Mechanical Engineering on Railways
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More work on the railways

We have just completed a major refurbishment project at a training facility at Huddersfield Railway Station.

We undertook a full mechanical and electrical refurbishment of the facility which included installing new lighting, heating, cooling and ventilation systems, along with new power and CCTV services.

The facility is located in a Grade I listed building which provided us with special constraints in our designs and the eight-week installation.

The railway station is a Grade I listed building which meant we had to consider this in the way we designed the relevant services and the materials that we used.

The fact we were working in a busy railway station also posed some challenges in terms of accessing and working in the training facility too.

The work was on behalf of First Transpennine Express which manages Huddersfield Railway Station.

This project follows a recent contract that we at SDH Building Services undertook to refurbish the heating, plumbing, electrical and fire alarm systems at Hull Paragon Railway Station in the centre of Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire.

So, we are pleased to have completed a further project within the railway sector – a sector we believe we have a lot to offer either as a sub contractor or on a ‘direct-to-the-client’ basis’ so soon after the one in Kingston Upon Hull.

SDH Building Services Limited provides a wide range of building services in commercial buildings such as supermarkets, offices, hotels, restaurants, factories, schools and care homes – nationwide.

Our services include commercial heating, plumbing, electrical and air conditioning both on a sub-contract or a direct-to-the-client basis.

For further information, please visit www.sdhbuildingservices.co.uk or search ‘SDH Building Services’ on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

Air Conditioning and Ventilation projects
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Three new high profile projects

SDH Building Services Limited is delighted to announce that it has recently secured three new, high-profile projects.

We have won a contract to design, supply and install a new heating, plumbing, air conditioning and ventilation system at The British Red Cross in Manchester.

The new facility is to be the UK’s national call centre for first aid training for the international volunteer-led humanitarian organisation.

We have also won a contract to refurbish the heating, pluming, electrical, fire alarm and data systems at Hull Paragon Railway Station in the centre of Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire.

Our third new project is designing, supplying and installing air conditioning, plumbing, heating and gas systems in a brand new bakery factory in the London area.

Steve Hunt, Managing Director, said: “These are three further high profile projects after our recent work for Proctor & Gamble.

“We are delighted to have been chosen to carry out these projects with these high profile names.

“We believe they have come about due to our being able to design highly bespoke systems yet to tight budgets. The project with Hull Paragon is particularly interesting in that this is a new sector for us and one we hope to do more within in future.”

SDH Building Services Limited provides a wide range of building services in commercial buildings such as supermarkets, offices, hotels, restaurants, factories, schools and care homes – nationwide.

Our services include commercial heating, plumbing, electrical and air conditioning both on a sub-contract or a direct-to-the-client basis.

For further information, please visit www.sdhbuildingservices.co.uk or search ‘SDH Building Services’ on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

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Two new staff to support growth

We are delighted to announce that we have have recruited two new staff to join our team.

We have a new senior electrical engineer. He has more than 15 years’ experience in electrical work across a number of sectors and environments.

We have a new heating engineer. He has more than 20 years’ experience as a heating engineer. He has started at SDH with a project to replace the heating system at a care home in Middlesbrough.

Commenting on their appointments, Managing Director, Steve Hunt, said: “They will add to the company’s skills base and complement our existing team. Both offer lots of experience and will enhance our ability to meet the needs of our customers in what is a period of growth for the company – despite the current economic climate.”

Our work – on a sub-contract or direct-to-the-client basis – is nationwide and covers commercial buildings such as supermarkets, offices, hotels, restaurants, factories, schools and care homes.

Our services cover commercial heating, electrical, plumbing and air conditioning.

For further information about SDH Building Services, please visit www.sdhbuildingservices.co.uk or search ‘SDH Building Services’ on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

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What are heat pumps and why householders should consider them?

Rising electricity and gas prices, coupled with rising food and petrol prices, are putting a strain on many people’s budgets.

People are therefore looking more closely at their monthly bills and are considering alternative home heating systems – as seen by the rise in solar panels to provide electricity.

Heat pumps are one type of alternative heating and provide heat for your radiators and water.

Basically, heat pumps come in three types: air source, ground source and water source. We’ll talk about ground source and water source in future blogs. For the moment, we are going to concentrate on air source domestic heat pumps.

Air source domestic heat pumps, as the name suggests, extract the warmth from the air and convert this into a means to heat your radiators and water. The process is the same as how a fridge extracts heat from its inside.

Air source domestic heat pumps can extract heat from the air even in the winter when temperatures may fall up to minus 20 degrees Celsius.

Heat pumps create much lower carbon emissions – as a by-product – as they only use 25% of the energy consumed, the remaining energy is absorbed from the air around it.

Compared to gas or oil-fired boilers, air source domestic heat pumps provide heat at lower temperatures but over a much longer time.

They need to be left to run longer, but in a similar way to a car, driving one at 60mph on the motorway uses far less fuel (i.e. energy) than if you drove at 90mph. Your journey just takes a little longer.

Another tip is to get underfloor heating installed as it is more efficient than radiators as underfloor heating doesn’t need water to be heated to as high temperature as that required for radiators.

If it’s not practical or you don’t want the inconvenience of installing underfloor heating, installing larger radiators is a viable alternative.

Some households that get an air source domestic heat pump installed and notice that the radiators are not as hot as they were with their previous gas or oil-fired boiler make the mistake of turning up the thermostat disproportionally and this proves self-defeating with increased electricity costs. Conversely, if your gas or oil-fired boiler is old and inefficient, switching to an air source domestic heat pump can increase savings even further.

A good rule of thumb is to set the thermostat to between 20 and 22 degrees Celsius and don’t set the flow temperature above 45 degrees Celsius.

Out of all of the three main types of heat pumps, air source domestic heat pumps are the most common.

Some of the main benefits of air source domestic heat pumps include lower fuel bills, lower carbon emissions, and little maintenance other than an annual inspection.

Costs of an air source domestic heat pumps are typically between £6,000 and £10,000. The time taken to recoup the initial outlay – on savings in your annual utility bills – can be between 3 and 5 years.

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Carbon dioxide sensors cut energy costs of ventilation systems

Creativity and ingenuity often come from frustration and adversity.

When we recently tried to source carbon dioxide sensors for a project and found out how much they cost, we put our thinking caps on and designed our own!

The SDH Building Services’ bespoke carbon dioxide sensors allow us to monitor ventilation systems in all manner of domestic and commercial buildings.

So far, we are finding that these sensors are particularly useful for schools, training rooms, offices, and gyms.

The sensors allow ventilation systems to provide high quality air in the space in which they operate.

The sensors also mean that ventilation systems are used less and therefore the organisation or business saves on energy costs.

There is also no reliance on a building management system nor on any staff to remember to monitor the ventilation system.