1. Follow the manual

Many of the basic problems encountered by hirers could be removed by better following the instructions for both siting and operating the equipment properly.

It is vital to ensure that you do a proper handover with the hire supplier and take note of any special instructions. Then the communicating of his information to anyone else on your team who may need to take responsibility for the kit is essential.

Simple matters such as, ensuring you only plug equipment in to a suitable mains supply can help prevent unnecessary time consuming and frustrating breakdowns and ensure you get the most from your hired in equipment.

2. Talk it through

It’s really important to talk through the needs of your business, not just your temporary heating and temporary cooling requirements with your HVAC hire specialist. Only then can you ensure that you’re hiring kit that’s fit for purpose.

For example, you don’t want diesel fumes in a closed environment or noisy equipment close to a residential area. The equipment way well fit in the area where you need it, but have you considered access?

Any reputable HVAC rental specialist will be able to help you look for all these hidden problems that could arise if a correct and thorough site survey has not been completed.

3. Beware hidden costs

When you’re hiring equipment, it can be tempting to select the kit you need based on the hire cost, but this can be short sighted. Not all hire fleet is new! Ask the HVAC rental specialist the age of the kit they will offer you.

The equipment with the lowest cost per week hire charge could end up costing you much more because of the amount of fuel or energy it uses. For example, not all heaters are the same; some new IDF heater units are far more efficient than others and by a long way! A little time invested here can save much overall cost.

Again, a specialist temperature control solutions provider will advise you on the likely whole hire cost of equipment and help you make a sound decision based on both real overall costs and suitability for the application. Watch out for companies whose rental charges go up with extremes in temperature and where you can pay a premium for no good reason!

4. Select a specialist

When it comes to hiring specialist heating and cooling equipment, you want to know that you have the right piece of kit for the job, and get expert advice on how it works, what it can do and how to make the most of it. With a general hire company that kind of specialist knowledge simply isn’t available.

If you need temporary portable heaters or portable air conditioner equipment look for a company that specialises in temporary heating and cooling solutions because that’s where you’ll get the best advice. Also make sure that for full peace of mind you select a natiowide climate control hire company that can offer you 24/7 service and support.

5. Challenge the specialist!

Where you have no HVAC hire company experience or referrals to guide you and no prior knowledge, use the web and be specific with your key-words in your “google” search.

Does the Specialist HVAC hirer’s web site prove that they are working in your specialist sector, say the Facilities Management Market? Check out their similar type applications. You will soon see-through the ones that are not up to it; it will be worth while to take a few moments to consider what you need. So include Key Words that correctly cover your project, be specific. There are some very good HVAC Hire Specialist companies out there. It is worth finding them.

You could start off your search with Watkins Hire Limited and it could save you a deal of time too!

6. Last thought

Once you have done the above, checked the web and look at a number, then call 1, 2 or 3 HVAC Specialists and maybe prefer those where you don’t deal with temporary staff in call centres and those where you do speak with the temperature control hire specialist directly!

Contact Details

For a tempoary cooling or tempoary heating hire site survey, quotation or just fast friendly expert HVAC rental advice please call us now on one of the regional numbers below:

South East

• 0208 667 0088 / 07879 600992 – Email Andy Ellis
• 0208 667 0088 / 07747 722175 – Email Chris Jones

South West

• 01594 840025 / 07827 445512 – Email Jason Campbell

East & West Midlands

• 01922 634797 / 07825 123823 – Email Chris Easterlow
• 01922 634797 / 07795 241910 – Email Mark Biddell

Northern East

• 01695 724888 / 07825 212914 – Email Jim Craig

South Wales

• 02920 277000 / 07827 445512 – Email Jason Campbell

North West

• 01695 724888 / 07500 962220 – Email Alan Ferguson

Scotland

• 01324 664222 / 07717 501118 – Email Rob Kemp
• 01324 664222 / 07825 611814 – Email Cameron Loftus

Northern Ireland

• 02890 950077 / 07825 618277 – Email Brian Woods

Ireland

• 00353 12480092 / 0044 7825 618277 – Email Brian Woods

Does your company operate from Multiple Office locations and do you want a single point of contact for your entire specialist HVAC hire requirements? Our dedicated National Accounts team can help.

• National Accounts 07500 788345 – Email Nick Campey
• National Accounts 07787 518171 – Email Terry Stevens-Smith

Nick Campey, National Account Director – Watkins Hire Ltd

December 17^th 2009

Watkins Hire has scored a major coup by recruiting Nick Campey from rival firm Andrews Sykes to head up the firm’s new National Accounts Division. Nick begins his new role as national accounts director at Watkins Hire on 1 December, marking a major milestone in the company’s continuing development as a key player in the Specialist HVAC hire sector. His remit is to establish the new division with consistent processes for handling larger, national clients and to build a National Accounts team, working closely with Watkins Hire’s existing sales and service teams.

Nick Comments

“Watkins Hire is a very dynamic business that has grown significantly over the past few years and already has a number of large, national clients. With the establishment of a national accounts division the firm is stepping things up a gear, ensuring that we are fully equipped to continue increasing our market share.”

Nick’s appointment follows the announcement in October that Terry Stevens-Smith had left his national accounts manager role at Andrews Sykes to take up a similar post at Watkins Hire. This established working partnership will now focus on increasing Watkins Hire’s national accounts and adding value to the company’s existing clients, focusing in particular on the public sector, facilities management, IT and telecoms industries.

Mark Hills, managing director of Watkins Hire adds

“This will not be the first time that Nick has set up a national accounts division from scratch. His talent and experience will ensure the new division is up and running quickly and smoothly and we’re delighted to have him on the team.”

Does your company operate from Multiple Office locations and do you want a single point of contact for your entire specialist HVAC hire requirements? Our dedicated National Accounts team can help.

• National Accounts 07500 788345 – Email Nick Campey
• National Accounts 07787 518171 – Email Terry Stevens-Smith

A new boiler system installed at the Rainsbrook Veterinary Group practice in Leamington Spa required some essential maintenance work and shutting it down for a week while the work was carried out was unavoidable. At first, the Rainsbrook Veterinary Group team thought that they would have shut the practice or be forced to boil kettles to comply with strict hygiene standards, but after contacting Watkins Hire they discovered that a much faster, more economical and more convenient solution was available instead.

Explains Stacey Hammond from Rainsbrook Veterinary Group Vets: “The loss of our hot water supply was a business critical issue for us as we need to be able to wash our hands thoroughly to maintain hygiene standards. When we contacted Watkins Hire they suggested their portable emergency hot water tank and we had hot running water with an hour of it arriving.”

Designed to provide a domestic hot water supply via simple connection to the cold water tap, the Watkins Hire portable emergency hot water tank resembles a yellow wheelie bin and is simply wheeled into place and plugged in to an ordinary 13 amp socket. The tank’s 3kW immersion heater can then heat up to 55 litres of cold water to a temperature of 60°C within an hour at a cost of around 20p, providing ample, low cost hot water. The heated water then stays hot for up to 24 hours and even when it’s unplugged heat loss from the unit is less than half a degree per hour.

Comments Chris Easterlow from Watkins Hire: “Our portable emergency hot water tank is installed in minutes and delivers a reliable hot water supply within an hour. What’s more it is a very cost effective option and transportation costs are very low as it can fit easily into the back of a small van. For Rainsbrook Veterinary Group, that meant that they could get on with doing what they do best….treating sick animals.”

Terry Stevens-Smith National Accounts Manager

Terry Stevens-Smith’s remit to assist the company’s new Director of National Accounts* in setting up Watkins Hire’s new National Accounts Division, including recruitment of a National Accounts team and establishment of all systems and procedures. He joins Watkins Hire from one of the company’s major competitors, where he was also National Accounts Manager, and brings with him a wealth of hire industry expertise, specifically in servicing national accounts, developing existing relationships and business growth.

Comments managing director of Watkins Hire, Mark Hills: “Watkins Hire has grown phenomenally over the past ten years, from a base of just 70 pieces of hire equipment in 1999 to a current hire fleet numbering more than 7,000. Our progressive approach, uncompromising service standards and carefully managed growth plan have helped us towards that success and the establishment of a National Accounts Division is a key landmark on our journey to further growth.

Terry’s new role will include day-to-day management and growth of Watkins Hire’s existing portfolio of accounts, maintaining good working relationships with key contacts as well as developing new accounts. Working closely with Watkins Hire’s territory sales managers and the company’s other divisions, Terry will help to drive the company’s expansion into new market sectors, targeting new clients to spearhead further growth.

If you have several locations and feel that the above make sense. Please call us and see what we could do for you.

Looking for a heating and cooling hire specialist? Like for like, we will not be beaten on HVAC Hire Services

Contact Details
Terry Stevens-Smith National Accounts Manager
Tel: 07787 518171
Email: Terry.Stevens-Smith@watkinshire.co.uk

Watkins Hire has scored a major coup by recruiting Nick Campey from rival firm Andrews Sykes to head up the firm’s new National Accounts Division. Nick joined as national accounts director at Watkins Hire on 1^st December, marking a major milestone in the company’s continuing development as a key player in the Specialist HVAC hire sector. Nick and Terry will establish and develop this new division with consistent processes for handling larger, national clients, working closely with Watkins Hire’s existing sales and service teams

Nick Campey - National Accounts Director

Tel: 07500 788345

Email: Nick Campey

22kw portable electric boiler

Boiler Hire specialist, Watkins Hire, can now offer customers even more choice when specifying temporary heating and hot water solution following the launch of the ‘HeatGen 22’ 22kW portable electric heating and hot water boiler to the company’s extensive hire range.

Compact and easy to connect to existing pipework using flexible hoses, the Watkins Hire HeatGEN 22 can deliver 22kW LPHW (low pressure hot water) of heating and hot water from 35°C to 85°C. The unit features a distinctive integral plate heat exchanger which keeps the primary and secondary water circuits separate. For the end user, this means that any contaminants in the water system that could affect performance are prevented from entering the unit, enhancing reliability.

“The HeatGEN 22 is an important addition to our range and is ideal for all kinds of applications from breakdowns and disaster recovery through to occupied refurbishments,” comments Rob Kemp of Watkins Hire. “The integral heat exchanger mounted on the unit makes it particularly suitable for sensitive underfloor heating systems, and the product is backed, as always, by Watkins Hire’s personal service. We believe that this is the only product of its kind on the market and therefore expect interest and sales to be extremely strong.”

Speed of installation is also a key benefit of the HeatGEN 22, enabling Watkins Hire to put a fast, fuss-free solution in place in any boiler breakdown situation. The unit has automatic air relief valves on the primary and secondary heating circuits for efficient air removal during commissioning. Another unique feature is an integral single phase power supply, which allows a secondary circulating pump to be connected to the unit without any additional wiring and the connection is fully electrically protected with RCD protection, enhancing health & safety for the end user’s staff/occupiers.

Kemp continues: “There are so many considerations when selecting a temporary heating and hot water boiler solution and the Watkins Hire team is always on hand to offer sound advice. This new portable electric boiler hire unit ticks all the boxes in terms of reliability, performance, health & safety and convenience.”

Rob Kemp joins Watkins Hire with more than 20 years’ experience gained with a competitor firm

Rob joins Watkins Hire with more than 20 years’ experience gained with a competitor firm and has been given a remit of growing the company’s market share in Scotland, where Watkins Hire already has an established sales team. Amongst his first tasks will be to open Watkins’ first ever depot in Falkirk, Scotland and his appointment is part of a major investment in the region, which also includes recruitment of further engineers to service Scottish customers.

Explains Watkins Hire managing director Mark Hills, “Our expansion in Scotland is part of a national strategic growth plan and Rob’s appointment is central to building on our success in the region. He has an enviable track record in the specialist temperature control hire industry specilaising in chiller rental and hot water boiler hire and we are delighted to have attracted him to the company to take on this vital new role. His enthusiasm and knowledge will be a welcome addition to our existing resources north of the border, helping to underpin the service and expertise on which we have built our reputation.”

Rob will spearhead Watkins Hire sales, rental and customer service across the company’s boiler rental, chiller hire, portable air conditioning hire and temporary heating portfolio and his remit includes serving existing customers as well as expanding the company’s customer base in Scotland.

“I am keen to meet our customers and build on the relationships Watkins Hire already has in Scotland,” Rob adds. “We already have a good market share across FM, construction, health service and process industry sectors and I am looking forward to consolidating this success as we continue to expand.”

Rob Kemp Contact Details

Mobile : 07717 501118

rob.kemp@watkinshire.co.uk

Overhead ducting providing air conditioning inside the marquee

A high profile event attracting 28,000 visitors, The International Cheese Awards combines a trade show with a public event, with 2,761 producers exhibiting their cheeses this year. The perishable nature of the exhibits has presented problems for the show organisers in previous years and for the past three years they have used three separate air conditioning hire providers in an attempt to find a robust solution that would meet any climactic conditions. After a proactive approach from Watkins Hire, the show organisers accepted the hire company’s quote and have been so impressed with the result that they have signed Watkins Hire up for the next five years.

“Keeping the marquee cool throughout the farmers’ market and the one day show is absolutely critical to the success of the event,” explains Show Director, Roger Mills. “The Watkins Hire team was not only able to specify and provide the equipment that we needed to do the job effectively throughout the event, they also provided us with excellent service levels and competitive pricing. We have been so impressed that we have been happy to commit to using Watkins Hire as our temporary air conditioning supplier for the next five years.”

Watkins Hire provided three 500kW rental chillers to keep the 110m x 40m marquee at the required temperature along with seven 150kW air handling units, all sited outside the marquee. The company installed fourteen 40m long ducting tubes across the width of the marquee, distributing the air conditioned air equally across the marquee. In addition, Watkins Hire installed twelve 20kW indoor air handling units in the hospitality tent, specifying a low noise, unobtrusive unit to provide the required ambient temperature. The Hire specialist also provided an on-site engineer for three days to ensure that the system ran efficiently throughout the show and its build up.

“Our attention to detail and emphasis on customer service enabled us to provide a temporary air conditioning service that surpassed that offered by our competitors in previous years,” comments Alan Ferguson from Watkins Hire. “We are delighted to have secured a long-term relationship with the show and look forward to next year’s event.”

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About Watkins Hire

Watkins Hire Ltd were formed in 1860, when British industry was dominating the globe, the Watkins Group of companies were established; As Europe’s largest independent specialist temperature control rental company and still independent and 149 years later remains in the Watkins Family, Watkins Hire deliver a wide range of temperature control rental solutions to the events industry , from temporary air conditioning and temporary heating solutions for conferences, exhibitions, climate control to major events, sporting, temporary structures, marquees, product launches, stages, music, film sets, TV studios & temporary ice rinks; their hire fleet consists of portable air conditioning units from 2kW to 10kW, portable chillers ranging from 30kw to 750kW, air handling units, portable heaters and a wide range of portable electric heaters, heating boilers from 22kW to 3000kW.

For more information, please access the company website at www.watkinshire.co.uk

Or call

International 0044 1594 835834

UK 0500 526696

Andy Ellis Specialist Temperature Control Director said “It’s the perfect electric water boiler hire unit,my 1st project with this mobile electric boiler was to dry out several newly laid floor screeds on multiple floors for an NHS hospital refurbishment project in Charlton. They are ideal as they went in the lift and only a 32amp electrical supply was required, within minutes of  arriving on site systems were installed and operational.”

The New Mobile 22kw HeatGEN electric boiler is available for hire or sale.

Watkins Boiler Hire has introduced this small but ultra mobile electric boiler to their fleet of rental hotwater boilers due to customer demand.

The new 22kw portable electric boiler  was designed and built by Watkins Boiler hire and runs on three phase electricity and is perfect for projects that need smaller temporary heating boilers such as underfloor heating and screed drying projects, and event heating.

The 22kw electric heating boiler rental unit has already been used for, Under-floor Heating projects and Event heating and hot-water.

The 22kW electric mobile boiler is available on flexible rental terms for long or short-term hire at competitive rates.

Watkins Heating boiler Hire has Europe’s largest range and most modern fleet of Portable Electric Low pressure heating boilers for hire. We can deliver to you fast from our nationwide depot network.

• South East 0208 667 0088 / 07879 600992
• South West 01594 835834 / 07836 276177
• West Midlands 01922 634797 / 07795 241911 / 07825 123823
• Northern England 0161 795 8666 / 07795 241777 / 07500 962220
• South Wales 02920 277000 / 07827 445512
• North Wales 01695 724888 / 07500 962220
• Scotland 01324 629822 / 07920 189406 / 07825 611814
• Northern Ireland 02890 950077 / 07825 618277
• Ireland 00353 12480092 / 0044 7825 618277

Need Portable Electric Heating Boilers Fast Call Watkins Boiler Hire

• Northern Ireland 02890 950077 / 07825 618277
• Ireland 00353 12480092 / 0044 7825 618277
• London & South East 0208 667 0088 / 07747 722175
• South West 01594 835834 / 07827 445512
• West Midlands 01922 634797 / 07795 241910
• Northern England 01695 724888/ 07500 962 220
• South Wales 02920 277000 / 07827 445512
• North Wales 01695 724888 / 07500 962220
• Scotland 07825 611814

 

 

 

With the forecast to swelter during a hot, dry summer this year, the TUC has called for the introduction of a legal upper limit on workplace temperature.

While employees are not expected to work when the temperature drops below 16-deg C (or 13-deg C if they do physically demanding work), there are no similar restrictions for when the workplace becomes too hot, the union body has pointed out.

It has said the law should be changed so that employers are forced to act when the temperature inside hits 24-deg C, and that staff could be sent home and their employers prosecuted if it soared to 30-deg C (or 27-deg C for those engaged in physically demanding work).

When temperatures reach these levels in the workplace, employees can suffer heat rashes, headaches, dizzy spells, fainting and heat cramps, it added. It also affects their concentration, making workers more likely to endanger their own or their colleagues’ safety.

Here is some advice on how to cool down and be more comfortable at work in hot weather. Many of these you can do yourself: some may need help from colleagues or facilities managers.

 Keep your workspace cool

1. Turn off any unnecessary equipment, including lights, on or near your desk (turn off rather than

to standby if possible) to reduce heat gains.

2. Try to keep direct sunlight off you and your workspace – use window blinds if provided. If you cannot keep out of the sun, ask if shade can be provided or if it is possible to work in a more shaded area.

3. Avoid leaving any equipment on standby, especially overnight.

for more workplace cooling advice  or extreme heat advice click here

for temporary air conditioning for schools or temporary office air conditioning click here

 for temporary space cooling  or portable air conditioners click here

Watkins Air Conditioning Hire can handle any temporary cooling / Air conditioning equipment hire, office cooling, process cooling, factory cooling, large scale cooling project need that may arise.

For an air conditioning hire site survey, quotation or just fast friendly expert air conditioning hire / chiller rental advice please call us now on one of the regional numbers below:

• London & South East 0208 667 0088 / 07747 722175
• South West 01594 835834 / 07827 445512
• West Midlands 01922 634797 / 07795 241910
• Northern England 01695 724888/ 07500 962 220
• South Wales 02920 277000 / 07827 445512
• North Wales 01695 724888 / 07500 962220
• Scotland 07825 611814
• Northern Ireland 02890 950077 / 07825 618277
• Ireland 00353 12480092 / 0044 7825 618277

PAC 25 Portable Air Conditioner Portable air cooler

Watkins Hire have produced the largest split air conditioner available to rent in the market today, the PAC22 only produced 6.4kw where the new PAC25 produces 7.4kW

Technical Specifications

• Up to 7.4kW (25,000 btu/hr) of cooling
• Air delivery 775 cfm (1300 M³/h)
• Maximum static pressure – 400 pascals
• Cold air can be ducted (up to) 4 separate locations at up to 10 metres from unit.
• Fan speeds – Three
• Automatic thermostat control
• Indoor room unit sound level 62 Dba @ 3M
• Indoor room unit size Height 1235mm Width 802mm Depth 380mm
• Indoor room unit weight 97Kg
• Outdoor heat exchanger sound level 62 Dba @ 3M
• Outdoor heat exchanger size Height 520mm Width 550mm Depth 280mm
• Outdoor heat exchanger weight 22Kg

Typical Cooled Area: 180m³ (6,356ft³)