▲ Looking down a Se-Duct set into a block of flats on Hong Kong Island.
A.V. Alvares and Associates in charge of supervision and con- struction.
The new apartments are situated between the existing buildings and Lung Cheung Road. They are sel Gut in the shape of an "H" and con- tains six flats to each floor with separate entrances and lifts serving each three flats.
planned so that
The flats are each family will be spaciously se- parated and will live in a high de- gree of privacy and quietness. Each flat will contain a living room. dining room, two bedrooms, bath- room, kitchen, service verandah and servants amenities.
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The living room will open onto a spacious balcony with Italian grille tiles covering air conditioner open- ings.
Ample parking areas will be pro- vided at ground floor level.
The entire building will be faced with mosaic tiles.
Mr. R.J.M. Williams, M.A., Dip. Arch., A.R.I.B.A. of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation was responsible for the original planning of the project.
The general contractor was Kin Cheong and Co. Sub-contractors and suppliers included.
▲ Looking up the same Se-Duct. Notice the plumbing carried in the duct.
PLUMBING. Lee Yu Kee Ltd.
ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION; The British General Electric Co.. Ltd.
LIFTS: Gilman & Co.. Ltd. (Sabiem)
STEEL WINDOWS: Co., Ltd. Crittall)
Dodwell &
Hong
GAS INSTALLATION: Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd.
SE-DUCT: Wallem Lambert Bro- thers Ltd.
DOORS: L. Rondon & Co. (H.K.) Ltd. (Brunzyed)
SANITARY FIXTURES & FIT- TINGS: Inniss & Riddle (China) Ltd. (Brunzyeel)
WELL BORING: Dreyer & Co. LOCKSETS: Dreyer & Co. Machinery Dept) (Lockwood).
The inherent simplicity of the Se- Duct system
system is best appreciated when the principle on which it is based is considered.
Previously is had been assumed by designers of appliances that the air necessary for the combustion of the fuel must be clean not con- taminated by the gases resulting from combustion. This requirement is met in the case of the convention- al appliance by installing it so that clean air is always freely accessible
THE HONG KONG & FAR EAST BUILDER-VOLUME 18, NUMBER 6
▲ A view of an uncovered gas heating
appliance set into the duct.
and. in balanced flue appliances. by careful design of the terminal.
Although it had been known for years that the combustion of gas was little affected by even a marked de- gree of contamination. this fact was not recognised as one which could be exploited with great economic Then, follw- advantage until 1956. ing observations on an unorthodox district installation of balanced flue heaters, experimental work was commenced in the laboratories of the British South Eastern Gas Board which showed the practicabi- lity of a system comprising a mul tiplicity of simplified balanced flue appliances of different types fitted to a single vertical duct open bottom and top.
top. from which appliances could draw air and into which they could discharge their products of combustion. This made possible the replacement of extensive flue stacks and the accompanying arrays of chimney. terminations for individual flues by a small single duct with an unobtrusive terminal serving up 40 appliances.
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Se-Duct consists of a single duct of small sectional dimensions, which are the same throughout its height for serving a multiplicity of appli- ances. A duct with overall dimen- sions 24" x 31 ́ is adequate for 60
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