HVAC installation for businesses in Sabadell

Installing HVAC in Sabadell often means adapting to a building that was never designed for it: a converted former textile building, a logistics unit that is gaining offices, or premises on the ground floor of a residential block in the town centre. This page is for owners, companies refurbishing their premises and technical managers planning a new installation or the renewal of an existing system in the town. The general method is explained on the HVAC installation for buildings service page; here we focus on what shapes the project in Sabadell.

Former textile buildings: volume, structure and routes

Mills and industrial buildings from the textile era tend to have high ceilings, sawtooth roofs, thick masonry walls and, often, cast-iron columns. Three aspects are studied before conditioning them:

• Stratification. In tall volumes warm air stays at the top, so air distribution and supply height matter as much as the equipment's capacity.
• Roof loading. Before outdoor units are positioned, we check what the structure can take and whether they are better placed in a courtyard or at ground level.
• Routes. Pipework and ducts have to coexist with the existing structure; if the building has any level of heritage protection, the owner confirms which restrictions apply to façades and roofs.

Zoned solutions such as VRF or fan-coil systems allow an open-plan floor and enclosed rooms in the same building to be treated differently.

Offices inside industrial and logistics units

On industrial estates it is common to add offices, changing rooms or control rooms inside an existing unit. These are small enclosures next to a large unconditioned volume, with loading bay doors opening frequently. They should be well insulated, given equipment and controls independent of the rest of the unit, and checked against the available electrical capacity, because the supply already feeds machinery, forklift chargers or cold rooms. MRS also carries out the electrical installation and panels, so new circuits and protection devices are part of the same project rather than depending on another contractor.

Sizing for the Vallès climate

Sabadell has hot summers and colder winters than the coast. A unit chosen on cooling load alone can fall short on heating early on a January morning, after the building has been unheated overnight. The proposal therefore calculates both demands separately. Where aerothermal heat pumps are considered, their performance at low outdoor temperatures is checked, and outdoor units are positioned so that defrost water does not freeze on walkways.

Town-centre premises: courtyards, shared roofs and neighbours

Shops and offices in the town centre usually occupy ground floors or upper floors of residential buildings. There, the installation depends on where outdoor units can go, how pipework can rise through the building and how much noise reaches the flats. Before work starts, the residents' association must agree where shared elements are used, and equipment deliveries have to be planned around streets with restricted loading hours. For office use, the office HVAC maintenance page covers the specific needs of that sector.

Phased works with materials prepared in Sabadell

When the building stays in use, the works are divided into phases. The materials for each phase are prepared and grouped at the MRS production and warehouse base on Carrer de Ramon Llull, in the town itself, so each day starts with what is needed and the works take up less space on site. Tasks that require operations to stop can be scheduled at night or out of hours, arranged in advance. On completion, each unit is labelled and documented, ready to be added to an HVAC maintenance contract in Sabadell.