Supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating system to over 250m of external stainless steel pipework up to 150mm dia. We also supplied a small amount of self regulating heating tape for installation by others to valves at the top of the BCV vessel.
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
Wilton Centre, Redcar
Thursday, 11 December 2014
University College London, Howland Street
For this new research centre at UCL, to be known as the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, ESH supplied and installed trace heating to provide frost protection to the following external pipework:


- Ground floor - feed pipework to salt saturators
- Level 4 - Heat rejection pipework to cooler
- Level 6 - CHW and LTHW pipework
- Level 6 - Cold water pipework to pressurisation unit and bib taps
- Level 6 - Heat recovery pipework
550m of FBTBOJ self regulating heating cable was supplied and installed on all cold and chilled water pipework, along with 970m of H2OWAT55 for all other services.
Monday, 8 December 2014
New Primark Store, Northampton
ESH were contracted to supply and install a frost protection trace heating system to the external chilled water pipework on the roof, mezzanine area and service yard. The system was designed using type VCBOJ constant wattage heating tape.
Friday, 5 December 2014
Innovation House, Oxford
Within this brand new student accommodation building, ESH supplied and installed frost protection trace heating to two runs of external water pipework. Tapes were pre-terminated into JBT thermostats for quick installation on site.
LA Fitness Gym, Birmingham
Within this popular gym, ESH supplied and installed a simple frost protection trace heating system to external heating pipework associated with an air handling unit.
Thursday, 4 December 2014
Veolia Environmental, Tysley
Supplied and installed trace heating to provide temperature maintenance of +110°C to a fly ash hopper. The steel hopper, 2m tall and 2.3m square, was installed with mineral insulated heating cable in order to achieve the required temperatures.
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Compound Feed Engineering, Haydock Plant
Type VCBOJ20/2 constant wattage heating tape was supplied and installed in order to maintain a stainless steel pellet mill door at +80°C. The trace heating circuit was controlled using a DTC digital thermostat.
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
Salford Royal Hospital
Supplied and installed type VCBOJ8/2 constant wattage trace heating tape to provide frost protection to external chilled water pipework. The heating tape was straight traced underneath the pipework and temperature controlled using our type STCI thermostats.
Monday, 1 December 2014
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Derby
ESH supplied, installed and tested a trace heating system to perform the duty of temperature maintaining internal metal pipework at +30°C. This was achieved utilising type FBTBOJ20/2 self regulating heating tape.
Friday, 28 November 2014
Frankley WTW
Seven Trent Water's Frankley Water Treatment Works at Frankley, Birmingham, supplies drinking water to Birmingham and the surrounding areas. Part of the £31.5m project to upgrade Frankley WTW, ESH supplied and installed a total of 1270m of trace heating cable to perform the following duties:
- Provide frost protection to the water / lime pipework
- Temperature maintain the sodium bisulphite pipework at +15°C in a minimum ambient temperature of -20°C
Our FBTBOJ10/2 heating tapes were installed to the underside of the pipework in a straight trace configuration and secured to the plastic pipe using type FTA fixing tape.
Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Stockport WWTW
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Jobling Purser Asphalt Plant, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
The second part of this project saw ESH supply and install an industrial heating panel to a dispensing head. We also insulated the heating pad using armourflex insulation.
Monday, 24 November 2014
Charlton Court House, Somerset
ESH supplied and installed over 200 metres of trace heating cable to the buildings DHWS plastic pipework. The system requirement was to maintain the hot water temperature at +55°C in a minimum ambient of +18°C within this large country house.
Friday, 21 November 2014
Magnesium Elektron, Manchester
Our second visit to Magnesium Elektron saw ESH supply and install two runs of 40w/m trace heating circuits above hoppers, in order to temperature maintain them at +55°C.
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Camfil APC, Hetwood
ESH supplied and installed type VCBOJ constant wattage heating tape to a large hopper and to the sides of it's cone. It was essential that the hopper was maintained at the elevated temperature to prevent plugging and corrosion.
Monday, 17 November 2014
Lees Brook Community School, Derby
Friday, 14 November 2014
Rhodia CLB Plant, Oldbury
Supplied and installed trace heating to provide temperature maintenance to a short run of caustic soda pipework. The requirement was to maintain +20°C in a minimum ambient temperature of -20°C.
Thursday, 6 November 2014
Horiba, Heating Jackets
ESH designed, manufactured and installed custom made lagging jackets to suit Horiba's specifications.
Monday, 3 November 2014
Flint Ink UK, Wolverhampton

For this local project we supplied and installed trace heating to provide temperature maintenance on a large cylindrical tank. The steel tank, 2m diameter and 8.4m long, required maintaining at +70°C. Our design utilised type SC constant wattage heating tape controlled by DTC temperature control units.
Thursday, 30 October 2014
Magnesium Elektron, Manchester
Within this manufacturing plant, ESH designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system for three hopper cones. The system was designed to temperature maintain the hopper cones at +55°C in a minimum ambient temperature of -20°C. Type VC constant wattage heating cable was used and controlled by three DTC digital thermostats.
Monday, 27 October 2014
Jobling Purser Asphalt Plant, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
As a highway maintenance specialists, Jobling Purser develop and manufacture a wide range of products used around the world. ESH designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system to maintain a 4" steel bitumen line at +80°C.
In a minimum ambient temperature of -20°C, over 300 metres of type SC constant wattage heating tape was triple traced to the underside of the pipework in order to maintain the required product temperature.
In a minimum ambient temperature of -20°C, over 300 metres of type SC constant wattage heating tape was triple traced to the underside of the pipework in order to maintain the required product temperature.
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Skanska, Doncaster
Supplied and installed a trace heating system to frost protect the cold water service pipework. Our Type ESTSBOJ10/2 self regulating heating tape was installed to the underside of the pipework in a straight trace configuration.
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
New Marks & Spencer Store, Stoke On Trent
ESH Trace Heating Ltd supplied and installed a frost protection heating system to the MWS, BCWS, HWS and LTHW pipework. Within this brand new retail outlet, over 200 metres of type VCBOJ constant wattage heating tape was required.
Monday, 13 October 2014
Light Microscopy Facility, University of Sheffield
Here at this new microscopy core facility for the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, ESH designed, supplied and installed a trace heating circuit to provide frost protection to a short run of chilled water pipework.
Thursday, 9 October 2014
Adel Beck Secure Children's Home, Leeds
ESH were back at Adel Beck to extend the existing 1200m of trace heating installed earlier this year. An additional run of type H2OWAT55 was supplied and installed onto the DHWS pipework, maintaining a temperature of +55°C.
Monday, 6 October 2014
Robert Sanderson & Sons, Hull
Here ESH were contracted to design, supply and install trace heating to temperature maintain three large storage tanks, two tanks at +30°C and one at +10°C, all within a minimum ambient temperature of -20°C.
A total of 420m of Type FBT self regulating heating tape was required to complete the tank heating systems.
A total of 420m of Type FBT self regulating heating tape was required to complete the tank heating systems.
Monday, 29 September 2014
Shoreham Technical Centre

At this design, development and research centre of internal combustion engines and systems, ESH designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system to heat raise pipework, prior to gas being carried, from a minimum ambient temperature of +18°C up to +47°C. The system was designed using type SC constant wattage heating tape.
Friday, 19 September 2014
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Lightshaw WWTW
Designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system to provide frost protection to external plastic pipework.
Thursday, 11 September 2014
Francis Crick Institute, London
The Francis Crick Institute is an interdisciplinary medical research institute due to open in 2015. ESH designed, supplied and installed type H2OWAT55 self regulating heating tape to maintain the domestic hot water pipework at temperatures of up to +55°C.
Monday, 8 September 2014
Amtico Ltd, Head Office Coventry
ESH designed, supplied and installed a process temperature maintenance trace heating system to stainless steel pipework containing Plasticiser. The pipework required maintaining at a temperature of +25°C in a minimum ambient of -20°C.
Thursday, 4 September 2014
Veolia Environmental Ltd, Birmingham
Supplied and installed trace heating materials to repair an existing frost protection system.
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
M&S Retail Unit, Prescot
For this band new M&S store, ESH designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system to maintain a temperature of +55°C on internal DHWS copper pipework. Type H2OWAT55 self regulating heating tape was installed across 3 floors, to areas including the plantroom, staff toilets, public toilets and kitchen area.
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Sudbury Health Centre
Thursday, 21 August 2014
Eastern Promenade, Barry Island
Part of the Welsh Governments renovation of the eastern promenade, ESH were contracted to supply and install a frost protection trace heating system to the internal copper pipework within the new promenade buildings.
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
Rhodia UK, Oldbury
Within a potentially explosive atmosphere, ESH designed, supplied and installed an ATEX Approved 240v trace heating system to temperature maintain +90°C on flexible pipework.
Monday, 18 August 2014
Wildern School, Southampton
Supplied and installed a trace heating system to temperature maintain the DHWS flow pipework at +60°C. The system utilised our H2OWATT65 self regulating heating cable and offered the option to disinfect periodically against Legionella.
Friday, 15 August 2014
St Ambrose Barlow RC High School, Manchester
Part of the Building Schools for the Future programme (BSF), this 1000 pupil high school and college required some trace heating work completed before it re-opens its doors in September. ESH were contracted to supply and install two trace heating systems to perform the following duties:
- Provide frost protection to the schools BCWS pipework
- Temperature maintenance of the DHWS flow and return pipework at +55°C
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
Kingsdown Crematorium, Swindon
ESH designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system to temperature maintain a hopper at +100°C. Mineral insulated heating tape was fixed to the body of the hopper in order to achieve the desired temperature.
Monday, 11 August 2014
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford

Oxford University's £70m Mathematical Institute is just one part of this £200m redevelopment of the 10-acre site.
ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a frost protection trace heating system to the external CWM pipework. Type FBT self limiting heating cable was used throughout this project.
Thursday, 7 August 2014
Salford WWTW
Wednesday, 6 August 2014
Operating Theatres, Northern General Hospital
Our second project here at this Sheffield based hospital saw ESH design, supply and install two separate trace heating systems:
- The first system was designed using our type FTB self limiting heating tape to provide frost protection to external chilled pipework
- The second frost protection system on the HTG pipework was Raychem specified, 70m of Raychem FS-A-2X heating tape was supplied and installed
Monday, 4 August 2014
Carlisle WWTW
Supplied and installed trace heating, insulation and metal cladding to external pipework to prevent ice formation within the pipes.
Friday, 1 August 2014
Halstead Bio-Waste
Designed, supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating system to two runs of metal pipework containing cold water. One run of pipework was leading to the turbo dissolvers, the other to the heat exchangers. Type FBTBOJ self regulating heating cable was installed throughout.
Thursday, 31 July 2014
Thorndown Primary School, St. Ives

Part of Thorndown's £9.5 million project to knock down the existing school and replace it with a new two storey building, ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a trace heating system to perform the duty of providing frost protection to the external heat pump pipework and kitchen AHU pipework.
Friday, 25 July 2014
Ercall Wood Academy, Telford

Ercall Wood will be the third new Academy, when it opens in September 2015, in Telford & Wrekin Council's £200m Building Schools for the Future project. Here at this local school, ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a frost protection trace heating system to the LTHW copper pipework on the academy's roof. The system utilised ESH's type VC constant wattage heating tape.
Monday, 14 July 2014
FSD Mech Ltd, Halesowen
Within FSD's 7000 square foot manufacturing plant, ESH were contracted to supply and install a frost protection trace heating system to skid mounted pipework.
Friday, 11 July 2014
John Lewis, Milton Keynes
For this retailing giant, ESH supplied and installed a constant wattage trace heating system to perform the duty of frost protecting pipework. The project was spilt into two areas:
- Extend a system previously installed by others. A short run of trace heating on copper pipe required extending and connected into the existing junction box.
- Also installation of a brand new heating circuit onto both ABS and steel pipework.
Thursday, 10 July 2014
Jobling Purser, Newcastle-Upton-Tyne
ESH supplied and installed a high temperature trace heating system to temperature maintain the Bitumen tank line pipework at +145ºC. Type SC constant wattage heating tape was straight traced five times along the pipework length to achieve this high temperature.
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Samuel Smith Old Brewery
Monday, 7 July 2014
Social Justice Centre, London
For this project ESH supplied and installed a trace heating system to provide frost protection to the external CHW, LTHW, HRR & LSV pipework. The system was designed using our type FTB self regulating heating tape which was straight trace underneath the external pipework.
Friday, 4 July 2014
Wilton Centre, Redcar
Our second large project here at the Wilton Centre saw ESH supply materials and labour to extend the existing trace heating circuits, relocate existing thermostats and install new circuits. The high temperature trace heating system needed to maintain the pipework temperature at +150°C all within a Zone 1 Gas Group llb, T3 Classification hazardous area.
Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
Designed, supplied and install a trace heating system to perform the duty of temperature maintaining the hot water flow pipework at +55°C. To achieve this we installed our H2OWAT self regulating heating cable.
Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Sidney Stringer Academy, Coventry
Friday, 27 June 2014
Tate Modern Gallery, London
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Crownhouse Engineering, Oldbury
ESH designed, supplied and installed two separate trace heating systems to perform the following duties:
- Provide frost protection to the BCWS pipework
- Temperature maintain the DHWS flow and return pipework at +55°C.
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
University Technical College Cambridge
This £10 million UTC will be a new centre of excellence for Biomedical and Environmental Science and Technology for 14 to 19 year olds in the Cambridge area. ESH were contracted to design, supply and install two trace heating systems to perform the following duties:

- To maintain domestic hot water pipework at temperatures of up to 55°C
- To provide frost protection to the external water pipework
Monday, 23 June 2014
Kings Cross Station, London
ESH are very proud to have been involved in the £400m restoration and redevelopment of Kings Cross Station. We were contracted to design, supply and install a number of different trace heating systems throughout this iconic building:- Temperature maintenance of the HSWF pipework on the lower ground floor & basement cycle shower area,1050m of H2OWAT heating tape.
- Frost protection to the external roof BCWS pipework, 660m of FBT self regulating heating tape.
- Temperature maintenance of the BHWS pipework in Camden Library, 28m of H2OWAT heating tape.
- Freeze protection to the sprinkler pipework within the basement, 200m of VC constant wattage heating tape.
- Temperature maintenance of the domestic hot water supplies, tea point pipework on each floor, 200m of H2OWAT heating tape.
Monday, 16 June 2014
Adel Beck Secure Children's Home
For this large children's home project, ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a trace heating system to temperature maintain 1200 metres of HWS pipework. The system included 12 power junction boxes with BMS fault relays fitted. This large new children's home in Leeds creates 24 bedrooms, a teaching block, a canteen, leisure facilities and administrative space.
Friday, 13 June 2014
Solvay Ltd, Oldbury
For this international chemical group, ESH supplied and installed 240 volt trace heating cable for the temperature maintenance of stainless steel pipework containing formaldehyde, part of the system originally installed by ESH. Type VCBOJ constant wattage heating cable was used to meet the temperature requirements.
Monday, 9 June 2014
Amtico International Head Office, Coventry
Here ESH supplied and installed at trace heating system to stainless steel pipework containing Placticiser to maintain the temperature at +25°C. In total there was 20m of external and 190m of internal flow and return pipework which required heat tracing.
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
ABN, Enstone
For this leading British manufacturer of pig and poultry feeds, ESH designed, supplied and installed two trace heating systems:
- Over 200m of type VCBOJ was installed onto the manufacturers Ductwork doors to prevent the formation of ice.
- Designed and installed 24 heating pads which were fitted to three Press doors again for frost protection.
Friday, 30 May 2014
Salford WWTW
For this project ESH designed, supplied and installed an external frost protection trace heating system utilising type FBTBOJ self regulating heating tape.
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
St Mary's Catholic College, Blackpool
With over 1800 pupils, St Mary's is the largest Roman Catholic secondary school in Lancashire. Here ESH designed, supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating system for the schools internal sprinkler pipework. The pipework was double traced with a total of 460m of type WTB constant wattage heating cable and monitored using ESH TracePro monitoring units.Friday, 23 May 2014
Charlton Court House, Somerset
ESH supplied and installed a trace heating system for the domestic hot water services plastic pipework. The hot water services required maintaining at +55°C, this was achieved by installing our type H2OWAT55 heating tape.
Monday, 19 May 2014
Halstead Bio-Waste
ESH supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating system to condensate pipework within a ATEX area assumed to be Zone 1, Gas Group IIb, Temperature Class T3. 114m of type FBTX10/2 ATEX Certified self regulating heating tape was installed.
Thursday, 15 May 2014
The Brockmoor Foundry Ltd - Brierley Hill
Supplied and installed trace heating to provide temperature maintenance of a duct associated with a Schenk Sand Cooler. The duct was of steel construction measuring approximately 3.5m x 600mm diameter and needed to be maintained at a temperature of +60°C to +70°C.
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Woodlands Primary School, Grimsby
The project here was to supply and install 240v trace heating for the frost protection of the LTHW flow and return pipework between the building wall and an air handling unit.
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
The Leadenhall Building - London
The Leadenhall is a unique 46 floor, 610,000 sq ft office tower prominently located in the centre of the City of London. Over the past two years, ESH have designed, supplied and installed trace heating applications across a number of floors to perform the following duties:
In total over 1740m of trace heating tape was supplied and installed within this fabulous new London landmark.
- To maintain the temperature of the domestic hot water pipework at +55°C. The system was design utilising our H2OWAT self regulating heating cable
- To provide a frost protection system to the CHW flow & return pipework feeding six cooling towers
In total over 1740m of trace heating tape was supplied and installed within this fabulous new London landmark.
Monday, 7 April 2014
William Street Quarter - Barking
This housing project on a 2.5
hectare site of the former Linton Estate, will provide around half of the
affordable rent properties for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham's
Reside scheme.
ESH were contracted to design, supply and install over 680 metres of type FBTBOJ self limiting heating tape to provide frost protection to the external BCWS and LTHW (flow & return) pipework, on top of 13 modular roofs.
ESH were contracted to design, supply and install over 680 metres of type FBTBOJ self limiting heating tape to provide frost protection to the external BCWS and LTHW (flow & return) pipework, on top of 13 modular roofs.
Barnsley District & General Hospital
For this Raychem specified project, ESH supplied and installed a trace heating system for frost protection to the CHW pipework and CWS pipework. 170m of Raychem self regulating trace heating cable FS-A-2X was installed to complete the system.
Thursday, 3 April 2014
City Hospital, Nottingham
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Doncaster Royal Infirmary
ESH designed, supplied and installed a type VC constant wattage trace heating system in order to frost protect the hospitals low temperature hot water (LTHW) pipework.
Friday, 21 March 2014
Waste Disposal Plant, Swindon
ESH supplied and installed over 250 metres of type VC constant wattage heating tape in order to temperature maintain a large hooper, filter, feeds and valve at +70°C.
Thursday, 20 March 2014
Carlisle WWTW
Supplied and installed trace heating to perform the duty of providing frost protection to the external pipework in a minimum ambient temperature of -15°C.
Friday, 14 March 2014
New Pavilion - Grosvenor Park
The new pavilion was part of a £3.5m plan to restore Grosvenor Park in Chester. ESH designed, supplied and installed a 240 volt trace heating system to perform the following duties:
- Provide a hot water temperature maintenance system to the HWS internal pipework
Friday, 7 March 2014
Harris Manchester College - Oxford
Here at this constituent
college of the University
of Oxford , ESH designed, supplied
and installed a snow and ice prevention trace heating system to the lead lined flat
roof areas. In total project required over 260m of type FBTBOJ self limiting heating
tape.
Monday, 3 March 2014
Flocktons T.V.P Ltd, Grimsby
ESH were contracted to design, supply and install a frost protection trace heating system for the lower half of a storage tank, 3m dia x 7.3m high. This project required over 210m of type FBT self regulating heating tape to complete.
Friday, 28 February 2014
Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield
ESH were contract to design, supply and install a 240 volt, 10w/m self regulating trace heating system to provide frost protection to the external CHW pipework. Type ESRS heating cable was installed throughout.
Thursday, 20 February 2014
The Cambrian Centre - Newport
This
£50 million mixed-use development, in Newport South Wales, will supply the
Admiral Insurance Group with 7,500m² of space.
Here ESH designed, supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating system to over 540 metres of external pipework on the roof area. The pipework comprised of 50mm NB LTHW and 150mm NB CHW pipe.
Here ESH designed, supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating system to over 540 metres of external pipework on the roof area. The pipework comprised of 50mm NB LTHW and 150mm NB CHW pipe.
Thursday, 13 February 2014
Marriot Court, Bishop Storford
For this new office development ESH were asked to design and supply underfloor ramp heating to two separate sloped areas on the car park. In total 390m of type VC constant wattage was supplied along with 4 ETO thermostats and ancillaries.
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Drax Power Station, Sleby
Haxby & Strensall WWTW
Within this waste water treatment works, ESH designed, supplied and installed a temperature maintenance trace heating system. The system was designed using type FBT self regulating heating tape in order to maintain the required temperature of +10°C on the plastic pipework.
Monday, 3 February 2014
National Grid, Effingham Street
For this project, ESH supplied and installed both the trace heating and thermal insulation to provide a frost protection system to external pipework. Type FBT self regulating heating cable was the cable of choice for this site.
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Bourne Vale Pumping Station
ESH were contracted to supply materials and labour to install and commission a trace heating system for metal pipework containing caustic soda to be maintained at +20°C. The system was designed using type FBT self regulating heating cable.
Friday, 24 January 2014
Veolia Environmental, Tysley
ESH were contacted to design, supply and install a high temperature trace heating system to provide temperature maintenance of +110°C to a steel fly ash hopper (2m tall x 2.3m square).
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
A Raychem specified project, ESH installed type FS-C-2X self regulating heating cable to frost protect external LTHW pipework.
Friday, 17 January 2014
Barnsley District & General Hospital
For this frost protection Raychem specified project, ESH installed Raychem type FS-B-2X self limiting heating tape onto the CHW pipework.
Market Weighton WWTW
A frost protection project on external metal pipework required ESH to design, supply and install a trace heating system using our type FBT self regulating heating cable.
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Fox's Biscuits - Uttoxeter
Within Fox's food manufacturing unit, ESH were contracted to design, supply and install two separate trace heating systems:
- System one was the temperature maintenance of a large vessel at +40°C
- System two required the heat raising of a vessel from a starting temperature of +5°C up to +40°C
Wednesday, 8 January 2014
Kings College Hospital - London
For this major London teaching hospital, ESH supplied over 580 metres of constant wattage heating tape along with thermostats,
junction box's and all other trace heating ancillaries. Labour was also
supplied to complete onsite terminations.
Rumenco, Burton on Trent
For this process temperature maintenance application, ESH designed, supplied and installed a trace heating system to a stainless steel tank containing molasses. The 1.22m diameter x 1.37m tall steel tank, needed to maintain a temperature between +60 to +70°C.
Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Bristol Water WTW
Within this water
treatment works, ESH designed, supplied and installed a frost protection trace heating
system onto plastic pipework in two external areas:

- Water pipework in a Brine Bund area - 32mm NB pipework to be maintained at +5°C
- Pipework in the Sodium
Hypochlorite Bund area - 100mm NB pipework to be maintained at 0°C
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