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• Spirotech opens UK office  

  Spirotech, which specialises in the provision of total protection for heating and cooling systems, has moved into its new UK office as part of a significant investment programme. The office is at Solihull and also houses a spacious training centre that offers a range of courses from hands-on product training to sales support across the company’s broad range of commercial and domestic solutions.

• Why chemical water treatment adds up  

  Investing in chemical water treatment for heating systems makes long-term financial sense — both to maximise energy efficiency and protect equipment, especially boilers. Neville Small of Potterton Commercial takes up the case.

• The perils of air 

  Contamination in commercial heating systems can be a costly affair, leading to increased running costs and a higher probability of system breakdown. Kevan Peaker of Spirotech highlights some of the key symptoms to look out for in commercial heating systems, many of which are caused by the build up of dirt and air.

• ICOM addresses non-domestic water treatment  

  The ICOM Energy Association has formed a water-treatment working group to address the lack of standards and codes of practice relating to water treatment for non-domestic heating systems. ICOM director Ross Anderson (pictured) explains, ’The first step will be the development of a best-practice guide, but, looking further ahead, we hope to create the basis for a British Standard.’

• Electrolytic water softener continues to perform 10 years on  

  Sentinel Commercial’s KalGuard electrolytic scale inhibitor is proving to be an effective long-term solution in tackling a loud banging noise that started to come from a of hot-water boiler when it was just five years old. The noise, known as kettling, is caused by an accumulation of limescale deposits on a heat exchanger. A KalGuard unit was installed in 2005, and its anode has been replaced only once — in 2010. The current anode still has 25% life.