Bryan Laidlaw

Heating Engineer

The LEITH
Engine Yard

Leith
Engine Yard

Formerly the site of the old Edinburgh tram depot and the Shrubhill masonic club, the Engine Yard project was a 4 year re-development. The new works were a modern complex comprising of 5 blocks of flats. The heating is supplied via a district heating system with a central boilerhouse feeding all the buildings. For a large part of the contract I was the only working heating engineer and fitted around 70% of the heating system pipework.

What I
Worked On

  • Fitted the Car park brackets and Mains pipework To Each Blocks Riser
  • Fitted The Riser Pipework to Valves on Each Floor
  • Ran Copper Mains On Each Floor To All The Flats
  • Fitted The Heat Interface Units In The Flats
  • Fitted The Underground Uponor Mains To Each Block Of Flats
  • System Filling & Testing

A Typical Fitted Heat Interface Unit

What I
Worked On

The Engine Yard was a fair sized project. The pipes were a mixture of 2 1/2 Inch Grooved Victaulic, 2 inch to 1/2 inch screwed steel, 54mm to 15mm crimped copper and 2 inch lagged Uponor. 

  • Fitted 3 New Boilers With pumps & header
  • Fitted 5 Pump Sets To Feed Each Of The 5 Blocks Of Flats
  • Tied The Car Park Mains Pipework Into The Corresponding Pump Sets
  • Fitted Five Tank Rooms With Booster Sets
  • System Filling & Testing