The Yorkshire Museum is the latest high
profile building to protect its heating system with a 4” BoilerMag XT
Industrial boiler filter. The work was carried out by Selby based
Frogmech Ltd, who were faced with the task of stripping
out the entirety of the existing boiler plant room and pipework, and
replacing everything with a new system.
Lawrence Walsh, Managing Director at Frogmech
Ltd said: “Every commercial heating system should have a BoilerMag XT
fitted. We’ve tried various brands over the years, but we find the
BoilerMag easy to fit and service, well built,
and by far the best value for money. We hold our relationship with the
museum in extremely high regard; they trust in our expertise and
workmanship, and therefore chose a product we can be sure will deliver.
We install BoilerMag XTs because once fitted,
they continuously remove magnetic debris, and continue to do so over
the lifespan of the heating system. We use them to protect boilers,
pumps and plate heat exchangers while also constantly
improving system efficiencies and flow rates.”
Frogmech Ltd replaced the existing boilers
with high efficiency Hoval Ultragas condensing boilers including new
flues, as well separating the existing tank feed heating system from the
new boilers with a plate heat exchanger to
stop the old system contaminating the new boiler plant. New Grundfos
pump sets were installed to separate the museum into heating zones,
enabling each zone to be controlled through individual heating
setpoints. In addition, a new control panel and software
was installed to create a fully weather compensating, gas proving
system with internet access.
The new heating system also received full
system treatment and dosing using the BoilerMag Inhibitor and Cleaning
chemicals alongside the BoilerMag XT installation, as well as a
strainer, de-aerator and chemical dosing pot. With
all this in place, debris and air will be continuously removed from the
existing system, protecting the heating pipework and components, and
allowing Frogmech Ltd to treat and dose the system in the future. The
whole project was completed both on time, and
on budget, with minimal disruption to the museum.
Lawrence continues: “When servicing a
BoilerMag, we always remove large amounts of debris, and we often
collect this as evidence to show our clients. They’re always shocked at
the amount we can remove from their existing heating
systems; it’s great to be able to back up and justifying why they have
paid the extra money to install them.”
Over the past few years, Frogmech Ltd have
conducted many different phases of work to gradually improve and upgrade
the extremely dated heating system within the museum. Located in York,
the museum has five permanent collections
covering biology, geology, archaeology, numismatics and astronomy. Vast
collections of ancient and priceless objects are stored and displayed
in sensitive areas, meaning that all the work carried out by Frogmech
Ltd needed to be carefully planned and managed
to ensure minimum disruption to any collections and the public.
As a modern, skilled and highly professional
company, Frogmech Ltd aims to produce the best boiler and boiler plant
installations. The company prides itself on only installing quality
products in order to back up its unrivalled
guarantee periods. Once the job is complete, Frogmech Ltd is committed
to service and aftercare.
