Telephone House, Southampton
Site Summary
This is a full refurbishment of an old office building, BT House, into 100 residential apartments, from 1 to 2 bedroom, with some penthouses.
The Application
Sanitary plumbing for bathroom and kitchen.
The Solution
The WRAS certified MULTIPLEX PLUMBING MANIFOLD, with 15mm PolyButylene WRAS approved pipe to BS7291 used as distribution pipe work. The manifold is supplied with 22mm copper pipe. The manifold was situated in a low cost recessed plastic cabinet, inside the metal frame stud wall.
The manifold pipe runs rise up into the ceiling void (the space below the block and beam construction). It is placed inside a conduit which is insulated.
The Benefits
Simple single point of management, with marked up hot and cold isolator taps. This allows independent isolation of each outlet. This is accessible by the occupant, in case of emergency, and also a maintenance engineer, should he be called in.
The Players
This was a Linden Homes Southern site, and the M&E contractor was KA Watts.
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