MyTub have teamed up with Ideal’s commercial heating team.

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Ideal commercial and industrial heating.

Ideal Boilers is one of the most respected names in the UK Commercial and Domestic heating industry. The increasing market use of condensing products is reflected in the Ideal portfolio. The Imax W range now extends to 100kW with all models suitable for cascade installations. Imax xtra provides larger outputs and the revised plus III offers built in standby and greater siting flexibility. Contact MyTub for information on solar, thermal and biomass products.

As industry leaders Ideal Boilers and Stelrad Radiators are committed to ensuring that all products are engineered to the highest standards. To support the products we have a comprehensive service department who can supply you with in-depth product knowledge and system advice which will ensure that your heating will run efficiently and will increase the life span of our products.

Ideal’s Rich Heritage

Starting life over one hundred years ago, in Hull, Ideal, which was originally called The National Radiator Company, pre-dates penicillin, television and was manufacturing domestic and commercial boilers almost 30 years before the first football World Cup.

Over the years that followed, Ideal rapidly built a reputation for high quality products and established precedence as a leading manufacturer of domestic and commercial boilers.

Ideal has always strived to meet changing customer needs with pioneering design. In the early 1920’s, the first well-known Ideal domestic boiler was made. The revolutionary Cookandheat, a freestanding stove with an open fire central heating boiler, cooking oven and hot cupboard, did more to introduce central heating into lower priced homes than any other manufacturer of the day. It became the forerunner of millions of similar appliances to be produced by the company in the years to follow.

Today the company remains at the forefront of the Commercial and Domestic heating markets, still leading the industry in setting new standards and expanding technological boundaries. Ideal Boilers remains true to it’s principles of quality, innovation and value; building on its rich heritage as it looks to the future. In 2009 Ideal launched its revolutionary Logic Combi boiler ranges which are set to make heating history due to the groundbreaking design, massive investment in the manufacturing process and array of features and benefits that will make this one of the easiest boilers to install, service, operate and maintain.

With major changes to the commercial boiler market due to be implemented in 2010, and some exciting new Ideal Commercial products in development, we will continue to lead the way. As for the present day Ideal offers a full range of highly efficient condensing boilers, including the space saving wall mounted imax W. floor-standing Imax Xtra and Imax Plus. Ideal have recently launched the Imax Plus III and Ecomass, biomass boiler to complement our wide Condensing Commercial boiler range and ensure we are also at the forefront of renewables in the commercial sector.

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Ideal Standards new shower range Synergy

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Ideal Standards Synergy Step into a new world of showering.

At MyTub, we believe that creativity is the catalyst to continuous evolution in your bathroom. As Europe’s leading brand, Ideal Standard’s goal is to create a living space that is truly like you. Sustainable and exclusively following three main philosophies: design, performance and innovation. Ideal Standard is the reflection of personalised well-being. Spirit and materials focused to create a universe where the body and mind are immersed in renewed pleasure day after day. Discover the new groundbreaking solutions that capture your desires. Synergy is an exclusive collection of contemporary enclosures, wetroom panels and bath screens that delivers minimalist design, innovative features and contemporary styling to suit every bathroom. The collection offers an outstanding choice of installation options, from space saving enclosures to simple but elegant bath screens. And for the ultimate style statement, Synergy wetroom panels create the perfect minimalist, contemporary shower space.

Bath Screens

Creating a contemporary showering area is simple and easy using one of Synergy’s stylish bath screens. Exceptionally well manufactured with 6mm toughened safety glass, Synergy bath screens come in 3 stylish designs, including an option with a practical towel rail, to create the perfect shower area above a bath.

Wetrooms

Synergy wetroom panels can be used to create a full wetroom installation or a partial wetroom using a conventional shower tray. Either way, they create the epitome of minimalist showering chic. The wetrooms range gives you the chance to completely customise your showering space, from a simple, single contemporary panel to a walk-in shower area with a return and end panel, letting you create the space you’ve always dreamed of. Installation couldn’t be easier, thanks to Ideal Standard’s new innovative adjustable wall profile and to make sure your stylish look doesn’t diminish over time, IdealClean finish comes as standard.

Enclosure features

Style and quality is at the forefront of the Synergy collection. No detail has been overlooked to make sure that every enclosure performs to the highest standard. Easy to use, sleek and solid handles are complimented by soft cushion open and close door operation on sliding doors to reinforce a quality feel. The exposed glass door edges, giving a clean seal free look, brings a real sense of contemporary style, whilst the practicality of the range is reflected in the Click and Clean wheels.

Wetrooms features

Minimalist design requires a high degree of attention to detail and innovative engineering to keep clean lines and a sleek finish. Ideal Standard’s innovative adjustable profile fixings not only make installation easy, even with out-of-true walls, but also cleverly conceals the silicone to give a clean finish that is so important to wetroom design. Bracing brackets and corner connectors help conceal fixings and aluminium floor and tray strips seal the panels to the floor or tray.

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Bathroom and Bacteria Facts!

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Below is a list of facts about your bathroom, urinal and bacterial. Bacteria starts to breed  when you sprinkle while you twinkle, living your urine on the seats or around the edges.

  • Bacteria grow and divide every 20 minutes
  • A washroom floor is a breeding ground for germs and may carry up to 462 bacteria per square inch
  • A typical floor tile may have 65,000 living bacteria on its splashed surface
  • Millions of germs find a home in splashed urine around the urinals
  • Viruses can be present in infected urine and can survive on urine contaminated surfaces.
  • If an individual has a urinary tract or bladder infection, surfaces with bacteria can act as a source of infection
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New Armitage Shanks Contour hygenIQ Urinals

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The problem with toilets and public urinals is that you can’t see the problem, solution: Armitage Shanks Contour hygenIQ Urinals

With conventional urinals, the splash-back of urine is an unavoidable fact and a serious problem. Basic physics, in particular the rules of impulse and momentum, dictates that when a jet of fluid hits a flat vertical surface at 90 degrees, some of the fluid will rebound as splash. Where does this splash-back land? On the floor, the walls, clothing and other people. And that, obviously, is a problem. The effects are largely unseen. Harmful bacteria thrive in the smelly urine splashed on the walls and floor and can spread germs and potentially disease to those using the washroom. As the urine settles on the washroom surfaces its corrosive effects can easily be seen. Unsightly staining and deterioration of the surrounding décor occurs. Urine eats into the grout between ceramic tiles, creating small fissures which gradually degrade the joint. Grout can harbour fungi that release spores which harm the respiratory system. Splashed clothing can also transport germs outside the washroom. This is not only unhygienic, it’s personally unpleasant too and has the potential of spreading germs to the wider public. An improved cleaning regime can be expensive and will only ever treat the symptoms of the problem; what is needed is a cure for the problem itself.

An expert’s view leading microbiologist, Dr.Ron Cutler gives us the facts on urine surface contamination

Apart from problems associated with the odorous contamination of surfaces, urine coated surfaces can potentially act as microbial fomites. Fomites consist of both porous and non-porous surfaces or objects that can become contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms and serve as vehicles in transmission. During and after illness, viruses for example are shed in large numbers in body secretions, including blood, faeces, saliva, nasal fluid and of course urine. Although urine is normally sterile it can act as a source of infection in three ways
• Urine is an excellent growth medium for bacteria and if a surface is coated with dried and liquid urine it could provide a potential source of infection for hands if they touch these contaminated surfaces
• Viruses can be present in infected urine and can survive on urine contaminated surfaces
• If an individual has a urinary tract or bladder infection surfaces coated with any of these organisms could also act as a source of infection

The objective fitting form to function; a fresh look at urinal design

Most men are unaware of splash from urinals. However, of those who are, some try to reduce splash-back by urinating towards the outward-curving edge of the bowl so that the flow strikes at a lesser angle. Whilst this can be an effective means of reducing splashing, it requires the users to stand off-centre and effectively ‘misuse’ the urinal. This reduces the effective aim area and increases the chance of missing which in turn exacerbates the problem. Clearly, there is a need for an improved ‘anti-splash’ urinal design which offers vastly superior hygiene performance and a reduction in the costs of maintenance. Recognising this problem, Armitage Shanks teamed up with industrial designers Goodwin Hartsh orn to discuss exactly that; a solution that significantly reduces splash-back whilst requiring no special technique to use or install. Furthermore, the new design can easily be incorporated into Armitage Shanks’ market leading Contour and Sanura urinal ranges. Designed using principals of advanced fluid dynamics and independently tested and proven to work, the next stage in the evolution of the urinal is the ’Fin’.

The solution the ‘Fin’ – a breakthrough in washroom hygiene

The new hygenIQ urinals have a central, vertical and rearward- splaying ‘Fin’ cast within the bowl itself. Standing centrally in fr ont of the urinal, with a large aiming area, the user’s flow will hit either side of the ‘Fin’ at a very shallow angle. There will be little or no splashing because, at such an angle, surface tension will cause the fluid to ‘cling’ to the inside of the urinal bowl. Any splashing that does occur will actually travel away from the direction of flow and the user.

How the ‘Fin’ works

The market leading Contour and Sanura urinals have been re-designed to incorporate the new hygenIQ ‘Fin’ and given a sleeker look whilst maintaining the basic shape in order to make retro-fit an easy option. Inside the bowl itself, everything is different. A central ‘Fin’ minimises splashing of urine and directs any that does occur back into the bowl.

Simple installation, easy retrofit

  • The unique design and performance of the hygenIQ urinals does not need special techniques or equipment to install.
  • Contour hygenIQ and Sanura hygenIQ are as simple and fast to fit as standard Contour and Sanura.
  • Contour hygenIQ is designed for use on ducted installations where all flush and waste services are hidden. Sanura hygenIQ is suitable for exposed pipework installations and is available in two sizes.
  • The hygenIQ urinals have been designed to make retro-fitting them in existing Contour and Sanura installations easy and
    economical. Both new hygenIQ urinals share the same flush, waste and bracket locations as the standard version making their connection to services fast and simple.
  • Refinishing of the washroom wall tiles or panelling is not necessary when Contour and Sanura hygenIQ replace their respective predecessors. A slightly larger footprint ensures that the new urinals cover such things as previous silicone sealant or cut tile edges.

Specifying the new hygenIQ urinals

Contour and Sanura hygenIQ urinals are available now and can be specified as individual items or in packs. Each Contour or Sanura hygenIQ urinal pack contains 1 or 2 urinals, one auto cistern, flush pipe set and all necessary spreader, waste and traps. Armitage Shanks have developed a fin strainer waste that works in tandem with the hygenIQ fin urinals to further reduce splash-back. Available in 1½” BSP with a 50mm unslotted tail.

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Saving water

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The cheapest way to save water

You might be wondering why is it important to save water, when the world is 2/3 water? This makes no sense, right? No, you wrong, everything deserves conservation and moderate use. In fact, we have put a lot of strain on our water resources due to our increased water consumption, which has a lot to do with our insatiable need to have the latest technology relating to new types of social behaviours that endangers our water resources.

What about recycling water? Shouldn’t that help reduce the amount of water we use? Yes, you are right, it does help reduce the amount of water used in some aspects of our society but most reclaimed water does not go back to our homes rather they are used for irrigation, dust control and fire suppression. For reclaimed water to be used for drinking, it needs to be given more advanced treatment and this cost money, thus raising the amount you pay each year on water supply. So safe to say if everybody uses 5 litres less water a day, we all should save a big fortune.

So how can you save the amount of water the world uses, home or business? There are a number of ways for you to save water. The first to probably consider is the addressing your bathroom behaviours, like leaving the tap running while you brush, shave or letting the shower run when you not using it and flushing unnecessary.

Using the science of flow control in your home or business. Flow control regulates the flow or pressure of water or any liquid and has been majorly adopted in industries like Building and Construction, Chemical and Pharmaceutical, Food and Beverage, Marin, Mining, Oil and Gas, Power and Water. So why should you adopt this technology and how is it going to benefit you?

With the help of a flow control valve, you can maintain the same pressure while using less water. So less water comes through the tap, shower head with the same pressure. This also means you will help reduce the amount of demand on water supply.

Interested in helping the world use less water? You can do it now by getting your own flow control valve


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