Captain Fawcett’s Emporium
King’s Lynn

The customer

Based in King’s Lynn award-winning Captain Fawcett is both a supplier and manufacturer of simply ‘First-Class Gentlemen’s Grooming Requisites’. The Captain’s alter ego and Founder of the business, Richie Finney started making his own moustache wax on the kitchen stove at his home. In 2010 Captain Fawcett moved to larger premises, where they now make their own men’s fragrances along with both hair & beard grooming products, selling directly to consumers and trade customers worldwide. More than 80 per cent of the company’s sales are overseas, with Captain Fawcett products available across 40 markets, such as Australia, Italy, Holland, and Canada.

 

To mark their 10-year anniversary in 2020, Captain Fawcett’s Emporium and world renowned ‘Marvellous Barbershop Museum’ was opened at Fawcett HQ in King’s Lynn – the same building houses their laboratory – where their famous products are made – along with their distribution centre.

“This is the Captain speaking, suffice to say that I am hugely impressed by the prompt service and exemplary installation of our air conditioning system.

 

I have no reservation in highly recommending JD Cooling to advise, supply and fit your individual heating and cooling requirements.”

CAPTAIN FAWCETT

The brief & solution

It is at the museum; JD Cooling Group’s HVAC team supplied, installed and commissioned one large, ducted heat-pump air conditioning system complete with two fabric distribution ducts running down the length of the open plan area at high level. The ducted system is complete with a Daikin Madoka wall-mounted wired remote control.

 

The fabric socks were supplied, designed and printed in the customer’s own branding by Prihoda, which fit in well with the look and feel of the unique museum.

 

Fabric Ducting by Prihoda

Fabric ducting is mounted in the room or space being conditioned. There is no stock product, each duct is designed specifically to deliver the air pattern and velocity required for the room. Because there is a lot more surface area of ducting within the space when using a textile diffuser system, the air distribution is much improved and can be designed for a variety of purposes.

 

 

Permeable materials allow cooling below dew point without condensation and micro-perforation technology delivers air without draughts. Nozzles are available for heating and long throw applications. Bends, transitions, branches, changes in height or direction are all possible. Sections zip together to form the system designed and fabrics are available in a range of colours and printing options.

[Source: Prihoda Fabric Ducting & Diffusers]

 

The fabric is:

  • Flame retardant material.
  • Available in a RAL Colour of your choice.
  • Manufactured from 100% recycled material and reuses 739 500ml plastic bottles.

 

For more information, please visit: Prihoda’s website here.

 

Energy Efficiency of the System

  • Seasonal Coefficient of Performance value in heating (SCOP): 4.00.
  • Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio value in cooling (SEER): 5.38.
  • Technology – Air to air reverse cycle heat-pump technology. This uses the refrigeration process to extract energy from the environment to cool or heat the space.
  • COP: Coefficient of Performance: kW energy in, to kW energy output.
  • Electric heater = 1kW electricity in to 1kW heat out.
  • Heat-pump = 1kW electricity in to 4kW heat/ cool out.

 

Customer Satisfaction

“This is the Captain speaking, suffice to say that I am hugely impressed by the prompt service and exemplary installation of our air conditioning system at Captain Fawcett’s HQ, Hardwick Narrows Industrial Estate in King’s Lynn, Norfolk & Good. From initial concept to completion the project was handled with both minimum fuss and disruption to our everyday working practice. The design ethic was such that the bespoke ducting is sympathetic to its museum surroundings and in truth adds a certain cachet to this unique environment. I simply love it. Thank You!

 

I have no reservation in highly recommending JD Cooling to advise, supply and fit your individual heating and cooling requirements.”

 

Photography undertaken by: Matthew Usher – https://www.matthewusherphotography.com/. Copyright: JD Cooling Group

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