At Cranborne Stone in Sturminster Newton is a family firm that has specialised in designing and making high quality cast stone ornaments for the last 30 years.
The 15,000 sq ft premises in Dorset houses three individual sites where products such as balustrades, water features, columns and vases are uniquely crafted all year round. It’s within these sites that Calor, the leading supplier of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), has helped to keep the temperature consistent throughout the year.
Going inside Inside the premises, 13 specialist members of staff cast and mould stone throughout a day shift operation. Although Calor space heaters had been used to provide sufficient heat for the premises, a number of significant extensions meant that a larger scale system was needed.
Foreman, Paul Phillips, made the decision that both warehouses needed to be warmer, not only for the well being and comfort of the staff, but also for the hardening process of the casts.
He said: "We have relied on Calor for many years for our heating purposes, but as we expanded we considered changing our heating system
."Also, because the warehouses are open, when the winter sets in it’s increasingly difficult to keep warm and almost impossible to maintain enough heat to dry and harden the casts. And if this fails then our overall output will slow down and affect the business and ultimately our custom." |
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LPG Heating home 
Cranborne Stone
After discussing the new heating needs with
Calor, 2,000 litre bulk tanks were installed
onsite to provide sufficient LPG to power two
single AmbiRad radiant heaters in building
one, three double AmbiRad radiant heaters in
building two and two double AmbiRad
radiant heaters in the mould shop area.
Calor works hard to minimise disruption to
their customers when fitting tanks and during
the period when both the ceiling heaters and
bulk tanks were fitted, the Cranborne Stone
operation didn’t stop at all. Paul says, "I was
impressed with the speed and efficiency of
Calor’s staff. They were very quick and they
didn’t disturb our working procedures at all."