DUALSTREAM SCORES AT HADLEIGH FC
Teams playing at Hadleigh FC are now enjoying high-pressure showers after the match thanks to Dualstream systems supplied by GAH Heating. The systems are installed in a brand new extension to the club, which provides changing rooms and showering facilities for up to 30 people at one time.

Before the new changing block was built, players had to make do with just 5 showers supplied from a basic header tank, which produced pretty poor flow rates. When it came to designing the new system, contractors SAC Heating and Plumbing took into account the sudden peak use required at the end of a match and recommended a Dualstream system consisting of two 500 litre accumulators and a 500 litre cylinder.

Originally, the club wanted to power the heating system by electric, but SAC persuaded them to use an oil-fired Thermecon boiler – again from GAH Heating. By using a Thermecon floor standing 240,000 btu/h balanced flue boiler as an indirect source, the system has better recovery rates to cope with the sudden peak demand than a direct electric system. The boiler system also has the advantage that radiators can be added to the system as and when the club might want to add heating in the clubhouse.

The Dualstream system used at Hadleigh FC consists of a hot and cold water pressure balancing unit incorporating a high performance unvented hot water cylinder. Dualstream enhances the incoming mains supply – even when the pressure is low - to provide balanced water supplies to all hot and cold outlets – even when run simultaneously.

At the heart of the Dualstream system, the accumulator vessel 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 where incoming flow rates might be 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, giving a truly outstanding flow rate performance.

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