Cardrona Distillery & Museum
Mike May from May Plumbing & Gas worked under a collaborative arrangement on the Cardrona Distillery and Museum project, which utilised aquatherm pipes. Here is a rundown of the project by aquatherm;
“Mike was thrilled to be involved with such a unique and complex plumbing project. In his words, ‘Wow, what a challenging project.’
Mike, in conjunction with the owners, adapted or redesigned the original brief to accommodate the aquatherm piping system.
They chose aquatherm for the installation efficiencies the product offers plus, the inert nature of aquatherm pipe was essential for protecting the water quality needed for producing single malt whiskey. Water is processed through a reverse osmosis plant prior to the distilling process which necessitated the use of aquatherm’s stainless steel fitting to protect water quality.
There are more than 250 plus metres of 50mm insulated in ground aquatherm fibre pipe running around the complex, plus many more metres inside the building.
Matt Prince was Mike’s foreman on this project and he and Mike should be very proud of this quality installation.
Interestingly, after all of the work involved in this project, it will be ten years before the first bottles of single malt whiskey will be available for purchase. In the meantime, however, the distillery will be producing vodka, triple sec and rose oil. 1,500 Damask roses have been plated with more to come as it takes one tonne of rose petals to produce one litre of rose oil."
Building designed by renowned Wanaka Architect Sarah Scott. This comprehensive projects services were designed and built by May Plumbing and Gas, including a commercial septic treatment plant and disposal, water storage and supply pumps, wastewater systems including stainless steel drains, industrial process water disposal system, district heating reticulation underground, underfloor central heating system to the Museum designed to utilise waste heat from the Distillery process, semi-commercial kitchen, large open wood burner providing ambience to main Museum
