ensure that customers can find exactly the right system within the budget for the job in hand. The Pump Technology Ltd “One Stop Pump Shop” system means that merchants and resellers can partner with the company to offer a fast and effective service. Just one phone call can answer customers questions and assist in selecting exactly the right product for the project. This can then be delivered directly from the fully stocked PT warehouse either to the merchant or straight to site, saving both time and costs

Pump Technology Ltd are also authorized distributors for all major manufactures such as Jung Pumpen GmbH, Whale, Lowara, Grundfos, KSB, ABS and many more.

More Information:

0118 9821 555 www.saniflo-pumpshop.co.uk