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The TDR2050 is the first instrument in this class to incorporate a built-in 600 V input protection filter suitable for CAT IV 600 V applications. Furthermore the new TDR2050 features an enhanced and highly intuitive user interface. In addition, a tagging facility that allows users to add a name – such as circuit ID or building name – to saved traces has also been included for convenience.

As a further aid for users, the TDR2050 also features an AutoFind function to take them quickly to the fault while an automatic FindEnd function that provides a convenient way of making fast cable length measurements.
The dead zone effect of a standard pulse TDR can mask near-end faults and make them undetectable but the inclusion of a step function on the TDR2050 eliminates this problem. With step TDR technology the signal is injected at full strength and stays there until a disturbance is detected, making the TDR2050 suitable for detecting near end faults that standard pulse TDRs can miss.

Also featured is a distance-dependent gain function. This eliminates the drop off of signal due to attenuation on longer lines by gradually increasing the gain applied to the return signal. As a result, this function allows a more even representation of the relative attenuation at all points along the trace.

Like other instruments in the TDR2000 range, Megger’s new addition has a minimum resolution of 0.1m combined with maximum range of up to 20km, depending on the velocity factor selected and the cable type.

The new TDR is supplied complete with Megger TraceXpert software, which gives users full control over downloading, reporting and uploading of saved trace results.

Like all Megger equipment, the TDR range has been designed with user safety in mind. The instruments comply with IEC61010-1, EN60950-1, EN61010-3, UN38.3 and EN62133 safety standards.

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Market-leader Marshall-Tufflex has launched its new Cable Management Catalogue, delivering a  user-friendly guide with a fresh new look, added ‘Products by Application’ section and increased cross referencing for technical information.

Covering all the British manufacturer’s products, including PVC-U perimeter trunking systems, underfloor-to-desk solutions, PowerPoles/Posts to aluminium, steel and GRP systems, the catalogue reflects Marshall-Tufflex’s commitment to providing specifiers, distributors and installers with the widest range of cable management solutions available on the market.

The new user-friendly guide allows swift and straight-forward product selection with colour-coded sections covering each product range. Importantly each section includes new, simple to use cross referencing for technical information. Product updates, including improvements to the popular Sterling Profile trunking system, are also included.

A new addition to the catalogue is a ‘Products by Application’ section, designed to assist specifiers and contractors in quickly selecting the most appropriate solutions for each project, including:

• Education
• Office/Commercial
• Transport and Industrial
• Data and IT
• Laboratory/Healthcare

For a copy of the new catalogue, visit www.newcatalogue.co.uk, e-mail sales@marshall-tufflex.com or telephone +44 (0) 1424 856600

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As one of the nation’s most precious Victorian architectural gems, the Grade 1-listed Saltaire United Reformed Church, built in 1859, is a unique example of Italianate religious architecture. Renovation work on what was the spiritual centre of the model village, focussed on the mausoleum in which Sir Titus Salt and his family are buried. Saltaire is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and work on the mausoleum roof involved hand crafting of a new ornamental, stamped natural zinc roof by VMZINC craftsmen. The zinc panels were then hand-worked and folded on site by restoration specialists Norman and Underwood, a VMZINC@Work Partner to ensure they matched the curvature of the stonework. Zinc was used to replace lead in order to remove the threat of theft following the approach by Overton Architects to English Heritage. The result is a restoration which is considered to have brought the building back to a standard not seen for more than a century.

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Saint-Gobain PAM UK, part of international materials company Saint-Gobain, has launched a new range of steel channels, gullies and gratings for use in most industrial and commercial applications.

Adding to the company’s VortX range of cast iron floor, roof and shower drains, the steel channels, gullies and gratings can be used internally and externally and are 100% recyclable at the end of product life.

Supplied in Grade 304 stainless steel as standard with Grade 316 versions also available, products are designed to suit terrazzo, tiled and vinyl floor finishes. Grating options include a high flow, anti-slip bar grate, ideal for areas where more slip resistance is required, and can withstand loads of 15kN to 250kN.

Commenting on the launch, Mike Rawlings, Marketing Manager – Soil, Drain & Rainwater at Saint-Gobain PAM UK said:

“This launch adds to our ever-growing VortX range, which is the result of a continuous development programme that offers installers everything they need to do the job, without complicated selecting procedures.

“The standard range is suitable for a number of applications including food and drink processing, pharmaceuticals, commercial kitchens, hotels and restaurants, hospitals, supermarkets, sports and leisure, prisons, railways and utilities.

“In addition to the standard products in the range, we can offer an array of bespoke products that can be manufactured to suit the customers’ exacting requirements.”

For more information, visit www.pam-vortx.co.uk or telephone 0115 930 5000 to request a brochure.

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Saint-Gobain PAM UK, part of international materials company Saint-Gobain, has extended its range of cast iron, VortX roof outlets with the launch of a new 150mm vertical body unit.

Designed in accordance with BS EN 1253, the new, BSP threaded outlet has a compact vertical body and is available with both a flat and domical grating, with the domical version achieving a flow rate of 14.5 litres per second – making it one of the highest performing cast iron roof outlets on the market. Connections to 160 OD pipework are made using a cast iron spigot adaptor.

Commenting on the launch, Mike Rawlings, Marketing Manager – Soil, Drain & Rainwater at Saint-Gobain PAM UK said:

“The high flow rate and compact body design of the new 150mm outlet offers space saving benefits to the customer, and potentially means fewer outlets are required to remove water from flat roof structures.

“Also new to the range is a stainless steel gravel guard to suit the vertical roof outlets.”

The rest of the VortX roof range includes a 100mm vertical outlet as well as balcony outlets with flat and notched gratings, along with two-way outlets, clamping rings and raising pieces. All bodies are available as spigot and BSP versions, allowing connection to cast iron, PVC and other materials.

To ensure durability, all of the flat gratings in the range are sherardised, which provides a hard wearing and anti-corrosive finish. Cast iron domical gratings, clamping rings and raising pieces in the range are supplied black epoxy coated.

In addition, cast iron roof outlet bodies are supplied in a grey epoxy coating used for EN877 pipework, performing to high standards of adhesion, chemical resistance and temperature cycling.

Cast iron has a proven track record for its longevity over the lifetime of the building. Manufactured from up to 97% recycled content, end of life cast iron products are also 100% recyclable, and can therefore be returned to the furnace to make new cast iron products.

Rawlings continues:

“The VortX range is the result of a continuous development programme that offers installers everything they need to do the job, without complicated selecting procedures.

“As all of the outlets in the range are made from cast iron, they offer robust, long lasting solutions for most construction market applications. We’ll be adding more products to the VortX range throughout 2015.”

For more information on the new range of VortX roof outlets, visit www.pam-vortx.co.uk.

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The Avenue in Ross-on-Wye is arguably the most desirable area of this riverside town in rural Herefordshire, yet the contemporary style of these nine quite excellent homes is something very different for a town that is a ‘tad’ conservative.

But clever design, excellent use of materials and the retention of the beautiful mature trees, for the full length of this development, allows these exceptional new build homes to blend in perfectly with their impressive, if more staid neighbours.

And the heating system is as impressive as everything else about these excellent four detached houses, three majestic apartments and two exquisite lodges – that form The Avenue development. As is common in new build developments these days, the properties benefit from the latest high efficiency condensing boilers that power the underfloor heating on the ground floor, and traditional radiators on the upper floors – although traditional is a bit misleading. The designers of these homes have plumped for high quality Compact with Style radiators from Stelrad in the bedrooms and on the landings, and attractive tubular chrome finish towel rails in the wet rooms and en-suite bathrooms. Compact with Style radiators are slimline, flat fronted, minimalistic radiators with horizontal folds that match other elements of the décor. Increasingly, particularly in upper market quality new homes, the use of decorative and designer radiators is taking over from the stock in trade steel panel radiators that were until a few years ago, the standard answer to the functional heating role in virtually all new build homes.

Joint Chief Executive of Freeman Homes – Luke Freeman, who are responsible for The Avenue development says the selection of radiators is as important as any other component of these stunning new homes: “The selection of radiators had to be right. So much thought and care has gone into these homes that we were not prepared to devalue the overall ambience of the homes by settling for anything less than the best – and Stelrad’s Compact with Style met the requirements perfectly. We’re very happy with them and the impression they make and initial feedback from customers and potential purchasers has been extremely favourable.”

“Compact with Style is just one of the many premium radiators we offer in the Stelrad range,” says Sarah Baker, Marketing Communications Manager for the leading radiator manufacturer in the UK. “The design of the radiators compliments the intense feeling of spaciousness in these homes – with the four bedrooms, all with en-suites, spread over the first and second floors, designed to benefit from as much light from the outside as possible. Large rooms, benefitting from radiators that cope perfectly with the heating demand from well insulated homes designed to be as energy efficient as possible. They’re a perfect match.”

Full details of the Compact with Style radiators and the rest of the impressive range of Stelrad radiator designs can be found at www.stelrad.com.

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Inglewood Retirement Village nestles gently into 39 acres of superb grounds, close to the Berkshire border. Offering stunning surroundings and awarded gold in the What House? Awards Best Retirement Village Awards 2014, it’s one of ten luxury retirement villages provided across the country by Audley Retirement Villages – one of the UK’s leading retirement living providers.

Inglewood is built close to the village of Kintbury, near Hungerford on land once owned by William the Conqueror. It’s a very old manor house with huge history that has been totally transformed by a succession of owners over the centuries. Today’s Inglewood is an impressive, modern, extended and quite majestic luxury retirement village for the over 55s. And it has the best of everything, including the heating system to keep its owners warm in the winter.

Phase 2 of the development has just been completed and is fully sold, and phase 3 is beginning to take shape. Phase 2 benefits from cutting edge heating courtesy of the latest Therma V Split units from LG, providing cost effective and comfortable heating and hot water for each individual apartment. There are 26 individual units in Phase 2, with the internal installations fitted neatly in a cupboard in the quite exceptional kitchens. The exterior units are installed on the roof of the building, completely hidden from the sight of the owners. Each room in the apartments is separately zoned and controlled by simple dial thermostats allowing the owners total control over the level of heating in each room. The reality is that most owners are totally unaware of the fact that their heating is provided by an air source heat pump installation, rather than a traditional boiler and they are pleasantly surprised by the low level of the heating costs in their new homes.

The LG units were installed by heating and renewables specialists, Into Heat from Bristol: “We were happy to be asked to install the LG Therma V split units in this project – they’re quality products and we find then easy to fit and reliable to operate,” says IntoHeat’s Dave Canning. “They’ve only been in the property for a few months but we’ve had only positive feedback which is encouraging.”

John Wilcock is the Facilities Manager at Inglewood, responsible for the building and for keeping owners happy: “You might expect with a new and refurbished core building project that there will be teething problems and new owners will point out any issues they have with the apartments they have purchased. Suffice to say that I have had no complaints at all about the heating and hot water systems which tells pretty much the whole story! I’ve been very impressed by the units themselves and the quality of the installation.”

LG continues to see its equipment specified and installed across the UK, with sales growing impressively. For more information on the impressive LG Therma V range, head for http://partner.lge.com/uk.

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Nortek Global HVAC, the UK’s leading supplier of gas-fired warm air heating and ventilation systems, has launched its first packaged HVAC unit.

Reznor’s P125 is a packaged unit that provides heating, cooling and ventilation for commercial and industrial applications. The unit provides a complete standalone solution for clients requiring energy efficient cooling and heating systems with the ability to provide fresh air and extract air solutions, ensuring a very high standard of indoor air quality.

The P125 is so versatile that it can be used in a number of commercial and industrial applications including, restaurants, cinemas, events centres, arenas, showrooms, exhibition centres and shopping centres as well as distribution centres, warehouses and high-tech production facilities.

This innovative product from Reznor combines many energy saving features to provide class leading performance including modulating heating and cooling to provide accurate and proportional temperature control, variable speed fans to balance and control the airflow, along with heat recovery options with high efficiency thermal wheel and dehumidifying pumps.

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“For improved effectiveness and in order to maintain comfort conditions within a building along with air quality and humidity, an efficient HVAC system must be able to deal with all climatic variables. Reznor’s range of rooftop units comprising models YDSA, YDHA and YDMA have all been developed with these factors in mind” says Steve Walford, Product Manager. .

The P125 is difference to its adversaries in that it has the ability to provide solutions for between 0 – 100% fresh air. Models YDMA 70 – 100%, YDHA 30 – 70% and model YDSA 0 – 30% fresh air. The unit meets environmental concerns by offering free cooling 0 – 100% using fresh air to reduce energy consumption by the compressors and features a digital scroll compressor with 10% to 100% capacity control to reduce running costs and provide accurate temperature control. There is also a variable air volume (standard) plug fan technology on all models, which reduces fan power for demand control ventilation.

A high efficiency integrated energy recovery (thermal) wheel is available on all models along with 10 – 100% gas modulation for close temperature control and reduced heating costs. The product also features a reheat pump option for superior part load performance.

Added to their existing portfolio of industry leading products, the P125 reinforces Reznor’s position as leaders in the manufacture and development of energy saving products.

www.reznor.co.uk

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Triton’s new ‘Type C’ waterproofing website has been designed as a resource for specifiers of structural waterproofing systems. Triton supplies a complete range of systems for structural waterproofing but this new site focuses on the company’s BBA approved Platon cavity drained membrane systems – defined as ‘Type C waterproofing’ in BS 8102 2009.

Cavity drain membranes work on the principle of allowing water to continue to penetrate a structure but control it in the air gap and divert it to a suitable drainage point. Once the membrane has been fitted, wall surfaces can be dry lined or plastered directly. Floors can be screeded or a floating dry board system installed.

The membranes are suitable for use in new build, existing basement conversions or retrofit projects and are quick and easy to install. Minimal surface preparation is required making them ideal for heritage buildings and in conservation projects.

They are impermeable to water, gas and water vapour and also suitable for specification as ground gas barriers and to upgrade contaminated industrial floors.

typecwaterproofing.co.uk also refers to the ancillary products required to complete a Type C system including sumps, pumps and drainage components and anti-lime coatings to protect cavity drained systems from ‘free lime’ blockages.
There are case studies provided to demonstrate the use of Type C systems in a variety of new build and existing domestic, commercial, historic and public buildings.

Direct links from individual product sections on the site take you to technical data sheets, detail drawings, BIM objects and NBS clauses hosted on Triton’s main website. The enquiry form lands directly on the desk of technical staff who can help you with your project.

Triton offers RIBA approved CPD seminars for architects, training for installers and full technical support.

Visit http://www.typecwaterproofing.co.uk

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Precision Technology Supplies, the East Grinstead Based Stainless Steel fastener distributor, are pleased to announce we will be moving to a new larger warehouse in the next few weeks. Continued growth and the need for larger stock holding have meant we have outgrown our current facility despite recent extensions and modifications. The new 30,000 sq/ft warehouse will allow for continued growth for the foreseeable future. Extra storage will mean increase stock holding allowing us to provide more items from stock. The new facility is located on the same industrial estate as the current warehouse providing a seamless change from one place to another with no disruption to service levels.

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