DosaFil MD Steve Crick describes how the “frustration with traditional water treatment” led to the company’s launch of a new approach. PBM reports.
Steve Crick, Managing Director of established water treatment business DosaFil, explains that he “grew increasingly frustrated” with traditional water treatment and “decided to instil change in a methodology that had been pretty much the same for a number of decades.” Indeed, it is more or less accepted that all water treatment products come in a liquid form that can be added to the circulating water in the heating or cooling system, requiring the movement of heavy, usually plastic containers that – once subjected to chemicals – cannot be recycled.
Inevitably, a high proportion of the liquid chemical added to such systems is water, not active ingredient.
The DosaFil alternative solution relies on being able to provide the active ingredients in a solid paste format that is said to be far lighter, less dangerous to handle and transport, results in zero leakage or spillage, needs zero plastic that ends up in landfill and offers as good or better results once applied to a system.
With a background in commercial heating systems, the company says it has multiple customers that have reported success with the DosaFil solid chemicals and dosing devices, further suggesting that the results of the solid chemical approach is “in all cases as effective as the traditional liquid chemical approach and in many, significantly better.”
Steve said: “We set out to challenge the status quo, creating a safe, easy to install and operate water conditioning system that also addresses common key concerns of modern business, such as health and safety, eco-friendliness and reduction of energy consumption. We designed a new approach to water treatment, dared to dream about changing things when we were told they couldn’t change, and produced a solution that has made us a highly successful business as we quietly went about changing the face of improving water quality in heating systems.”
So what was the aim of DosaFil?
Steve explained: “DosaFil was created with the purpose of designing, manufacturing and delivering innovative, high quality water conditioning equipment for the commercial and industrial water treatment markets. And that is exactly what happened.
“DosaFil devices combine industry proven technologies that wipe the floor with traditional, alternative options.”
The business began by “addressing issues in commercial heating systems that traditional water treatment wasn’t shifting” and its devices enable systems to be operated and maintained in line with the guidelines detailed in British Standards BS8552 and BSRIA BG29 and BG50. The range features “unmatched temperature and pressure range capability” plus smart monitoring and communications as standard.
With the back-up of “hours of research and development” undertaken at Innovation House – the aptly named HQ for DosaFil on the outskirts of Liverpool – Steve was convinced that solid paste type chemicals that rapidly dissolved when applied to systems were the answer to several issues that needed addressing in the water treatment sector.
“The new DosaFill product for the residential market will, when launched, offer a raft of benefits over liquid solutions for merchants stocking the product and installers using it over the need to work with liquid chemicals.”
Residential sector solutions
And with its existing success in the commercial heating and cooling systems market, DosaFil is now said to be working hard on the means of introducing a similar product – a solid paste chemical cleaner and inhibitor/system protector – for the residential heating and plumbing marketplace.
Once again the new product will, when released, meet all the standards and guidelines that currently exist in the marketplace whilst “offering a raft of benefits over liquid solutions” for merchants stocking the product and installers using it over the need to work with liquid chemicals – including a massive weight reduction for moving the product in bulk, far less space taken up on the merchants shelves and in the installers vans in addition to far less mess with potential spillage of a liquid product.
Steve Crick concluded: “These are very exciting times for DosaFil. Currently 97% of chemical water treatment uses liquid products, so we have a huge market to target and massive volume potential.
“We received exceptionally positive feedback from a number of major players in the marketplace at our stand at Installer Live – we’re confident that they will be keen to take a closer look at what we have to offer.”
