Castle Lane

The brief

The mechanical works for this central London office refurbishment included the following:

• To complete a degas of the existing system that was serving the basement area
• Support the degas with paperwork to prove that the gas has been dealt with in an environmentally friendly way 
• Installation of a new 410a based Daikin VRV comfort cooling/heating systems to serve the basement office area
• There are two individual systems on their own controllers feeding the north side and south side respectively
• The outdoor condenser units have been installed within the external plant compound on the roof, for which a specialist lift was required
• Amend the refrigerant charge according to the pipe measurements
• Carry out a pressure and evacuation test on all the systems
• Air balancing was completed to ensure that the system was meeting the design criteria
• All testing for the air conditioning systems has been supported by accompanying documentation including certificates
• Drawings and an operation and maintenance manual were included as per the criteria
• A F-Gas logbook has been completed and included as standard