Heinz Ltd, Telford

This saucy job, just around the corner from ESH head office, involved us supplying and installing a trace heating system to frost protect a section of 2" metal pipework.

* Frost Protection Trace Heating *

Holchem, Rossendale

A leader in the speciality chemical manufacturing industry, here ESH designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system to maintain 50mm pipework at a temperature of +20°C in a minimum ambient of -20°C.

Toyota UK (Weld Shop), Derby

This was our second project for Toyota UK, this time ESH were contracted to supply and install a temperature maintenance trace heating system. The process pipework within the weld shop required maintaining above +30°C and this was achieved using our type SC constant wattage heating cable.

* Type SCB Constant Wattage Cable *

St Pauls Churchyard, London

The cathedral is one of the most famous and recognisable sights in London and was a fantastic project to be involved in. 

This was our first, of two, projects at St Pauls where on this occasion, ESH were contracted to design, supply and install the following trace heating systems:

• Provide hot water temperature maintenance of +55°C to the DHWS pipework 
• Frost protect the roof mounted 4" and 5" CHW pipes

Boots Chemists, Warrington

For this retailing giant, ESH designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system to frost protect external 28mm MDPE pipework.

Rhodes Avenue Primary School, London

The ESH type H2OWAT55 self regulating heating tape was supplied and installed to provide temperature maintenance of +55°C. The tape was installed to the underside of the HWS pipework in a straight trace configuration from the un-vented water heaters up to the thermostatic mixing valves. 

* Type H2OWAT Heating Cable *

Renshaw Foods, Liverpool

Within Renshaw Foods, a leading manufacturer of baking ingredients, ESH designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system to temperature maintain 89mm & 60mm pipework at a temperature of +50ºC.

Coventry Waste Treatment Plant

ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a high temperature trace heating system to temperature maintain five large fly ash hoppers at +110ºC. The required temperature was achieved by installing our type SC constant wattage heating cable.

* SCB Constant Wattage Cable *

Aztec Oils, Chesterfield

At this site Aztec Oils manufacture and distribute high performance lubricants. The project scope for ESH was to design, supply and install a process temperature maintenance system to maintain +60ºC in a minimum ambient temperature of -20ºC. 

Leeds Academy

Within this modern academy, ESH supplied and installed a frost protection system to the external BCWS pipework. The system was designed using type VC constant wattage heating cable.

* VCB Constant Wattage Cable *

Tyseley Energy Recovery Facility

This state-of-the-art energy recovery facility takes around 350,000 tonnes of waste per year and burns it to produce electricity. ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a high temperature trace heating system to temperature maintain a large fly ash hopper at +110°C. The steel hopper was 2m tall and 2.3m squared.

* Hopper Heating Systems *

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Wolverhampton New Cross Hospital

Within the hospitals new £16m Integrated Pathology Building, ESH were contracted to provided a frost protection trace heating system to the chilled water and heating pipework on the level 1 plant deck and roof area. Over 300 metres of constant wattage heating cable was supplied and installed.

* Type VCB Constant Wattage Heating Cable *

McDonalds, Bognor Regis

Within this brand new McDonalds restaurant, ESH supplied and installed a hot water temperature maintenance system to maintain +55°C on all the restaurants DHWS pipework. The system was designed using type H2OWAT55 self regulating heating tape.

Ashdown Technical College, Poole

For this brand new technical college, ESH designed, supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating system to protect two runs of 90m long, 32mm diameter, MDPE pipework. The pipes run from the MFL building towards the kitchen building.

Regents Place, North East Quadrant, London

Regent's Place is a 13-acre fully managed estate in London's West End. This large scale trace heating project saw ESH design, supply and install trace heating to provide frost protection to external 150mm steel pipework. The project required over 550m of type VCBOJ8/2 constant wattage heating tape to complete.

* Frost Protection Trace Heating *

Newport Central Library

Constant wattage trace heating cable type VCBOJ12/2 was supplied and installed to provide frost protection to the chilled water pipework.

Plot 2600, Oxford Business Park

ESH designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system to provided frost protection to the chilled water pipework. All pipework was situated on the roof and ran from the east plantroom, the west plantroom and the roof plantroom.

Birchwood Shopping Centre, Warrington

For this small local shopping centre, ESH designed, supplied and installed type VCBOJ12 constant wattage heating tape to provide frost protection to external chilled water pipework.

Greenwich Reach, London

Greenwich Reach is waterside development comprising of luxury apartments, a hotel and office workspace. Here ESH provided frost protection to the 125mm metal pipework in the basement area and within blocks A, B & E. Well over 300 metres of type VCB constant wattage heating tape was supplied and installed on site.

* Type VCB Heating Cable *

Hartshill Medical Centre, Stoke-On-Trent

ESH designed, supplied and installed a frost protection system to the mains cold water pipework within the ceiling void area. The system designed utilised our type VCB constant wattage cable which was straight traced underneath the pipework.

* VC Constant Wattage Heating Cable *

BMW (UK) Manufacturing Ltd, Oxford

Within this large car manufacturing plant, ESH were contracted to design, supply and install three separate frost protection trace heating systems to the following pipework:

• Weld water external pipework
• MCWS external pipework
• HRW external pipework

* When Is Frost Protection Trace Heating Required? *

Holbeach STW

Designed, supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating system to external metal pipework up to 200mm NB.

Stepney Green School, London

Within this brand new secondary school situated in the heart of East End of London, ESH supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating system to the domestic hot water, hot water (return pipe) and cold water pipes. The system was designed using our type FBT self regulating heating cable which was used throughout.

* Type FBT Heating Cable *

Helius Corde Ltd, Moray

A specialised trace heating project for the biomass energy development company Helius Corde. ESH were contracted to design, supply and installed a trace heating system to provide the following:

• Frost protection to the PDL, PA and PC external water pipework
• Process temperature maintenance to the caustic soda and syrup internal pipework

In total this project required over 1km of constant wattage trace heating cable.

The Law Building, Cardiff University

For this project ESH supplied and installed a trace heating system to provide frost protection to roof mounted heating pipework.

Sytner BMW Showroom, Leicester

Within this brand new BMW showroom, ESH were contracted to provided a frost protection trace heating system to external CHW pipework. Type ESRS self regulating heating cable was supplied and installed.

* Type ESRS Self Regulating Cable *

The Old Gaol, Oxford

Built in 1811, The Old Gaol is now a Grade 2 listed building. Part of the re-development to transform into luxury apartments, duplexes and cottages saw ESH design, supply and install a frost protection system to the BCWS and MCW pipework.

In total just under 1km of type VC constant wattage trace heating cable was supplied and installed on site.

* Type VCB Heating Cable *

Good Hope Hospital, Birmingham

After supplying an installing trace heating system for temperature maintenance on both the endoscopy and ultrasound roofs in 2004, ESH were back at Good Hope Hospital to install a frost protection system to 200 metres of chilled water pipework above the emergency department.   

Placixa Pilot Plant, Redcar

For this high temperature application, ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a trace heating system to temperature maintain pipework at +180°C. The pipework was located within a Zone I Hazardous Area and the system was designed to be a stabilised system.

* Hazardous Area Trace Heating *

Frankley WTW

Frankley water treatment works supplies drinking water to Birmingham and the surrounding areas. ESH were contract to supply and install a trace heating system to provide frost protection to external plastic pipework. Type VC constant wattage cable was used throughout this project.

* Type VCB Heating Cable *

Kings Cross Eastern Goods Yard, London

For this our second visit to Kings Cross, ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a frost protection system to the BCWS pipework on top of the roof. Constant wattage heating cable was utilised throughout.

Pembroke College, Oxford

ESH provided frost protection to the CWS, incoming MCW and irrigation pipework mounted externally in the car park area.

The Bourne Academy, Bournemouth

Our second visit to the Bourne Academy saw ESH make the final connection of the H2OWAT65 heating cable to the HWAT controllers and to commission the work.

Baxters Food Group, Moray

For this international food company, ESH supplied and installed over 850 metres of trace heating cable to the screeded floor surface in order to provide frost heave protection.

Aztec West, Bristol

This luxury hotel in Bristol required a trace heating system to provide temperature maintenance to the domestic hot water services in order to maintain +55°C. ESH supplied and installed type H2OWAT55 self regulating heating cable throughout this project.

* Type H2OWAT Heating Cable *

The Isle Of Sheppey Academy

For this large redeveloped Academy, ESH designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system to perform the following duties:

• To temperature maintain +55°C on the HWS pipework in two science rooms

• Provide frost protection trace heating to the external BCWS pipework and also the schools sprinkler pipework

Heatlands Academy, Birmingham

Designed, supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating system for the external chilled water and mains cold water pipework.

Dewstow Primary School, Gwent

Within this brand new school, ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a frost protection trace heating system to four sets of steel sprinkler pipework. Pipework areas included plazas 1 - 4, the caretakers office, entrance foyer and the courtyard entrance. In total over 530 metres of WinterTrace constant wattage heating tape was used to complete the job.

* WinterTrace Constant Wattage Cable *

Ashchurch View Care Home

ESH were contracted to supply and install a trace heating and thermal insulation system to provide frost protection to copper and plastic pipework associated with a large sprinkler tank.

Bedford Energy Centre

For this renewable energy plant, ESH supplied and installed a trace heating system to provide frost protection to 150mm chilled water pipework, all mounted on the roof area. 

St Barts Hospital, London

Provided frost protection to the chilled water pipework mounted externally on the 7th floor chiller compound. ESH supplied and installed type VC constant wattage heating cable throughout.

Dudley Evolve Building, Dudley College

Dudley Evolve, part of Dudley College, is a new state-of-the-art educational facility. Here ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a trace heating system to provide frost protection to the low pressure hot water pipework mounted externally on the auditorium roof.

* Why Install Frost Protection Trace Heating? *

Worcester Boat House

A rowing boat house owned by Birmingham University, here we supplied and installed frost protection to the MCWS pipework on both the roof and ground floor area.

Stepan UK, Stalybridge

Supplied and installed a trace heating system to provide frost protection to 1" diameter emergency shower pipework.

Creswick Primary School, Welwyn Garden City

Within this new Primary School building, ESH provided a frost protection system to the sprinkler pipework in the unheated loft space. Over 350 metres of type ESRS self limiting heating tape was supplied and installed.

* Type ESRS Heating Cable *

Holland Park School, London

Supplied and installed a trace heating system to frost protect the new chiller pipework and to splice the new system to the existing.

Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow

Here we were contracted to test the existing run of Raychem heating cable on redundant pipework. If it tested clear remove and install on the new chiller pipework.

Mizkan Europe Ltd, Burntwood

Mizkan is one of the largest producers of vinegar in the Europe. Here at their UK manufacturing plant, ESH designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system to temperature maintain 2" and 3" glucose pipework at 55°C. 

* Process Temperature Maintenance *

Greencore Grocery, Evercreech

For this leading international manufacturer of convenience foods, ESH designed, supplied and installed a frost protection system to over 150 metres of metal pipework containing boosted cold water. Type VC constant wattage heating cable was installed throughout.

* Type VC Heating Cable *

Waterloo Rail Station, London

Part of Waterloo's retail balcony development, ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a trace heating system to frost protect the CHW, CWM & secondary cooling water pipework on the roof area. Constant wattage heating cable was used throughout this project.

Primark (Cascade Shopping Centre), Portsmouth

Type ESRS self regulating heating cable was supplied and installed, by ESH, to frost protect the cold water plastic pipework within this new Primark store.

* Type ESRS Heating Cable *

Turpas Refinery

ESH designed, supplied and installed over 400 metres of Hazardous Area trace heating cable as well as removable insulated heating jackets to pipework skids, prior to shipping from the UK to Turkey.

* Hazardous Area Trace Heating *

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Wakefield

Designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system to provide frost protection to a run of external copper pipework.

Ashdown Technical College, Poole

For this our first project down at the Ashdown College, ESH designed, supplied and installed two separate trace heating system to provide the following:

• Frost protection to the cold water pipework in the first floor plantroom

• To temperature maintain the DHWS pipework throughout two levels 

In total, this project saw ESH install over 1km of trace heating cable.

Perrigo, Wrafton Laboratories

The project scope was to supply and install a trace heating system to provide temperature maintenance on two large metal tanks. The tanks were 3.1 metres in diameter and 4 metres tall and required to be maintain at +40°C.

Pathology Block, Bangor University

ESH designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system to provide frost protection to both the chilled water and hot water pipework. 

Tate Modern Gallery, London

The Tate is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world and ESH were proud to have been involved in the brand new TM2 extension. 

ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a hot water temperature maintenance system to the HWS pipework at +55°C. Type H2OWAT55 self regulating heating cable was installed throughout this project.

* Why Install Hot Water Maintenance Heating Cable? *

Ruskin Hall (Ruskin College), Oxford

During the redevelopment of Ruskin College, ESH supplied and installed a H2OWAT55 self regulating trace heating system to the HWS pipework to provide hot water temperature maintenance at +55°C.

Doncaster Civic Offices

Within this fabulous looking civic office, ESH designed, supplied, installed and commission a Water Leak Detection System to protect critical areas within the building from the risk of water damage.

* Leak Detection & Monitoring Systems *

Hi-Line Services Ltd, Lichfield

For this project we supplied and installed a trace heating system to temperature maintain a stainless steel vessel containing glucose at +50°C. The tank, 4.7m tall and 3m in diameter, required over 240 metres of self regulating heating tape to hit the required temperatures.

Schloss Strassen Center, Berlin

A rare trip overseas for the ESH installation team. Within this Berlin shopping centre, ESH designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system to provide frost protection to 200mm flow and return steel pipework. 

* Frost Protection Trace Heating *

Samlesbury Aerodrome (BAE Systems), Blackburn

Owned by defence company BAE Systems, they use this site to manufacture several aircraft types. ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a frost protection trace heating system to protect external pipework.

Central Street, Islington

Central Street is a new mixed use development in Islington, London. Here ESH supplied and installed a frost protection system to the external metal pipework, this included repairs to the existing trace heating on the sprinkler pipework in the car park area.

Bishops Cleeve Bowling Club, Cheltenham

Here at this local bowling club, ESH supplied and installed both the trace heating and thermal insulation to provide a frost protection system to plastic pipework located within the roof space.

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School, London

Type FBT self regulating heating cable was supplied and installed by ESH, to provide frost protection trace heating to external pipework

Unilever Research & Development Laboratory, Bromborough

This site is home to the multinational consumer goods company Unilever's main research and development facility in the UK. ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a frost protection trace heating system to external and internal unheated pipework. Type ESRS self regulating heating cable was used during this project.

* Type ESRS Heating Cable *

Glaxo Smith Kline Ltd, Ware

For this global healthcare company at their Ware research and development centre, ESH designed, supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating system to the chilled water pipework located on the buildings roof.

* When Is Frost Protection Trace Heating Required? *

Audi Sales Showroom, Wakefield

Self regulating heating cable type ESRS was supplied and installed within this brand new car showroom in order to frost protect external cold water pipework.

The Royal Mint, Pontyclun

The Royal Mint is the body permitted to manufacture, or mint, coins in the United Kingdom. Here ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a frost protection trace heating system to external steel and plastic pipework. Type FBT self regulating heating cable was installed throughout this project.

* Type FBT Self Regulating Heating Cable *

Nuffield Hospital, Brentwood

Designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system to temperature maintain the hot water services at +55°C. Type H2OWAT55 self regulating cable was installed to achieve the required parameters. 

Cardinal Heenan & Broughton Hall Schools, Liverpool

For this joint school project, ESH were contracted to design, supply and install identical trace heating systems at the above sites. The application requirements were to:

• Frost protect the external CHW pipework 
• Temperature maintain the hot water pipework

Both type FBT and H2OWAT self regulating heating cables were installed.

* Self Regulating Trace Heating *

Longcross Pharmacology Building, Oxford

Supplied and installed a trace heating system to temperature maintain +55°C on the single pipe hot water system, located on the level 5 plantroom.

Farnborough Hall, Banbury

For this National Trust owned country house, ESH designed, supplied and installed type VCB constant wattage heating tape to prevent the formation of snow and ice in the lead guttering on the roof.

* Frost Protection Trace Heating *

The Leadenhall Building, London

Our first project here at The Leadenhall saw ESH designed, supplied and installed the trace heating system to temperature maintenance the HWS pipework. In total over 1.1km of H2OWAT self regulating heating cable was installed within this new London landmark.

* Hot Water Temperature Maintenance *

Brockmoor Foundry Co. Ltd, Brierley Hill

For this project we supplied and installed a temperature maintenance system to a mixed sand surge hopper. The steel hopper had a cylindrical upper section and a cone shaped lower section and required a separate circuit on each section, complete with its own controller. 

Kiddington Hall, Oxfordshire

Kiddington Hall is a large Grade II listed manor house located in Kiddington, near Woodstock in Oxfordshire. ESH designed, supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating system to the MCWS & BCWS pipework in the basement area.

Heale Farm, Shepton Mallet

To supply and install a frost protection trace heating system to over 200 metres of plastic pipework up to 25mm in diameter. This comprised of 140m of rainwater pipe and 70m of spring water/CWS pipe.

Flint Ink, Wolverhampton

Designed and supplied materials and labour to install and commission a trace heating system for large steal tanks and the connecting pipework. ESH installed over 660 metres of constant wattage heating tape in total.

* Constant Wattage Heating Cable *

Kings Cross Freight Depot, London

ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a frost protection trace heating system to the CHW and CWS pipework on the second floor and roof area. Over 450 metres of type VC constant wattage heating cable was installed throughout this project.

* Type VC Constant Wattage Cable *

Sandvik Medical Supplies, Sheffield

Supplied and installed type FBT self regulating heating cable to provide a frost protection system to the external water services pipework.

Bristol International Airport

ESH supplied and installed a trace heating system to the DHWS pipework in order to temperature maintain +55°C. The system was designed to provide Legionella disinfection in conjunction with a controller type HWAT-ECO. 

* Hot Water Trace Heating *

Royal Academy of Engineering, London

Within the UK's national academy of engineering, ESH designed, supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating system to the buildings external water services pipework. Type FBT self regulating heating cable installed throughout this project.

* Type FBT Self Regulating Cable *

The Manor Hospital, Oxford

ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a frost protection trace heating system to the roof mounted cold water pipework.

HM Prison, Featherstone

Thankfully a short sentence for our installation guys who installed a hot water temperature maintenance trace heating system to the ceiling mounted wash pipework. The system, which ran from the plant room to the kitchen area, required maintaining at +55°C. ESH designed, supplied and installed the full system using type H2OWAT55 self regulating heating cable.

Coventry University

ESH designed, supplied materials and labour to install a frost protection trace heating system to the university's external CHW pipework. In total the system required over 530 metres of type ESRS self regulating heating tape to complete.

* Type ESRS Self Regulating Cable *

Kettering General Hospital

The hospital required over 150 metres of chilled and cold water pipework frost protected. The pipework which ran from the pump station to both a chiller and air handling unit, was installed with type VC constant wattage heating cable to maintain the pipework at +5°C. ESH designed, supplied materials and installed the system.

Elizabeth Garrett School, Islington

ESH supplied a number of factory terminated frost protection trace heating kits along with thermostats for installation by the onsite insulation contractors. The goods were despatched on the day of order for a pre-10am delivery the following morning.

Parkfield House, Altrincham

ESH were contracted to make the final connection of the H2OWAT65 self regulating heating cable to the HWAT controllers and to commission the trace heating system.

Beeches Manor Care Home, Wokingham

Within this modern extra care living complex, ESH designed, supplied and installed over 450 metres of type H2OWAT55 self regulating heating cable. The required application was to temperature maintain the domestic hot water pipework at +55°C.

* Type H2OWAT Trace Heating Cable *

London Designer Outlet, Wembley

Located next to the iconic Wembley Stadium, this brand new outlet offers over 70 shops, restaurants and coffee shops. ESH designed, supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating system to the external cold water pipework situated on the buildings roof. 

Ward 14, Birmingham Children's Hospital

Within this brand new hospital ward, ESH were contracted to provide two separate trace heating systems:

• A hot water temperature maintenance system to the wards heating pipework to maintain +55°C
• A self regulating frost protection system to the chilled water pipework 

ESH supplied and installed both type H2OWATT55 (hot water) and ESRS (frost protection) heating cables.

New Stanley Park High School, Surrey

This school trace heating project was split into two systems:

• Frost protection of the external cold water services pipework
• The temperature maintenance of the hot water pipework at +55°C

ESH designed, supplied materials and installed both trace heating systems.

Rolls Royce Power Station, Derby

ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a trace heating system to perform the duty of frost protecting the external steam services pipework. The system was designed using our type VC constant wattage heating cable.

* Type VC Constant Wattage Cable *

Skegness Academy

Supplied and installed a trace heating system to frost protect a short section of metal and plastic pipework. The CHW pipework, 28mm in diameter, was situated on the academy roof. 

The Capstan Centre, Essex

Type FBT self regulating heating cable was supplied and installed to the external cold water pipework to prevent the water crystallising and freezing in low ambient temperatures.