DUALSTREAM BRINGS SHOWER POWER TO MILSOMS
Guests at Milsoms hotel are enjoying high-pressure showers and fast running baths thanks to Dualstream water control systems supplied by GAH Heating. Milsoms called in John Mills of Aquaheat to look at how they could improve flow rates after hotel guests commented on poor shower performance. In turn, John contacted GAH Heating who recommended the Dualstream systems after a full site survey.

With 14 en-suite rooms, Milsoms is situated in the heart of Constable Country in the Dedham Vale in Essex. When GAH tested the mains pressure at Milsoms it was 5 bar with a flow rate of 25 to 28 litres – a good pressure but poor flow rate. All the pressure was being lost by the existing gravity fed system, which consisted of 6 tanks feeding 450 Chlorifiers in the basement. The system was just not man enough for the 14 showers, baths, basins and water required in the kitchens. GAH Heating designed a system with six 450 litre accumulators holding up to 320 litres of cold mains water, each feeding two 500 litre unvented cylinders complete with secondary return, control kit and expansion vessels.

Milsoms has 80% occupancy all year round, so customer satisfaction is very important. General Manager Stas Anastasiades says ‘Guests come to us for a great experience, and in terms of the showers and baths we weren’t living up to their expectations. With the old system it could take ½ hour to fill a bath, but the Dualstream system has made such a difference. Guests returning to the hotel have commented on how brilliant the showers are now.’

The hotel was closed for a week whilst the Dualstream system was installed by Aquaheat. After the installation, John Mills contacted GAH to ask if the pressure could be reduced as it was lifting the shower heads from the connection on the wall! The pressure was lowered and flow restrictors used to balance out the flow rate across the shower heads.

Dualstream systems like the one supplied for Milsoms boost hot and cold water flow rates, and are ideal for properties with multiple bathrooms, or where incoming mains pressure is low. Consisting of a hot and cold water pressure balancing unit incorporating a high performance unvented hot water cylinder, Dualstream enhances the incoming mains supply to provide balanced water supplies to all hot and cold outlets – even when run simultaneously.

At the heart of the Dualstream system is an accumulator vessel which stores mains water at incoming pressure. This stored water becomes the engine that drives the hot/cold outlets, providing the volume of water that a normal unvented system would not be able to deliver, especially in properties suffering from poor flow rates as low as 9 l/min. As water is drawn off, the accumulator vessel is charged by the incoming mains, enhancing the volume feeding both the cylinder and cold supplies to the rest of the property, giving a truly outstanding performance.

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