Milking parlour

[Staffie]

Been on the farm today, farmer wants some heaters to help keep the frost out and stop the girls getting to chilly when they're giving up the 'white stuff'!

The parlour is around 5m x15m. Heaters need to be suspended from the steel work.

Radiant heaters seem to be the most practical? Any ideas on what size I might need and how many, and also where I might get them from? My usual supplier (N&E) don't do anything for this type of environment!

Cheers...

 

[ian.settle1]

Been on the farm today, farmer wants some heaters to help keep the frost out and stop the girls getting to chilly when they're giving up the 'white stuff'!

The parlour is around 5m x15m. Heaters need to be suspended from the steel work.

Radiant heaters seem to be the most practical? Any ideas on what size I might need and how many, and also where I might get them from? My usual supplier (N&E) don't do anything for this type of environment!

Cheers...

With loads off water flying round when they wash down you are looking at something which is going to be waterproof

 

[poppypiesdad]

Hi I,ve use these a couple of times in factories and stables

Flexel International - Underfloor Heating Systems | Electric Under Floor Heat | Cassettes

you wouldn't believe the heat they put out ,very good technical help desk and lots of solutions to problems like yours

CEF are distributors but try and buy direct to save a couple of bob

Jamie

 

[neilarmo]

As an ex dairy farmer, we went with the quartz halogen infra red heaters. They heat bodies not the air or the pipework. They need to be mounted towards the operator, no point in heating the cows.
If farmer wants to stop pipework freezing up that's a different thing and we used a oil fired space heater on 24hr timer to come on at 4am.

Best way to keep parlour warm is to stop draughts but the girls have to get in and out somehow!

my 2p

Neil

 

[thepurple1]

You could fit trace heating around the pipwork to stop it freezing and then lag the pipework there are specialist companies that do this

 

[sparks1234]

Why not install a boiler outside of the cow parlour and then install some rads or alternatively a small ducted air system, no electric risk then

 

[85mick85]

I would get the feckn farmer to pay for it first, as they are always crying proverty!!!!!!

 

[dufjax]

I would get the feckn farmer to pay for it first, as they are always crying proverty!!!!!!

and driving around in new tractors, jamming up the A12

Jim

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