Utility Pods
Fitted out in the factory and delivered to site fully completed, utility pods from Offsite Solutions are designed to accommodate all the mechanical, heating, technology and building services required for individual apartments or studios for build-to-rent or build-to-sell developments.
This is a premium product manufactured entirely offsite to suit specific project requirements.
The pods are delivered to site pre-plumbed, pre-wired and fully fitted out to reduce installation time to just a few hours. The units are typically located in a hallway, within an apartment, adjacent to the kitchen and have an open-fronted design ready for the fitting of double doors or the addition of a stud wall on site.
Design Features
- Heat Interface Units (HIUs) to deliver hot water and heating for each home, avoiding the need for individual gas boilers
- Mechanical Ventilation and Heat Recovery (MVHR) units to circulate fresh air and recover heat for energy-efficient re-use
- Consumer unit for electrics
- Provision for washing machine and tumble drier
- Manifold, controls and thermostat for underfloor heating
- Connection boxes for broadband, telephone and TV services
- Power sockets and lighting
- Pipework, ducting and waste pipes
- Worktop and flooring options
- Adjustable heavy-duty feet for accurate installation.
Applications
- Large-scale apartment and studio schemes for build-to-rent or build-to-sell
- New build schemes.
Pod Construction
- A highly durable steel-framed construction with a welded box section base frame
- Boarded with robust cementitious board
- Lined with a hygienic PVC walling sheet for a superior functional and aesthetic interior finish.
Advantages
- Significant programme reductions
- Improved cost certainty
- Reduced requirement for materials, labour and supervision on site
- Increased efficiency and productivity for utility room construction
- Less risk for the contractor and developer
- Less impact on the environment
- Significantly improved quality
- Manufactured using proven quality control processes and robust factory testing
- Delivered to site fully completed and ready to connect to the building services
- Simplified procurement
- Responsive pre-contract assistance
- Single point of contact for aftersales support.
Factory Testing
All the utility pods undergo stringent factory testing and quality inspections before arriving on site. These include full function and resistance tests undertaken by an NICEIC-approved electrician.
Air testing is carried out on every pod at pre-calibrated static testing stations.