Fernox recently assisted solv group in restoring a broken-down boiler for a customer in Belfast. After being approached by the mechanical, electrical and facilities management service provider, Fernox recommended its Protector+ Filter Fluid F9, which actively helped the filter to remove significant levels of contaminants from the system and restored full operation of the boiler, avoiding a costly replacement.
The East Belfast Mission supports the community in Belfast through services such as temporary housing for the homeless. In its Skainos building, two gas boilers that provide heat and hot water to residents failed in the main plant room. The team contacted a service provider but, after the initial repair was unsuccessful, the heating system was disabled for 10 days.
The Mission then approached solv to tackle the problem. Despite succeeding in getting one of the boilers operational again, after assessing the second, they found that it was repeatedly failing due to a significant build-up of sludge due to prolonged inactivity. For further specialist advice, the team contacted Fernox, which reecommended installing side filtration and dosing with Protector+ Filter Fluid F9 as an effective approach that would require minimal disruption.
Protector+ Filter Fluid F9 is designed to provide premium protection for mixed-metal heating and cooling systems and is only to be used alongside a system filter. Its combination of a high-performance inhibitor and an active dispersant enables the chemical water treatment to lift and deliver contaminants to the filter for the safe collection of corrosion, debris and scale.
Crucially, the problematic second boiler in the Skainos building was able to run during the two-week period that the Fernox treatment was left to sit in the system.
Solv found that when they returned, it had resolved the issue, and the second boiler had been restored to full working order as well. Given the client had believed the second boiler to be beyond repair and required replacement, Protector+ Filter Fluid F9 saved them having to spend potentially tens of thousands of pounds. www.fernox.com