TMC – AC Upgrade

cassette air conditioner

Problem  TMC Strategic Communications recently engaged us to upgrade their existing Air-Conditioning units at their offices in Congleton. Who is TMC Strategic Communications? TMC help businesses create and build market engagement, provide creative solutions, and visually reinforce their brand. The work they do is amazing, and we’re so enthused that we can provide them with […]

New Hire – Craig McLachlan

Craig McLachlan

STSUK are pleased to announce and welcome Craig McLachlan as Client Relation Manager!     Craig will be responsible for improving our communication with existing clients, following up on quotes and improving our sales process alongside our Marketing Team. He will be a key player in the growth and development of profitable new business whilst […]

Heating and Cooling 101: The Condenser

Condenser coils with soap on them

CONDENSER The Heat Rejector What does the condenser do? The condenser’s function in a refrigeration system is to transfer heat from the refrigerant to another medium, air or water. The gaseous refrigerant condenses to a liquid inside the condenser by rejecting heat.     How does the condenser reject heat?  Let us imagine; It’s 3 […]

Heating and Cooling 101: The Compressor.

Refrigeration Compressor

COMPRESSOR The Pressure Increaser   What does the compressor do? Within a cooling system, the compressor is the component that pumps gas from low pressure to high pressure; turning refrigerant into a liquid to start the process in a continuous cycle.   How does the compressor raise gas pressure?   Remember the Gas Law we […]

Riverside Veterinary Centre Belper – AC Maintenance

Riverside Veterinary Centre Belper

Riverside Veterinary Centre in Belper is a pawesome place.   The committed team there are focused on giving the best care to your family pets.   Somewhere in all the day-to-day business of delivering that care, they (not unusually) didn’t manage to make time for a bit of routine maintenance on the air conditioning.   […]

Heating and Cooling 101: The Overview

Remember physics class in school?   You probably remember the rule that says: ‘energy is conserved always; it cannot be created or destroyed.’ (time to confess – I had to look it up … it was the First Law of Thermodynamics!)   Why does that have anything to do with how fridges and cooling systems […]

Author Intro – Joshua Lines

Joshua Lines

Welcome to the first of several pieces of content I will be posting here!     I believe an introduction is in order.   I’m Josh, the Digital Marketing & Operations Coordinator from STSUK. And from an early age, I’ve been deeply interested in science and technology.     Like a lot of kids, I […]

Lane 7 Wetherspoons, Deansgate Manchester

One of our longstanding Subcontractors requested our attendance to survey a new boutique bowling alley in Deansgate, Manchester for the installation of Glycol Chillers. Glycol Chillers are a refrigeration system often used to cool alcohol and a variety of other liquids. This site would require the installation of 2 coolers to cope with the demand […]

Bargain Booze AC Repair

A local Bargain Booze store was experiencing an ongoing issue with their AC system causing headache after headache with no end in sight! They had poured their time and money into this issue with minimal results and still needed to reset the unit every half an hour just to get some running time. After re-assuring […]

Greyhound Hotel Cold Room

We recently attended to a new customer under reports of their Cold Room not reaching or holding the required temperature. On arrival our engineer found both Evaporators that had been installed by the previous company were the wrong way round! Now when we say we know our jobs inside out and back to front.. this […]