Instant Heat and Hotwater - Mobile Heating and Hotwater Boiler Hire keeps luxurious hotel operational.

Watkins Hire installed two mobile oil fired LPHW heating and DHW boilers to provide heating and hotwater to a 13th Century Country House Hotel set in 10 acres of glorious gardens.

The Problem

During the summer floods of 2007 a 13th Century Country House Hotel based in the West country became victim to rising water levels, whilst the majority of the hotel escaped water damage one area suffered extensive damage. The boiler room was below ground level in a cellar under the hotel and was completely submerged for several days. The heart of any hotel is its boiler room, when the flood water receded the hotel insurers loss adjusters accessed the damage and declared all boiler plant equipment un-repairable. Heating contractors were called into quote for replacement, however it soon be apparent the hotel would be faced with a 12 week period without heating or hotwater. Faced with the delay in replacing the entre boiler plant room the loss adjuster and the owners of the hotel looked for a solution to mitigate losses and keep the hotel operational. Watkins Hire was contacted by the loss adjuster to provide an emergency temporary heating and hotwater boiler hire solution.

The Solution

Watkins Hire received a phone call and immediately dispatched a heating boiler rental specialist sales engineer to access the hotels requirements. On arriving at the hotel Watkins boiler hire were able to guarantee heating and hotwater by the close of business the same day, with a call to Watkins Hire's West Midlands depot heating boiler hire units and ancillary equipment were loaded to Watkins own transport and were on the way. Watkins Hire are currently supplying temporary heating boiler rental equipment to many flood damaged properties around the United Kingdom from a large manufacturing plants, two schools, a leisure centre, office’s and several retail and

industrial buildings all by the summer 2007 floods, Watkins were able to provide a detailed plan whilst on site including pricing giving both the owners and loss adjusters piece of mind in the heating boiler hire solution.

Sales Director Roderick Williams said

“Our heating and hotwater mobile boiler hire equipment has been proven and used by many of the leading hotel chains and many smaller independent hotels over the last two decades to provide temporary heating and hotwater supplies when faced with disaster and closure due to failures with fixed boiler plant installations. With the largest range of portable heating boilers available...(Read whole article)