About Us Established in 1989 Envirogard now hires specialist equipment to contractors throughout mainland U.K. Equipment is supplied from our hire depots at Tamworth, Manchester, Barnsley, and Ashford (Kent), and the company is a full member of the Contractors Plant Association, and an associate member of the Environmental Industries Commission.
Much of our hire equipment is employed by contractors engaged in environmental clean-up and pollution control. However our hire equipment is also used by contractors who only occasionally encounter hazardous materials in the course of their work; typically telecoms. engineers, electricians, roofing, shot-blasting and painting contractors - to aid them in complying with health and safety regulations.
Hire products broadly fall into the following classes:
Showers and Decontamination Facilities:
To help contractors comply with their obligations to protect their employees and the
general public during work with potentially hazardous materials Envirogard offers an extensive range of safety showers and decontamination units
Emergency safety drench showers are highly mobile and can be located just about anywhere.
They include an emergency eyewash station as standard and serve as a primary decontamination shower in case of a hazardous material spill.
Once charged with clean water these units are autonomous, and do not require connection to mains utility services.
Modular Decontamination Showers are often the only option where space constraint prohibits use of static or trailed decontamination facilities. Quickly and easily erected at site from lightweight panels, these systems are intended for indoor use.
Trailer Decontamination Showers - we operate an extensive hire fleet of decontamination trailers allowing us to cater for the requirements of different industrial users. Water heating is either electric or (most commonly) by an integral room-sealed balanced-flue LPG water heater.
All models have (at least) three compartments which provide separate Dirty, Shower and Clean areas, and are equipped with certified HEPA grade air-filtration to aid containment of hazardous materials.
A range of sizes is available from our smallest Micro single shower trailer catering for just 4 people, up to our Maxi Quad shower units accommodating 16.
Self-contained units are also available, equipped with integral clean water tanks and long-run generators.
We also supply combi units equipped with a 3-stage decontamination facility AND welfare facilities - all within one trailer. Additional options include boot-wash stations, waste-water filtration systems, pressure washers etc.
Dust Suppression Water Misting Cannons - we hold a range mist cannons from small trolley mounted cannons that can be used inside & outdoors, through to larger trailer mounted cannons. Hire units operate from 110v site power - but where you don't have power on site we can supply a self-contained mist cannon with integral generator.
A number of
models include water tanks; these can be moved around site and used
independently for several hours before refill. Models without tanks are
frugal in their use of water and will operate using the supply available
from a 1/2 inch hose.
Site Services / Ancillaries:
We recognize that many sites lack basic utility services and have their own unique problems. Based on the most frequent customer requests we offer a range of ancillary products including:
compact water bowsers portable generators clean-water supply pumps waste filtration units bowser pressure washers transformers 110v extension cables boot wash and bio dip stations Ventilation, Fume & Dust Control Equipment: We offer a range of equipment for handling "air" in one form or another, with machine capacities from 800 m3/hr up to 5000 m3/hr. In summary:
At the simplest level we offer portable and transportable axial and centrifugal fans for ventilation and fume extraction applications; flexible ducting is available to hire or buy. For suppression of nuisance dust e.g. concrete, cement, brick-dust, shot-blasting overspill etc. we have a range of centrifugal extraction fans which can be coupled with medium grade air-filters to reduce air borne dust levels. For fine and / or hazardous dusts we have specialist air cleaning / dust control equipment [including Negative Pressure Air-filtration Units - NPU's] to meet most applications. These machines are equipped with HEPA (High Efficiency Particle Arrestor) filters which typically remove very small particles (less than 1 micron) with better then 99.99% efficiency. Please discuss your particular application with our hire desk. Specialist Industrial Vacuum Cleaning Equipment:
Where dust has already settled high efficiency vacuum cleaners allow collection with minimal disturbance and maximum capture. For hazardous dusts (including asbestos) H-Type vacuums are available, constructed to BS5415 and with 3-stage filtration.
The final stage includes a HEPA filter module and each machine is individually tested and certified for its filtration efficiency. 110v machines are standard throughout the hire range.
Envirogard is a division of Specialist Hires Ltd, Lydd Yard, Aldington (Kent), TN25 7AL.
The company is forward looking and is constantly looking for new ranges to introduce to the hire fleet. For a more extensive oversight of the products that we offer see our main website at www.envirogard.co.uk
If you know of a product which you think would be a useful addition to our hire equipment range - please don't hesitate, tell us!